DIL Editorial
Thoughtful perspectives from the Daily Inter Lake editorial board—local viewpoints on issues shaping Northwest Montana.
Reckless cruisers jeopardize Main Street pastime
Kalispell’s downtown cruisers are dealing with a few rotten apples that threaten to spoil the bunch.
K-9 unit is valuable new resource
The Kalispell Police Department welcomed a valuable new resource in the fight against drug use and drug-related crime last weekend with the introduction of its first K-9 unit.
Keep health protections for Libby
Libby asbestos victims got some welcome news earlier this month when it became known the proposed American Health Care Act — the Republicans’ repeal-and-replace bill for the Affordable Care Act — will preserve spec…
Trump's war with CIA was preceded by Kennedy's
The New York Times, in a front-page story, said that the president “wanted to splinter the CIA in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.”
Wolfpack a howling success at state
Glacier High School showed no fear in the thrilling final seconds of last Saturday’s State AA boys basketball championship.
Local-option tax long overdue
Just as there is a divide between big cities and small towns in national politics, so too there is a marked division between urban areas and rural counties in Montana — and never is that division more marked than w…
Don't balance budget on college's back
The Legislature faces a daunting task in balancing the budget, and we appreciate the fact that no government program or service should be considered sacrosanct when making the tough choices about how to match expen…
Donald Trump, Huxley and the 'enemies of freedom'
It was the tweet heard round the world.
Special election will be grueling affair
Buckle up. The next three months of political campaigning promise to be a rollercoaster ride.
Improved air service is a win for valley
The Flathead Valley got good news earlier this week when United Airlines announced daily round-trip summer service from San Francisco to Glacier Park International Airport starting July 1.
Learning about race from the good folks of the Flathead
It’s been an unexpected pleasure to get to do part of the reporting on the Inter Lake’s series on black history in the Flathead, and as we wind up the series today, I wanted to reflect on some of what we learned.
Railroad hauls good jobs to valley
Some of the best jobs in the Flathead Valley have always been found on the railroad — until two years ago, that is. That’s when conditions on the Hi-Line went south, and BNSF Railway pulled the plug on new jobs.
Accident photos are big responsibility; so is freedom
One of the hardest things to do in the news business is explain to a family member why a photograph of a gory accident scene ran in the newspaper, especially if someone died in the crash.
'Black in the Flathead': The evolution of a DIL news project
One year ago in January, I was a guest in the Museum at Central School’s John White Speakers Series, where I participated in a panel discussion on “Flathead News.”
Tracking stolen property makes sense
Sheriff Chuck Curry last week presented the Flathead County commissioners with the draft of an ordinance that would require pawn shops within the county to use online software to connect their inventory to the Sher…