Politics & Government
The Daily Inter Lake’s Politics & Government section delivers updated local and national political coverage, featuring legislative developments, elections, policy debates, and government actions shaping Montana.
Kalispell City Council moves forward on housing board, development standards along Parkline trail
City councilors narrowly agreed to move forward Monday on two housing-related initiatives championed by Kalispell …
A collection of current Kalispell City Airport leases
Feury touts experience, historical perspective
He’s back.
Whitefish election: Life Noell
Elusive suspect challenges two charges
A Kalispell man charged with a pair of crimes after allegedly leading police on a pursuit before evading them for four days had pleaded not guilty.
Whitefish election: Candidate offers work ethic and business savvy
When Jen Frandsen got a call in 2007 from her father, asking her to drop everything and come help move livestock and equipment to higher ground as the flooding…
Airport vote is at hand
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, but Kalispell voters could start weighing in on a contentious city airport referendum as early as this week.
Opposing sides still far apart on airport
Election Day in Kalispell is three weeks away.
Whitefish election: Strong downtown important to council hopeful
Pamela Barberis grew up in an atmosphere of public service in Vermont, where her father was the moderator of the local town-hall meetings — the pinnacle of local government in her hometown of Dorset, population 400.
Airport issue dominates candidate forum
The upcoming airport referendum and differing views about it dominated discussion among candidates for the Kalispell City Council during a Chamber of Commerce-led forum on Tuesday.
What flies; what doesn't? - A closer look at claims of airport expansion proponents
How big of an economic impact does Kalispell City Airport have? The figure Jim Lynch shared during a recent Chamber of Commerce forum about the upcoming airport referendum was $24 million a year.
Council nixes airport statement
Kalispell voters looking for more guidance about an increasingly controversial, convoluted and combative airport referendum won’t get it from the Kalispell City Council — at least not in the form of an official “st…
Airport arguments: Some claims made at forum don't seem to be accurate
No matter how Kalispell votes on a proposed city airport upgrade in November, residents and their representatives will be left dealing with airport issues for …
Airport: Widely differing views
It’s the best of projects, it’s the worst of projects.
Kalispell City Airport: Chamber forum offers varying perspectives
Two guest speakers will share their views about the Kalispell City Airport — the subject of a voter referendum this November — at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon on Tuesday.
With four days left to file, only one city race contested
With four days left to file, candidates are sparse for upcoming municipal elections in Kalispell, Whitefish and Columbia Falls.