Traffic study details options for courthouse couplet

Creating an eastside bypass on Willow Glen Road and turning Kalispell’s First Avenues east and west into one-way streets are among the alternatives traffic engineers have identified for rebuilding U.S. 93 around the Flathead County Courthouse.

Town Pump prepares for early June opening

The Town Pump near the corner of West Reserve Drive and U.S. 93 is targeting a June 9 opening date. (Seaborn Larson/Daily Inter Lake)

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Jim Mitchell, the Montana Department of Transportation engineering project manager, stands on the U.S. 93 Bypass near the Old Reserve Drive on Tuesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

Accidents snarl traffic

Kalispell Police, West Valley Fire and Montana Highway Patrol respond to the scene of a rollover accident on U.S. 93 on Monday morning just north of Kalispell.

Allyn W. Sheldon

A memorial service for Allyn W. Sheldon, 81, who died Feb. 1 will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Volunteer Park on U.S. 93 South in Lakeside.

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Rollers compact the asphalt plant mix on the bike path on the side of the U.S. 93 Bypass near Four Mile Road on Wednesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

Pedestrian Tunnel

A roller goes down a pedestrian tunnel near Glacier High School during a paving project for the U.S. 93 Bypass on Wednesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

Four-vehicle wreck south of Somers

The collision on U.S. 93 mangled the front end of this sport utility vehicle. Two trucks, a small car and the SUV were involved. 

Whitefish police arrested a woman

on U.S. 93 South early Sunday morning for DUI.

Somers Scenic

A scenic view of Somers Bay seen Friday morning from U.S. 93. Jan. 17, 2014 in Somers, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)

Fatal wreck north of Whitefish

A close up view of the two vehicle accident on Highway 93 north of Whitefish on Wednesday, August 20. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

Chased by a wolf

This image provided by Tim Bartlett shows a wolf chasing Bartlett’s motorcycle down Highway 93 in Kootenay National Park highway in British Columbia.

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Traffic is backed up after a bus and a semitrailer were involved in an accident at the intersection of U.S. 93 South and Montana 82 on Wednesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

Kidsports

This recent aerial view shows the Kidsports Complex in north Kalispell along U.S. 93. Efforts are under way to acquire a permanent easement for the youth athletic complex.

Local group makes plea in D.C. for bypass money

A dozen Kalispell and Flathead County officials are in Washington, D.C., this week to voice their support for $15 million in federal funding to convert the south half of the U.S. 93 bypass around Kalispell into a four-lane highway.

Bypass bids possible Nov. 12

The south half of the U.S. 93 Bypass did not go to bid on Thursday, as initially hoped, but should be ready to bid on Nov. 12.

Zoning request stalled

The Whitefish "doughnut" area is a smidgen smaller than the 1996 Flathead County-Whitefish Master Plan area.

Zoning proposed in draft plan

Zoning for all of Lakeside is recommended in a draft neighborhood plan for the village's area.

City Council OKs new bike path along U.S. 93

With the Kalispell City Council’s approval, work should start soon on a new stretch of bike path along U.S. 93.

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