Festivities get the holiday season rolling in the Flathead Valley

Holiday festivities kick off this weekend for the Flathead Valley.

FVCC logger sports team recognized for excellence

Flathead Valley Community College’s logger sports team captain Seth Buckman received the Montana Athletes in Service Award from Montana Campus Compact at the recent 122nd Brawl of the Wild Griz-Cat football game in Missoula.

Former Blackfeet operations manager pleads not guilty in tribal theft case

A former operations manager for the Blackfeet Tribe pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges accusing him of stealing thousands in Covid-19 relief funds from the tribe.

Pioneer League baseball expanding to Oakland

They will call themselves the Oakland B's, short for Ballers.

Montana Freedom Caucus asks for poll of Legislature for special session on taxes

The Montana Freedom Caucus on Monday asked the Secretary of State to poll legislators in an attempt to force a special session of the Legislature – in part to address the statewide increase in property taxes that lawmakers failed to address this past spring.

Hamas releases third group of hostages as part of truce

The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track Sunday as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis and the first American, in a third exchange under a four-day truce that the U.S. said it hoped would be extended. In turn, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners.

Stakeholders weigh in on Glacier’s reservation system changes

Stakeholders and some previous critics of Glacier National Park’s vehicle reservation system are largely in favor of new changes coming next summer.

Legals for November, 26 2023

Legals for November, 26 2023

Authentic Mexican market opens in Kalispell

Besides Bozeman and Billings, Kalispell is now one of the few cities in Montana to offer authentic Mexican products

Artist sees ‘Bleu Horses’ as gift to people of Montana

“Bleu Horses,” a herd of 39 life-sized metal sculptures, stands sentinel across a 160-acre parcel of sloping prairie adjacent to Highway 287, which runs between Three Forks and Helena.

Flathead Business Watercooler

Business events, trainings and seminars

Legals for November, 24 2023

'We're a home': Sparrow's Nest marks a decade of providing unaccompanied teens a safe haven

Taking the first step up the stairs of Sparrow’s Nest of Northwest Montana’s residential house in Kalispell is symbolic of the upward journey many homeless teens' lives will take.

Legals for November, 23 2023

Gypsy Theatre Guild presents holiday radio show

The Conrad Mansion Museum is hosting A Christmas Carol Radio Broadcast on Dec. 1-3.

Gala supports Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation

The theme this year is Gold Medal Gala in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation.

Musician John Floridis’ concerts focus on transition from darkness to light

Montana musician John Floridis will also perform at the Daily Inter Lake on Dec. 1 for the newspaper’s monthly Press Play lunchtime concert series.

Study says Canadian coal mines put unparalleled pollution in Montana-bound waters

The concentrations of selenium and nitrate entering the Elk River and Northwest Montana’s Kootenai watershed as a result of coal-mining operations in British Columbia are likely without measured precedent, according to a new study authored by U.S. Geological Survey scientists.

My first muley: A test of perseverance

For the last three rifle seasons, I’ve set out to harvest my first mule deer buck.

Judge limits Montana wolf trapping season over threat to grizzly bears

A federal judge in Missoula issued an order late Tuesday afternoon that will limit Montana’s wolf trapping season to Jan. 1 to Feb. 15 next year in hunting Regions 1 through 5 and three counties along the north-central border, citing the possibility that endangered grizzly bears get caught in wolf traps or snares.