The Last Best Place is on the ballot

With the most crucial Election Day in recent memory less than a month away, I encourage my fellow Montanans to cast their votes with the following questions in mind.

Legals September 4, 2017

No. 24798 MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FLATHEAD COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Randolph K. Nigg Deceased cause no. DP-16-127C NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. A written statement of the claim indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim and the amount claimed may be filed with the Clerk of District Court, Flathead County, Montana, or mailed, return receipt requested, to the Personal Representative at the following address: Lavern Nigg, 131 N. Cedar Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901. DATED this 24th day of August, 2017. /s/ Lavern Nigg Personal Representative August 28, September 4, 11, 2017 MNAXLP

School tax credit case goes to Montana high court

Today, the Montana Supreme Court will hear arguments involving three Flathead Valley parents and the Montana Department of Revenue on whether or not tax credits may be applied to donations for scholarships benefiting religious K-12 schools.

Kalispell's heroin blight and what you can do about it

By KERRY K. MOTT

Sun Road reconstruction was far from a sure thing

I’d like to congratulate Glacier National Park on completing the Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation.

Feat x Feet's annual summer show on tap

Whitefish local Feat x Feet youth tap ensemble will be performing its annual summer show Friday, June 21, at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish.

Governor's budget is good start

Inter Lake editorial

Wildkats wallop Browning, 45-0

The Daily Inter Lake

Lack of consistency in school mask use presents challenges

In his recent directive implementing Executive Order 2-2021, Governor Gianforte highlighted that “access to school is essential to the developmental, social, mental and  educational needs of school-age children.”

Wolfpack win softball home opener

Spring is in the air and softball is underway for the Glacier Wolfpack who took home a 15-0 win over Missoula Hellgate after the run-rule came into play in the bottom of the third inning.

Legals for July, 29 2021

Sperry Chalet worth trying to rebuild

There’s a lot of love out there for Sperry Chalet, the historic backcountry lodge that was destroyed by the Sprague Fire the evening of Aug. 31.

Shift almost over for worker in pain

According to the Whitefish Police Department, a regular customer said a clerk at local business was acting “crazy” talking to people who weren’t there, staggering all over the place and almost passed out on the counter. The customer told law enforcement he goes there almost every day and this was not the clerk’s normal behavior. Law enforcement spoke to the clerk who told them he had hernia and was in a lot of pain. He said his shift was almost over.

Another round of snowstorms forecast this weekend

Winter may have gotten off to a slow start in the Flathead Valley, but weather forecasters are predicting a potentially significant round of snowstorms hitting Western Montana beginning Thursday night.

Limits on deer hunt approved

It’s settled: Whitetail deer hunting will be limited to bucks only in Northwest Montana for the next two years.

First man sentenced from 2014 sex sting

A 37-year-old Somers man was sentenced to prison Thursday for sexual abuse of children. He is the first to be sentenced of seven men who were arrested in a police sting last summer.

Agency seeks to expand wildlife area

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing to purchase 76.7 acres of farmland and wetlands on the north shore of Flathead Lake about 4.5 miles east of the community of Somers.

Barbara Gay 'Snooks' Tidwell, 80

Barbara Gay "Snooks" Tidwell, 80, of Kalispell, died Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Immanuel Lutheran Care Center in Kalispell.

Group will need help getting to Hawaii

Getting to the Pearl Harbor Day 70th Anniversary Commemoration won’t be easy for four band members and their equipment, but Marshall Catch is determined to get to Hawaii — even if it means sleeping in tents on the beach for a few nights or forgoing bringing their own instruments and borrowing a guitar when they get to Honolulu.

Blacktail skiing starts on Saturday

Blacktail Mountain Ski Area above Lakeside will open for the season on Saturday, Dec. 10.