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Unintended consequences
August 17, 2008 1 a.m.

Unintended consequences

Growing dust problem harms crops, residents' health

April 30, 2015 9 p.m.

Flathead air quality declines

After years of clear, clean skies, Flathead County took a major step back last year in air quality, according to a new report by the American Lung Association.

Asthma can't stop Columbia Falls hiker
January 7, 2018 8:14 p.m.

Asthma can't stop Columbia Falls hiker

The outdoors always had a pull on Heather Johnson.

March 24, 2023 midnight

Law roundup: Always pay the painter

Upset at apparently not receiving payment for a house painting job in a timely fashion, the contractor returned to the work site to splash “pay the painter” all over a home.

March 2, 2008 1 a.m.

Putting a brave face on winter

It was the paper face mask on the Ace Hardware shelf that really got the Sullivan family thinking.

Trump rollback of mileage standards guts climate change push
March 31, 2020 4:58 p.m.

Trump rollback of mileage standards guts climate change push

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's rollback of mileage standards Tuesday marks a win for Americans who like their SUVs and pickup trucks, but the government's own estimates show big costs, too — more Americans dying from air pollution, more climate-damaging tailpipe exhaust and more expense for drivers at the gas pumps.

April 8, 2015 9 p.m.

New program offered for asthma patients

A new education program at North Valley Hospital will teach patients with a primary or secondary asthma diagnosis how to deal with their condition. 

Wildfires’ toxic air leaves damage long after smoke clears
September 20, 2020 midnight

Wildfires’ toxic air leaves damage long after smoke clears

SEELEY LAKE — When researchers arrived in this town tucked in the Northern Rockies three years ago, they could still smell the smoke a day after it cleared from devastating wildfires.

Power in the post
February 9, 2010 6:30 p.m.

Power in the post

Sisters lead the Northwestern A in scoring, rebounding

May 11, 2014 8:30 p.m.

E-cigarette regulation concerns local health officials

As more Americans put down their cigarettes in favor of their electronic counterparts, health officials and local governments are scrambling to adapt.

January 22, 2007 1 a.m.

Whitefish air causes county concern

The Flathead County Board of Health heard a warning Thursday that the county's air may soon violate tightened federal standards.

January 24, 2005 1 a.m.

Price uses illness to snuff smoking

Ray Price spends every hour of every day harnessed by plastic tubes to an oxygen bottle.

May 13, 2020 1 a.m.

Firefighters save Willow Glen home

A Monday morning fire in Kalispell destroyed a garage, several vehicles and caused one person to be treated for smoke inhalation.

March 20, 2022 midnight

Canadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture

Canadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture

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June 25, 2015 6:48 p.m.

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The man that rushed into the burning house to save the dogs is treated for smoke inhalation. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

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July 15, 2018 4 a.m.

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The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed two bills that would undermine critical health protections against air pollution. One bill, the “BRICK” Act, would allow an indefinite delay of standards to reduce toxic air emissions from brick kilns, including poisonous airborne mercury that winds up in our fish and harms brain development in children, while also delaying more protective emissions standards for new wood-burning stoves and heaters.