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Headlines: Roads open in Glacier, path charted for addition to public lands, grant gets Polson closer to ice arena, new results in criminal fraud allegations

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Join Daily Inter Lake reporter Taylor Inman as we go over this week’s biggest headlines for Northwest Montana. 

We’ll hear what roads are open so far in Glacier National Park for the season, how two nonprofits charted a path for a 1,100-acre addition to local public lands. 

How Mission Valley folks received a $1.25 million grant to go toward a future ice arena, what local and state agencies did to address flooding issues in Whitefish caused by beavers.

Learn the details about the latest local osprey monitoring program in the Flathead Valley and more about a court case out of Lincoln County, where an internet romance led to criminal fraud allegations.



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Many Glacier, other roads open for the season

Nonprofits chart path for 1,100-acre addition to public lands near Herron Park

Tourism grant gives ice arena $1.25 million boost

Internet romance results in criminal fraud allegation

Osprey monitoring project takes flight in Northwest Montana

Unique partnership in wildlife urban interface



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Headlines: Truck theft arrest, council resignation, and rising park fees
July 15, 2026 9:15 a.m.

Headlines: Truck theft arrest, council resignation, and rising park fees

State pitches price hikes for parks and campsites, 89 nonprofits selected for Great Fish Challenge, opening on Columbia Falls City Council after resignation, man allegedly steals and crashes a pickup in Coram.

Headlines: Cat crisis, Glacier Park flooding and airport runway shutdown
July 6, 2026 10:40 a.m.

Headlines: Cat crisis, Glacier Park flooding and airport runway shutdown

Glacier slowly reopens after week of flooding, runway work at Glacier Park International Airport begins next week, efforts being made to reopen shuttered crisis stabilization facility and local shelters see increase in pet surrenders.

Headlines: Montana teacher investigation, Glacier Wrestling verdict and the future of Bigfork Dam
June 30, 2026 2:25 p.m.

Headlines: Montana teacher investigation, Glacier Wrestling verdict and the future of Bigfork Dam

PacifiCorp announces intentions to dispose of Bigfork dam, jury rules in favor of father and son in Title IX lawsuit, judge pauses contested water permit hearing after critics sue, Glacier Institute going gangbusters as summer arrives, nonprofit opens RV park in Kalispell, authorities investigating allegations against a Hot Springs teacher.