Headlines: Century old grandstands to be rebuilt, Glacier oil well capped, local market must raise $1M to keep its venue
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Watch and Listen to the News Now Podcast by the Daily Inter Lake. We cover Headlines weekly and keep you up to date on the best happenings in Northwest Montana with our Local Events episodes. Find all our podcasts and videos on the Daily Inter Lake You Tube channel. | August 31, 2026 4:30 PM
Join Daily Inter Lake reporter Taylor Inman as she goes over some of the week’s biggest headlines for Northwest Montana.
Starting off with news about the Columbia Falls Community Market, whose organizers shared with the public this week that it has until Sept. 7th to raise about $1 million to purchase its current location.
We’ll hear what architectural firm was selected by Flathead County to reconstruct the covered grandstands at the fairground, which are nearly 120 years old.
We’ll get the latest on the capping of an old oil well that remained near Kintla Lake in Glacier National Park.
Then we’ll hear from irrigation operators in Lake County about how the end of the season is faring for water used in the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project.
And we'll hear about which organizations received the latest grants from Flathead Electric Co-op's Round up for Safety program.
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Columbia Falls Community Market must raise $1 million in two weeks or potentially lose its home
Firm hired to reconstruct Flathead County's nearly 120-year-old covered grandstands
Capping of oil well at Kintla Lake complete
Irrigation water prevails despite mild winter and lack of staffing
Roundup for Safety grants support local search and rescue teams
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