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Local Events: Glacier Art Museum Gala, Whitefish Restaurant Week and Fish Fest, Montana Distillers Guild Spring Spirits and Brews Fest

It May be time to dust off the bikes, load up the boat, stretch your hiking legs, and ... mow the lawn?

DAILY INTER-LAKE

Widespread power outage snarls traffic in Kalispell

A patchwork of nearly 23,000 Flathead Electric Cooperative customers were without power on Wednesday afternoon.

DAILY INTER-LAKE

Judge agrees to unseal most docs in Anaconda homicide case

District Court Judge Jeffrey Dahood on Tuesday ordered the unsealing of almost all charging documents in the state’s homicide case …

DAILY INTER-LAKE

Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI's beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman

Altman, OpenAI's CEO, was in attendance at the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, although he was not scheduled to testify …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS

Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'

The Mekong has long faced mounting pressures, from plastic pollution to hydropower dams hemming it upstream and sand mining devouring …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS

Federal Reserve keeps key rate unchanged even as four officials dissent, most in almost 34 years

The Fed on Wednesday kept its short-term rate at 3.6% and retained language in its statement suggesting the next move …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS

Iran's rial currency hits record low as shaky ceasefire with US and Israel holds

Iran’s economy has faced decades of sanctions, chronic inflation and a widening gap between official and open-market exchange rates.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS

Man charged with trying to kill Trump at dinner took photo with knife in hotel, investigators say

The government said Allen repeatedly made online checks to keep track of Trump’s status that night, including live coverage of …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS

Kalispell motorist sentenced for fatal 2025 wreck near Bigfork

As officers led a weeping Kala Renee Knaus out of the packed Flathead County District Court courtroom Tuesday, she gazed …

DAILY INTER-LAKE

Yesterdays: Tourist industry jobs ten years ago paid about $10 an hour

Gordon Construction started working on the new Anaconda Aluminum Co. employee club. The large building is now Columbia falls City …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS

A host of Montana Native Plant field trips coming up soon

The Montana Native Plant Society Flathead Chapter is pleased to offer the following field trips and events in the Columbia …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS

Commissioners approve Tamarack Meadows subdivision

Despite environmental concerns raised about an already under-construction subdivision in Columbia Falls, Flathead County commissioners on April 21 renewed a …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS

Planning Commission will take up Teakettle Heights next week

Columbia Falls developer Mick Ruis’s Teakettle Heights project on former Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. lands will now go before the …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS

Play Ball! Youth baseball season kicks off with fond remembrance of Bob Smith

Linda Smith was happy to throw out the first pitch to kick off the 2026 Columbia Falls youth baseball season, …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS

It’s crunch time for city to overhaul planning effort

The next few weeks are crunch time for the City of Columbia Falls to comply with the Montana Land Use …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS