Local wood boats win awards

Jefe wins Best Late Power Contemporary

Six locally owned wooden boats won top awards at the 38th International Boat Show, held recently by the Antique and Classic Boat Society on Lake Coeur d'Alene. One of those boats was also built in Coeur d'Alene.

Pour some sugar ... no!

New York City soda size rule eyed from coffee shops to clubs

Driving tour features Bigfork, lower Valley

Astute residents may have noticed a recent addition near Sliter Park in Bigfork — a metal American bison on top of a post with the words "A HIP project."

Royal City ups garbage rates

ROYAL CITY — Royal City residents and businesses will see an increase in their garbage collection rates, effective in November. Royal City Council members approved the increase at their regular meeting Sept. 21.

Montana-themed wholesaler opens Bigfork retail store

Montana-themed jewelry and apparel wholesaler Made of Mountains last month opened a store in Bigfork. Initially operating as a wholesale business, the new Made of Mountains location now offers products for retail.

The Daily Inter Lake is launching a market and readership survey today to measure shopping patterns and media habits of area residents.

Reader input sought in newspaper survey

The Latest: Birx warns North Dakota amid surge in cases

The White House coronavirus response coordinator said Monday that North Dakota’s capital city had the worst COVID-19 protocols she's seen in her travels around the country after she spent a day looking around.

The Latest: Mask mandate set for 7 more Mississippi counties

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is expanding a mask mandate to seven additional counties to try to control the spread of the coronavirus as cases increase rapidly in some areas.

From the Archives - Sept. 14, 2023

Did you visit your library today?

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As a resident of the Tamarack Estates development in Sagle, just north of Brisboys, I attended the commissioner’s meeting on Jan.11, 2019, to hear the discussion and supposed appeal of Planning & Zoning permitting Interstate Asphalt’s batch plant to be permanently located in Sagle. It would sit on the Linscott gravel pit site. The county and Interstate were given almost 2 hours to plead their case. Thirty-plus citizens were allowed only 3 minutes each to voice their concerns regarding air and noise pollution, water endangerment, retail values and a myriad of health problems.

Comments sought on Spotted Bear project

The Flathead National Forest is seeking public input for a broad management project on more than 50,000 acres in the Spotted Bear River drainage.

Kalispell thrift store focuses on quality in goods it sells

Justine Van De Riet opened Resurrected Thrift with her parents, James and Danielle Coombs, and her sister, Jaylynn Coombs, in hopes of making thrifted items accessible again using consumer conscientious methods.

American Legion members work to mark fatal wreck sites

One white marker is erected for each fatal traffic accident.

Let freedom ring and the good times roll

County has fun and mostly safe holiday weekend

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From the archives of the

Art for an unglamorous place

By TOM HASSLINGER

Art for an unglamorous spot

City seeking artists to decorate wastewater treatment plant

COEUR d'ALENE - It's putting a pretty face on the, uh, ugly.

Are you Gluten-free?

What's trending in the nutrition world this week? Gluten-free diets continue to top the charts. If you have gone gluten-free, are you certain that it is truly gluten that is giving you gastrointestinal (GI) issues? You should definitely have this confirmed by your doctor.

Dirts piles at CFAC for basement fill

The large piles of soil on the south edge of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. site will be used to eventually fill in the basement of the plant once its torn down, Montana Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Jeni Flatow confirmed last week.

Why do we gain weight?

Doctor of Oriental Medicine

Why do we gain weight? The common answers include: Because you eat too much, because you eat too much fat, because you eat too much sugar or junk food, or too late, or because you listen too much to your mother, or because of lack of exercise. In all that there are elements of truth, more or less, but it is much more complex than that. There are many reasons why you can gain weight.