Flathead County

Flathead County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 49-year-old man at a motel Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly threatened another patron with a toy gun. He was charged with misdemeanor assault.

Freeing the innocent from prison

Inter Lake editorial

Hunters zoom in on 'big meeting'

This weekend presents a big opportunity for Northwest Montana hunters to weigh in on regulations that will govern the 2008 and 2009 hunting seasons: an open house and public hearing at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell.

Local heroes and distant ones, too

Inter Lake editorial

College earns $1.9 million grant

Flathead Valley Community college has won multiple grants, including $1.9 million over five years to improve retention and graduation rates through enhanced academic support and services.

Two accused of series of vehicle break-ins

Pair may have committed more than 15 crimes

Felony charges are pending against a pair of Kalispell men who were arrested this week in connection with a string of vehicle break-ins in cities across the state.

Chipped ID cards are trouble

Inter Lake editorial

Keep eye on stimulus money

Inter Lake editorial

Legals for April, 3 2021

Facing the Afghan challenge

Barack Obama campaigned for president partly on the premise that Afghanistan was “the right war,” and that George Bush had gotten it wrong.

Keep eye on stimulus money

Inter Lake editorial

Praise for the Canadian pact

The news came in a simple one-page press release, but the amount of effort that has gone into protecting the Canadian Flathead from mining has been epic.

Deficit can't just be ignored

It’s easy to be cynical and jaded in considering whether the political will exists to actually tackle the federal deficit that has been fed by a chronic spending problem.

Baucus touts bill to reduce taxes

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., has introduced a bill aimed at cutting taxes for middle-class families with breaks for businesses and estate tax reform provisions.

A pragmatic budget proposal

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer appears to have stepped cleverly in the right direction with the state budget draft he introduced this week.

Resort wisely reconsiders ban

Whitefish Mountain Resort managers have wisely reconsidered a ban on after-hours, uphill travel on the Big Mountain, due to big-time blowback from many of their most avid skiing customers.

Land trust idea worth exploring

As the battle cry for affordable housing intensifies in the Flathead Valley and Northwest Montana, communities are looking for new ways to provide decent housing at affordable prices. They may have found the answer in a fairly old concept - community land trusts.

Kalispell

A man walking down Northern Lights Boulevard looked depressed enough for a passerby to report him as "one of those types that does school shootings." Kalispell police determined he was just on his way home.

Norma Jeane Latzel, 75

Norma Jeane Latzel, 75, of Sunland, Calif., (formerly of Kalispell) passed away Nov. 13, 2007, at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Panorama City, Calif., after complications with a lower aorta aneurysm.

Louise Marie Furlong, 78

Louise Marie Furlong, 78, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at the HealthCenter Northwest in Kalispell. She was born March 7, 1929, in Kalispell to Walter and Anna (Timm) Franz.