ARTICLES BY CHRIS PETERSON FOR PILOT
Plan details railroad oil spill response
BNSF Railway has drafted a plan for dealing with oil spills from railroad tanker cars in Northwest Montana, it was reported during a meeting of the Great Northern Environmental Stewardship Area group in Whitefish last week.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Crews begin plowing Glacier Park roads
The surest sign of spring in Glacier National Park isn’t the long sweet note of the varied thrush or the call of swans sweeping over the Continental Divide — it’s the rumble of diesels and the screech of steel digging into a winter’s worth of snow.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
North Fork bill blocked in Senate
The North Fork Watershed Protection Act failed to gain passage through the Senate on April 3 after it was held up by an objection from Republican senators.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Avalanche hits train tracks in Glacier
An avalanche blocked the BNSF Railway tracks about 10 miles east of Essex on Sunday night, March 2.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Peitzsch takes lead at avalanche center
For avalanche forecaster Erich Peitzsch, a day at the office could mean miles on a snowmobile, miles on skis and 3,000 to 5,000 feet of climbing. A “big” day could mean 7,000 feet.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Damaging winds predicted for weekend
In 2006, wind gusts at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park reached a whopping 133 miles per hour. The Park and high country across Montana and Idaho could see similar conditions starting tonight and into Saturday, the National Weather Service is warning.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Governor visits Stoltze's co-generation plant
Chuck Roady beamed as he stood at the microphone last week in front of the F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber’s new $22 million co-generation plant.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Governor visits Stoltze's co-generation plant
Chuck Roady beamed as he stood at the microphone last week in front of the F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber’s new $22 million co-generation plant.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Governor visits Stoltze's co-generation plant
Chuck Roady beamed as he stood at the microphone last week in front of the F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber’s new $22 million co-generation plant.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Breast cancer survivor urges women to be proactive
Last spring, Dawn Platke noticed a lump in her chest. She thought she’d pulled a muscle, but just to be sure she went to the doctor and had a mammogram.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Breast cancer survivor urges women to be proactive
Last spring, Dawn Platke noticed a lump in her chest. She thought she’d pulled a muscle, but just to be sure she went to the doctor and had a mammogram.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Breast cancer survivor urges women to be proactive
Last spring, Dawn Platke noticed a lump in her chest. She thought she’d pulled a muscle, but just to be sure she went to the doctor and had a mammogram.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Government shutdown closes gates to Glacier Park
The birds are still singing, the elk still bugling, but a federal government shutdown at midnight Monday effectively closed Glacier National Park to all but a select few people.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
