Friday, November 15, 2024

ARTICLES BY CHRIS PETERSON HUNGRY HORSE NEWS

Analysis shows half of state's counties have reported cases of COVID-19

A statewide interim analysis of the state’s 377 known COVID-19 cases through April 10 has found that about 45 percent of the people diagnosed with the illness have recovered and 53 are considered recovering.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Banks handling a rush of emergency coronavirus loans

Local businesses and nonprofits are taking advantage of a federal loan program designed to keep them running during the coronavirus pandemic.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Glacier Park plows making progress, while park remains closed to public

Glacier National Park plow crews are making progress on plowing the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The goal is to make it to the Loop by week’s end, a park official said, citing an email update from the plow crews. Crews are through the West Side Tunnel.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Weyerhaeuser completes $145M sale

The company that purchased 630,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser timberlands in Montana said it fully intends to keep the property in the state’s block management program, which allows hunting and other access to the public.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Glacier Park closed for foreseeable future

Glacier National Park rangers were sweeping roads and clearing campgrounds late Friday after the park announced it would close after consulting with state, local and tribal officials due to concerns over the COVID-19 virus.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Vet gets medal, 68 years later

Longtime North Forker Lee Downes got a surprise on Sunday — a medal for his military service in post-war Europe, 68 years after the fact.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

KRH opens screening facilities for people who think they have coronavirus

Kalispell Regional Healthcare has set up two sites where people can be examined if they think they have moderate symptoms of coronavirus, the hospital announced Wednesday.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Polson native to be inducted into Hall of Fame

A Polson native will be inducted into the Montana Indian Athletic Hall of Fame next month.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Warm winter recorded, but snowpack still above average

Kalispell had its third warmest winter on record with an average high of 30 degrees, but the Flathead River Basin snowpack is still well above average at 120 percent, as of the first week of March.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Columbia Falls resort tax goes to voters June 2

Columbia Falls city residents will vote on a proposed 3% resort tax in the June 2 primary election, the Columbia Falls City Council has decided.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mixed-use project aims to transform Nucleus Avenue

Columbia Falls developer Mick Ruis has formally submitted plans for a project that promises to transform downtown.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Glacier Park looks at privatizing free shuttle service

Glacier National Park is looking for a private company to operate its free shuttle service in 2020.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Restaurant, bar, hotel planned for West Glacier

A Williston, North Dakota, company has plans for a hotel, restaurant and bar on property that was once Glacier Heli-Tours, a helicopter tour company just outside of Glacier National Park on U.S. 2.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Whitefish man who attacked woman with stun gun sentenced

A Whitefish man who attacked the mother of his children with a stun gun as she tried to call police on him from her Columbia Falls home was sentenced to 10 years with the Department of Corrections with five years suspended for felony criminal endangerment, though Flathead County District Court …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

C-Falls moves ahead with 3% resort tax proposal

The Columbia Falls City Council on Monday approved a draft version of a 3 percent resort tax that will go voters later this spring.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

More stories