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Chris Peterson is the editor of the Hungry Horse News. He covers Columbia Falls, the Canyon, Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness. All told, about 4 million acres of the best parts of the planet. He can be reached at [email protected] or 406-892-2151.

ARTICLES BY CHRIS PETERSON

Body of missing hiker found in Glacier National Park, bear suspected

The body of a missing hiker was discovered by search and rescue crews at approximately 12 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, in Glacier National Park. His injuries are consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter, the Park Service said in a release.
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City Planning Commission gives Teakettle Heights positive recommendation

The Columbia Falls Planning Commission on Wednesday sent a positive recommendation for the Teakettle Heights subdivision onto the city council.
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Proposed fishing regs tighten bull trout take on reservoir

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing fishing regulation changes designed to further protect westslope cutthroat trout basinwide and bull trout in the South Fork.
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$75.9 million Columbia Falls High School bond will go to voters in September

The Columbia Falls School District 6 Board Monday (April 27) approved a $75.9 million bond resolution to remodel the high school.
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Every child brings own special glow in autism program

Ruder Elementary School recognized autism awareness month in April with a wall-sized celebration of inclusion and “nuerodiversity” at the school. The mural was a sun and each ray was created by the students in the school explaining what they thought made them unique — something they “shined” in.
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Columbia Falls trio ski traverses from Many Glacier to Lake McDonald

Columbia Falls mountaineer Anders Soyland along with Liam Byrd and George Robbins did a ski traverse from Many Glacier to the Lake McDonald Lodge Trailhead May 2 and 3.
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Columbia Falls welcomes new Activities Director

Troy Bowman has a sign in his office that sums up the longtime activities director’s job succinctly, “nobody knows what I do until I don’t do it.”
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Cats drop ‘Dogs, Lions on the road

For awhile there, it looked like the Whitefish- Columbia Falls baseball game last week would come down to the wire.
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Cool mural greets young poets

“Hello and Goodbye”
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Columbia Falls Planning Commission to take up Teakettle Heights development

Columbia Falls developer Mick Ruis’s Teakettle Heights project on former Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. lands will now go before the Columbia Falls planning commission at 6 p.m. May 6.
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Ninth Circuit rules state has no jurisdiction to order private home removed in Glacier National Park

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling in the case of a private home that was built on the bank of lower McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park, ruling the Flathead Conservation District has no jurisdiction in the matter.
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Neighbors file appeal of West Glacier work camp

A group of neighbors opposed to a Pursuit “work camp” in West Glacier have filed an appeal on the project to the Flathead County Board of Adjustment.
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Neighbors file appeal of West Glacier work camp

A group of neighbors opposed to a Pursuit “work camp” in West Glacier have filed an appeal on the project to the Flathead County Board of Adjustment.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 1 DAY AGO

Ninth Circuit rules state has no jurisdiction to order private home removed in Glacier National Park

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling in the case of a private home that was built on the bank of lower McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park, ruling the Flathead Conservation District has no jurisdiction in the matter.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO

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 Planning Act, a state law designed to streamline and front load the planning process for new developments.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 3 DAYS AGO

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