Daily Inter Lake

Heidi Desch is features editor and covers Flathead County for the Daily Inter Lake. She previously served as managing editor of the Whitefish Pilot, spending 10 years at the newspaper and earning honors as best weekly newspaper in Montana. She was a reporter for the Hungry Horse News and has served as interim editor for The Western News and Bigfork Eagle. She is a graduate of the University of Montana. She can be reached at hdesch@dailyinterlake.com or 406-758-4421.

ARTICLES BY HEIDI DESCH

Flathead County Planning Board looks at subdivisions

Three small subdivisions go before the Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO

County board approves Bigfork tavern

The Flathead County Board of Adjustment has approved a new tavern for the former Stonehill Restaurant on Montana 35.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO

Whitefish aims to rezone land for apartment project

Whitefish plans to rezone a property on U.S. 93 approved in 2019 for an apartment development that never came to fruition.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 4 DAYS AGO

Columbia Falls quilter has spent lifetime sewing

When Therese Stempin recalls how she first began sewing, she pauses and then from another room produces a small hard-sided case with a handle.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 4 DAYS AGO

Settlement paves way for prerelease center in Evergreen

A 90-bed prerelease center is on track to open in Evergreen following the settlement of a lawsuit regarding the denial of the center last year.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO

Prerelease center lawsuit settlement goes before county board

A settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by the state against Flathead County for rejecting the opening of prerelease center in Evergreen will be considered by a county board.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 WEEKS, 4 DAYS AGO

Hintze, noted Flathead Valley journalist, dies at 68

On more than one occasion, journalist Lynnette Hintze took notes by flashlight from a windowless newsroom at the Daily Inter Lake.

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 4 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO

Former Inter Lake journalist Lynnette Hintze remembered for commitment to telling community’s stories

On more than one occasion, journalist Lynnette Hintze took notes by flashlight from a windowless newsroom at the Daily Inter Lake.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 MONTH AGO

Former Inter Lake journalist Lynnette Hintze remembered for commitment to telling community’s stories

On more than one occasion, journalist Lynnette Hintze took notes by flashlight from a windowless newsroom at the Daily Inter Lake.

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 1 MONTH AGO

Whitefish looks to move forward on viaduct project

Improvements to the viaduct in Whitefish over the BNSF Railway tracks have long been identified as a way to improve the link between the north side of Whitefish and downtown.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 MONTH AGO

County planning board looks at zone change in Evergreen

The Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday will consider a zone change for a roughly 7-acre property in Evergreen.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 MONTH, 1 WEEK AGO

Whitefish looks to rezone Central Avenue property

A lot that had been planned for a hotel on Central Avenue in Whitefish is set to be rezoned after the hotel never came to fruition.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 MONTH, 2 WEEKS AGO

Pianist returns to Flathead Valley sharing music with students

Jordan Neiman has been waiting roughly two decades to play the Yamaha grand piano that now sits to the back of his music studio.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 MONTH, 3 WEEKS AGO

Whitefish Council examines rescinding airport hangar permit

Whitefish on Tuesday will determine whether to revoke a permit allowing for a private hanger to be constructed as part of an expansion to the Whitefish Airport.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 MONTHS AGO

Former Flathead County commissioner Bob Watne dies

Former Flathead County Commissioner Bob Watne died Feb. 2 at the age of 75.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 MONTHS, 1 WEEK AGO