Daily Inter Lake
JACK UNDERHILL
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KALISPELL GOVERNMENT, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION REPORTER
Jack Underhill covers Kalispell city government, housing and transportation for the Daily Inter Lake. His reporting focuses on how local policy decisions affect residents and the rapidly growing Flathead Valley. Underhill has reported on housing challenges, infrastructure issues and regional service providers across Montana. His work also includes accountability reporting on complex community issues and public institutions. Originally from Massachusetts, Underhill graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a degree in Journalism before joining the Inter Lake. In his free time, Underhill enjoys mountain biking around the valley, skiing up on Big Mountain or exploring Glacier National Park.
IMPACT: Jack’s work helps residents understand how growth, housing and infrastructure decisions affect the future of their community.
ARTICLES BY JACK UNDERHILL
Kalispell proposes $189M budget for fiscal 2027
Kalispell City Hall has released a proposed $189.2 million budget for fiscal year 2027.
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Coalition, cruisers seek solutions to curb reckless driving on Kalispell's Main Street
The Downtown Forward Coalition has begun meeting with cruising enthusiasts, exploring ways to curb reckless driving along Main Street on Friday nights.
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Flathead Valley Reentry Center prepares to release first residents, plans to add more staff
The Flathead Valley Reentry Center is fully operational and on track to release its first resident offenders into the community this month.
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Defense argues self-defense as Jeffrey Serio's homicide trial opens in Flathead County District Court
Suspected murderer Jeffrey Serio’s attorney argued Tuesday that the 48-year-old acted in self-defense when he fatally ran over Maurice “Mory” Grigg with his car on an august evening last year.
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Council considers large commercial subdivision in South Kalispell
Kalispell City Council on Monday will consider a proposal to develop a commercial subdivision in South Kalispell.
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Currier’s Welding turns ideas into functional art
The crew transforms blank sheets of metal into striking scenes of Western life, or whatever else a customer can dream up. That creativity is forged into functional pieces, including gates, railings and signs.
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Group moves forward with campaign to recall Mayor Ryan Hunter
An effort is underway to oust Kalispell Mayor Ryan Hunter.
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Kalispell Council scraps road diet plan, but embraces roundabouts
Kalispell City Council appeared willing Monday to pursue a federal grant for pedestrian safety improvements on Main Street but decided against reducing it from four to three lanes.
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Kalispell City Council revisits Main Street Safety Action Plan as federal funding returns
The embattled Main Street Safety Action Plan is returning to City Hall as councilors once again consider whether to pursue a federal grant to fund the projects proposed in the document.
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Parking board recommends higher fines, new technology to enforce rules in downtown Kalispell
City officials and local stakeholders are working on overhauling parking rules in downtown Kalispell.
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Small cars bring big connections through radio-controlled car racing in downtown Kalispell
The two radio-controlled (RC) cars were duking it out on a 100-foot track that winds throughout a 23-by-20-foot mat inside The Rally Point, a game and hobby store on Main Street in downtown Kalispell.
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Kalispell Business Improvement District funds planting of 12 new trees downtown
Pedestrians sauntering through Kalispell’s downtown will get to enjoy the shade of some new trees later this spring.
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Kalispell City Council adopts sweeping zoning reforms, eliminates public hearings on subdivisions
Kalispell City Council on Monday approved sweeping changes to the municipality’s land use regulations, encouraging higher-density development and removing public hearings from the subdivision approval process.
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Kalispell Council to vote on zoning and subdivision reforms aimed at boosting housing density
Kalispell City Council will vote Monday on land use regulations aimed at promoting higher density development and streamlining the subdivision approval process.
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