Woods Bay sewer district appeals to Legislature for $10 million
This week is an important one for the Greater Woods Bay Sewer District in its long-running quest to connect to Bigfork’s wastewater treatment facility.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Woods Bay sewer district appeals to Legislature for $10 million
This week is an important one for the Greater Woods Bay Sewer District in its long-running quest to connect to Bigfork’s wastewater treatment facility.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Water compact issue about to get heated in Helena
So far, things have been relatively quiet at the Montana Legislature when it comes to a water rights compact for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Water compact issue about to get heated in Helena
So far, things have been relatively quiet at the Montana Legislature when it comes to a water rights compact for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Feds deny grant for Kalispell industrial park
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Justice says his experience counts
Montana Supreme Court Justice Mike Wheat says experience is the difference between him and his challenger, former Montana Solicitor General Lawrence VanDyke.
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Speaker rails against 'growing regulatory state'
For anybody concerned about having a “regulation nation,” a vice president for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce paints a bleak picture, outlining an overall assault on energy in particular.
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Montana Supreme Court challenger details stark differences with incumbent
Lawrence VanDyke laments that voters often have no idea about judicial candidates when they go to the polling booth, and a major focus of his campaign for the Montana Supreme Court is to make sure voters know there are stark contrasts between himself and incumbent Justice Mike Wheat.
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Department of Revenue taking a road trip to explain property taxes
The Montana Department of Revenue is about to embark on a “road show” across Montana to explain the 2015 reappraisal cycle for property taxes.
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Crowd weighs in on parking problem
The Kalispell City Planning Board got an earful Tuesday night from just about every angle on a proposed paid permit parking district for the neighborhood around Flathead High School and Elrod Elementary School.
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Busiest Glacier summer: 1.7 million visitors
Glacier National Park just completed a record-breaking summer for visitation and the park is on pace to have the busiest year on record, according to the National Park Service’s statistics office.
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Pair of meetings offer differing views on water compact
Two meetings with decidedly different views about a proposed water compact for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes will be held in Kalispell over the next couple of weeks.
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Wilderness Act is 50 years old
By all accounts, the Wilderness Act of 1964 had its charismatic leaders, but it was the result of a wide, enthusiastic grassroots movement.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Two meetings study permits for parking on west side
The city of Kalispell recently sent out about 600 notices alerting residents in the Flathead High School and Elrod Elementary School areas about upcoming meetings on a proposed parking district that would involve parking permits for residents.
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Thunderbirds ready for spectacle in the sky
The Air Force Thunderbirds made their presence known over much of the Flathead Valley Friday afternoon, executing a practice session for this weekend’s Mountain Madness Air Show.
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Mill cuts back after logging shutdown
The impacts of a recent court ruling pertaining to the Stillwater State Forest are beginning to take shape, starting with Stoltze Land & Lumber Co. announcing that it will curtail its sawmill operations and lay off up to 10 people by the end of September.
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Forests add 26,500 acres of land
The U.S. Forest Service has announced a major land acquisition in Western Montana — the latest chapter in the Montana Legacy Project.
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Candidate challenges Republican opponent
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amanda Curtis made her first campaign swing through the Flathead Valley this week, slinging some barbs at her Republican opponent, Rep. Steve Daines.
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House hopeful's jobs tour makes stop in Kalispell
Democratic congressional candidate John Lewis said Wednesday he’s pleased with the tone of his race with Republican Ryan Zinke because it has been centered on issues rather than attacks.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Kalispell approves budget
The Kalispell City Council on Monday approved a property-tax levy and 2015 budget, with some concerns raised about how the budget could be impacted by the 911 interlocal agreement.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Budget for 2015 to be finalized
The Kalispell City Council is slated to adopt its final budget for the 2015 fiscal year and set the city’s mill levy at tonight’s meeting.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Wolverine proposal withdrawn
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday withdrew a proposal to list the wolverine as a threatened species, prompting an immediate threat from conservation groups to challenge the decision in court.
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'To glorify God' - Group creates Ten Command- ments park on U.S. 2
An organization that has been striving to post the Ten Commandments and other religious messages across the country and the world has established a home base of sorts with a Ten Commandments park in the Columbia Heights area.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Work to resume on controversial Bigfork bridge
Construction is expected to resume on a controversial private bridge on the north shore of Flathead Lake this fall, as long as it is in compliance with an original county lakeshore construction permit.
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Rod Kuntz named new Kalispell councilor
After hearing brief presentations from 11 applicants for a vacant Kalispell City Council position Monday, the council appointed Rod Kuntz, a Kalispell resident since 1986 who has a variety of experience.
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Otter attack not an isolated instance
The boy injured in an otter attack Monday on Lake of the Woods is recovering after being treated at a local hospital for multiple bite wounds, and his experience has shined a light on a little recognized but not uncommon problem.
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Man in jail over shooting on roadway
A Whitefish man with a criminal history is in the Flathead County jail after a road rage incident involving a firearm on Saturday.
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Creston toddler drowns in mop bucket
A baby girl just 10 days shy of her first birthday drowned Saturday evening after falling into a bucket of water at her family’s Creston home.
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Critics chide forest over slide
Two environmental groups are taking the Flathead National Forest to task for a landslide that occurred below a forest road, shedding tons of debris into Sullivan Creek in the South Fork Flathead drainage.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Crowd seeks council seat: Ten apply in Kalispell
There’s a crowded field of 10 applicants seeking to be appointed to fill the Kalispell City Council seat recently vacated by Randy Kenyon.
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Kayaker's body found in Flathead Lake
The body of Dr. Rob McDonald, the kayaker who disappeared a week ago on Flathead Lake, was found Friday afternoon by the Two Bears Helicopter from Flathead County.
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Flathead Lake search still fruitless
The search for a Polson doctor who disappeared while kayaking Saturday on Flathead Lake has continued the last two days with no developments.
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City raises spark debate about merit pay
The Kalispell City Council approved a 3 percent pay raise for the city’s nonunion employees Monday, but only after a discussion about the possibility of integrating merit into the city’s pay system.
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Grizzly on the prowl: Bruin wanders through Kalispell subdivision
A grizzly bear that wandered into the Silverbrook Estates subdivision on the north end of Kalispell Monday night got lots of attention, but it moved on without incident and is still being pursued by state wildlife officials.
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Polson doctor still missing on Flathead Lake
The search for a missing kayaker on Flathead Lake’s Polson Bay continued Monday with no sign of the missing man.
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Council takes up $46 million spending plan
The Kalispell City Council will hold a hearing tonight on a preliminary city budget for the 2015 fiscal year that doesn’t have many striking differences from the 2014 spending plan.
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Welcome to the new Sportsman
Years of planning followed by a complicated construction project and a final push from employees combined to make a substantial expansion at the Sportsman & Ski Haus in Kalispell a reality.
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State senator joins dam-sale process
A Kalispell state senator has been granted permission to intervene in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceedings on the sale of Kerr Dam near Polson.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Opposition mounting to Flathead Lake bridge
A petition signed by 400 people who object to a 600-foot bridge being built on the north shore of Flathead Lake was presented to the Flathead County commissioners last week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Coffee conflict brews between businesses
A coffee stand has been shut down by a Burger King construction project on the south side of Kalispell, and a legal scuffle is brewing over whether the stand can stay where it is.
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Black Anchor
Michelle Riska, owner of Black Anchor Espresso, stands in front of her business and the construction shutting it down.
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Glacier's Logan Pass opens
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Three lakes left in cutthroat project
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing to waive angling limits on a lake in the Bob Marshall Wilderness that will become the next chapter in a multiyear effort to restore native westslope cutthroat trout.
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Rocking the radio
His listeners know him for his good-humored, enthusiastic chatter, but there’s a lot more to Rob Dewbre than his persona on Bee Broadcasting radio stations.
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Lookout network: Book preserves images of historic structures in Glacier National Park
A new book written by a geographer and Glacier National Park enthusiast is a photographic chronicle of the rise and fall of fire lookouts in and around the park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Kalispell starts work on Downtown Plan
For about two weeks, Kevin LeClair has been walking the blocks of downtown Kalispell, doing a shoe-leather inventory of the area’s characteristics.
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Hanna makes pitch for Grizzly Bear Rendezvous
Renowned television personality and wildlife advocate Jack Hanna regaled a group of reporters at his Bigfork property with stories about his travels and his support for Montana bear managers Wednesday.
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New map a guide to Cabinet Mountains
For the first time in 22 years, there is a new guide map for the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness and surrounding areas.
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Two grizzlies move to Cabinet Mountains
Two female grizzly bears have been transplanted from the Whitefish Range to the Cabinet Mountains as part of an ongoing effort to augment the imperiled Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear population.
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Glacier Park full of hazards following three days of storms
Debris slides, avalanches, high water and flooding continue to impact Glacier National Park due to three days of heavy rain plus snow at higher elevations.
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It's umbrella, snowshoe weather
A late-spring deluge that has dumped over 6 inches of rain and more than a foot of snow in parts of Glacier National Park has tourists seeking cover and rivers spilling over their banks from the mountain runoff.
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Fish, Wildlife and Parks supervisor retires to focus on writing career
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Petitioners aim to toughen state marijuana law
A petition drive for a ballot measure that would repeal the Montana Marijuana Act of 2004 and align state law with federal drug laws has been revved up in the Flathead Valley.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Panel nixes Whitefish River limit
Whitefish city government was turned away Thursday in its pursuit of nonmotorized regulation for a stretch of the Whitefish River that runs through town.
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Biologist pens new book on mountain goats
Not many folks know it, but mountain goats are one of the most under-publicized mammals in the country, having just one book written about them in the last 30 years.
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Hotel has served guests 100 years
The unique nature of Lake McDonald Lodge, with its distinctive cedar timbers, wildlife mounts and cozy feel, can be traced back to its origins more than a century ago on land that was not part of Glacier National Park.
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Freak weather spawned flood
Fifty years ago today, the biggest flood on record in Montana began to sweep over the Flathead Valley and communities east of the Continental Divide, the result of a freakish combination of meteorological forces.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Blasdel, Garner win legislative primaries
Speaker of the House Mark Blasdel prevailed over former Kalispell Mayor Tammi Fisher in the centerpiece Republican race for Flathead Valley legislative primary contests.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Study: climate change has boosted fish cross-breeding
A recently published study asserts that climate warming accelerated hybrid breeding among native and non-native trout in the Flathead River Basin over the last 30 years, one of the first looks into how changing climatic conditions can have “evolutionary consequences.”
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GOP House hopefuls debate in Kalispell
The five Republican candidates for Montana’s lone U.S. House seat squared off in Kalispell Tuesday night, expressing many similar views about an “out-of-control” federal government, but with differing thoughts on what to do about it.
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Attorney general wants to join water case
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes related to water rights on the Flathead Reservation.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Local rivers expected to run high for weeks
The Flathead River is beginning to cause some minor flooding problems, but there is plenty of potential for the river to reach even higher flows in the weeks to come.
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Council adopts wish list for Legislature
The Kalispell City Council set a legislative agenda Monday night that includes support for legislation that would allow voters to decide whether to adopt a local option sales tax to offset the costs of maintaining city infrastructure that is used by nonresidents.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Forest Service bans explosive targets
The U.S. Forest Service has banned explosive targets across the Northern Region, citing concerns about public safety and the potential to ignite wildfires.
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Tribes finish first round of gill netting
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes completed an initial phase of gill netting on Flathead Lake during the last two weeks of April, catching 5,232 lake trout.
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Woman a 'do-it-yourself' hunter
Another Montana woman is in the hunt to become the next “Extreme Huntress” through an online voting competition.
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New regional fisheries manager appreciates diversity
Being a regional fisheries manager comes with the challenge of balancing often conflicting interests, but Mark Deleray is well-suited for the challenge.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Potential for flooding rises
The stage is set for Western Montana rivers to reach or exceed flood stage in coming weeks, largely because of a stubbornly high snowpack in the mountains.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Statue defense gains supporters
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and the American Legion have filed legal briefs with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, joining others who have intervened to try to uphold a court ruling that found the Jesus statue on Big Mountain to be constitutional.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Two vie for GOP nomination in Kalispell district
Frank Garner and Ronalee Skees both say they are genuinely committed to the welfare of Kalispell’s residents, and that’s why the two Republicans are vying to represent House District 7.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Well-known politicians spar for Senate seat
The Flathead Valley’s Senate District 4 race may be one of the most interesting primary election matchups in the state, with Montana Speaker of the House Mark Blasdel facing former Kalispell Mayor Tammi Fisher.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Builder seeks permit for longer span
Work on a bridge leading to an island off the north shore of Flathead Lake has been halted because the project does not comply with terms of a county permit.
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Three criticize Flathead Forest planning process
Three environmental advocates are withdrawing from the Flathead National Forest’s forest plan revision process, claiming it is “ill-informed, poorly documented and is creating conflict and resentment” at considerable taxpayer expense.
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Bears attacking chickens has become problem
Wildlife and land managers say they are seeing gradual acceptance and improvements in public education and outreach for grizzly bear conservation, but there also are setbacks in some areas, most notably the proliferation of bear-attracting chicken coops across Western Montana.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Group sues to have Cabinet bears 'uplisted'
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Missoula seeking to “uplist” the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly population from “threatened” to “endangered.”
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Board approves Victory Commons lease
The Montana State Land Board on Monday approved a long-term lease for the Victory Commons commercial development on state land south of Costco.
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Industrial park annexation on Kalispell agenda
The Kalispell City Council tonight will consider annexing and zoning a 40-acre site on the east side of town for it to be put to use as a rail-served industrial park.
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Neighbor worries about public access
Dave Hadden keeps a pulse on the north shore of Flathead Lake from his house on Holt Drive.
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Bridge prompts 'lots of calls'
Over the last few months, steel pilings for a bridge have been set between the north shore of Flathead Lake and an island commonly known as Dockstader Island, and Bigfork residents have been wondering how the bridge got permitted without public scrutiny.
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Ryan Zinke keeps up record fundraising pace
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Iron works: Local artist to recycle Old Steel Bridge
The section of the Old Steel Bridge that has been resting on the Flathead riverbank — overgrown with brush — for the last six years has finally been sold and will be moved in the next couple of weeks.
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Park group rolls out strategic plan
The Glacier National Park Conservancy has rolled out a strategic framework for working with the National Park Service, and several of the organization’s leaders say it represents a commitment to a long-term partnership.
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House campaign relies heavily on veterans
U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke of Whitefish says his campaign for Montana’s lone congressional seat is coming together with a distinct characteristic: “The face of the campaign is very much veteran.”
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Xanterra boss has big job this year
Gearing up for a busy summer in Glacier National Park in just a matter of a few months has been a big challenge for Marc Ducharme, but being the general manager of the Glacier Division for Xanterra Parks and Resorts also comes with promising opportunities.
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New map highlights 88 park hikes
After hiking all of Glacier National Park’s 734 miles of trails in one summer and starting a blog about hiking in the park, Jake Bramante started getting peppered with the same question:
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Kalispell raises sewer fee
On a narrow 5-4 vote Monday night, the Kalispell City Council approved a sharp increase in wastewater impact fees after hearing diverse input from the public.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Tribes sue over reservation water rights
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have filed a lawsuit in federal court that seeks to claim tribal ownership of water and water rights on the Flathead Reservation.
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Legislative elections filings wrap up
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Tribes moving ahead on lake-trout suppression
The Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes are poised to move forward with a controversial lake trout suppression plan on Flathead Lake, with gill netting tentatively set to begin as early as April.
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Netting plans still face plenty of opposition
Opposition to gill netting lake trout on Flathead Lake, and any state involvement with netting, continues to take shape.
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Council decides road barrier must come down
The Kalispell City Council decided Monday to remove a barrier at the west end of Summit Ridge Drive, providing connectivity to an adjacent neighborhood that was granted final plat approval.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
House passes North Fork Protection Act
The North Fork Watershed Protection Act, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., passed the House Tuesday evening and Montana’s Democratic senators are urging their colleagues to do the same.
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Bighorn sheep arrive in Kootenai from Wild Horse Island
An airborne bighorn sheep transplant operation was conducted at Big Arm State Park on Wednesday, with a goal of moving 60 sheep from Wild Horse Island.
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Avalanches strike three times, but everyone gets out
Backcountry users have had a series of close calls involving avalanches over the last few days, and the Northwest Montana avalanche danger continues to be rated “high.”
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Park wants to replace Swiftcurrent Bridge
Glacier National Park officials are proposing to replace the Swiftcurrent Bridge that is the sole vehicle and pedestrian access to Many Glacier Hotel.
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House candidate opens office in Kalispell
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Pucks drop Friday for hockey fun
The ice is ready at Foy’s Lake for the inaugural Montana Pond Hockey Classic that gets underway on Friday.
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Local angler in Bassmaster Classic
A die-hard Flathead Valley angler has made it to the Super Bowl of bass fishing — the Bassmasters Classic that will be held this weekend in Guntersville, Ala.
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Council wants input on higher sewer fees
The Kalispell City Council on Tuesday night scheduled a public hearing next month on proposed wastewater impact fee increases, and several board appointments were confirmed.
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Xanterra acquires office space in Col. Falls
Xanterra Parks and Resorts has acquired buildings in Columbia Falls to accommodate staff in time for the upcoming busy visitor season in Glacier National Park, the company’s general manager for its Glacier Division said Tuesday.
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Daines: Health law a big part of campaign
While newly appointed Montana Sen. John Walsh does not have ties to the Affordable Care Act that other Democratic candidates do, the law will still be “very relevant” in this year’s Senate race, Walsh’s likely opponent said Friday.
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118 mph: Fierce winds add to danger of avalanches
A combination of high winds, heavy snowfall in the mountains and rising temperatures prompted the Flathead Avalanche Center to elevate the avalanche danger to “high” Thursday morning.
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Analyzing avalanches
Not many folks know what the cryosphere is, but Erich Peitzsch does, because he lives and works with it all the time.
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Glacier Park leaders forecast bright future
Glacier National Park is heading into a year of significant changes that should be for the better from the perspective of visitors, three park leaders said Thursday at a gathering sponsored by the Whitefish Chamber of Commerce.
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Kalispell rejects zone change request
The Kalispell City Council on Monday rejected a zone change that would have allowed office space development at the entrance to the West View Estates subdivision on the north side of Kalispell.
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Foundation fights statue ruling
The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court decision that allowed a statue of Jesus to remain on national forest land on Big Mountain.
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Candidate's comment draws national attention
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Kalispell hunter drops 1,300-pound bison
After a lifetime of hunting and nine years applying for the chance, Kalispell resident Jack Garfield finally got to harvest a bison north of Yellowstone National Park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Woman denies murder charge in stabbing death
A Whitefish woman was arraigned again Thursday in Flathead County District Court, this time on murder charges related to the stabbing death of her husband.
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Mayor shares vision for Kalispell
After only a couple of weeks in office, Kalispell Mayor Mark Johnson is getting a feel for the position and he has some priorities in mind for the city.
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Marion man shot once in the chest in fatal incident
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'Slot limit' lifted on part of Flathead Lake
Despite hearing some public opposition, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Thursday to eliminate the lake trout “slot limit” on the southern half of Flathead Lake, a change that has been sought by the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
City ordinance should hold up
Kalispell City Attorney Charlie Harball says the city’s panhandling ordinance can withstand any scrutiny that results from a recent federal court decision that banned the city of Boise, Idaho, from implementing most of its panhandling law.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Departing mayor proud of her tenure
Kalispell Mayor Tammi Fisher is leaving office at the end of the year with a sense of satisfaction about how things have turned out for city government over the last four years.
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Building boom ahead in 2014
The new year has yet to arrive, but something’s guaranteed for Kalispell in 2014 — lots of construction activity.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Endangered Species Act hits a milestone
Grizzly bears, bull trout, lynx, gray wolves and white sturgeon have been among the beneficiaries of the Endangered Species Act with profound impacts on the Montana landscape over the last 40 years.
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Christmas critter
Ever since he got her as a kitten in 1994, Kevin Moore has featured his pet Canadian lynx, Misha, on Christmas cards sent out to friends and family every year.
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Giving up the hot seat
As a 10-year-old boy growing up just outside Helena, Jim Vashro took it upon himself to become a junior fisheries biologist, embarking on a dedicated angling schedule coupled with meticulous record keeping.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Two injured when plane veers off runway
Two people were hurt, with one suffering serious injuries, in a Monday morning crash involving a small plane at Glacier Park International Airport.
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Park picnic area to get $100,000 makeover
A nature-themed makeover is in store for the playground at Kalispell’s Lawrence Park, starting next spring.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Tea Party Express endorses Daines
Amid divisions in the Republican Party, the Tea Party Express came out with a forceful endorsement of Montana Congressman Steve Daines in his bid for the U.S. Senate Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Council OKs deal with Red Eagle to run airport
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Kalispell considers Red Eagle to manage airport
The Kalispell City Council will consider hiring Red Eagle Aviation to manage Kalispell City Airport at tonight’s council meeting.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Council inclined to change appointment policy
The Kalispell City Council is poised to adjust the way it goes about making board appointments and to go with a name change for Eastside Park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Hatchery braces for changes
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a report outlining fiscal challenges for 70 federal fish hatcheries, including the one at Creston, although the agency announced there will be no hatchery closures in the coming fiscal year.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Lost Trail elk mystery solved by GPS tracking
During the fall hunting season, there always are elk in and around the Lost Trail Wildlife Refuge west of Kalispell, but where those animals spend the rest of the year has long been a head-scratcher for hunters and wildlife biologists.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Bull trout still struggling in Swan drainage
Fall gill netting for lake trout on Swan Lake wrapped up in late October and upstream bull trout spawning surveys revealed a fourth year of below-average results.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Four people face poaching charges
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Columbia River: B.C., U.S. at odds over treaty
The British Columbia provincial government recently released draft recommendations for a modified Columbia River Treaty, with clear differences with the United States over compensation for flood control plus a specific call for adjusted operations at Libby Dam.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Coram teen endures ordeal in the dark
Coram teenager Lindsey Landell came away from a Sunday hunting outing with a few regrets and a sense of gratitude so strong that she hopes to “pay it forward” someday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Opening day nears for Cabela's Outpost store
The new Cabela’s Outpost store opened its doors to media Thursday, showing off a fully stocked and decorated interior bustling with employees who continue to train and prepare the store for a Nov. 7 grand opening.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Council member aims to improve Nucleus district
David Petersen would like to a see some things through during another four years on the Columbia Falls City Council.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Ex-state senator announces run for U.S. House
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Veteran council member sees growth returning
As the seniormost member of the Columbia Falls City Council, Michael Shepard says he has seen the city go through ups and downs and he believes it on the cusp of another economic upturn.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Xanterra touts long history in concessions
Xanterra is a new player on the Glacier National Park scene, but it has a broad presence and history across the country.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Local rivers a treasure trove for insect fossils
Dale Greenwalt couldn’t have picked a better spot to build a summer cabin than he did about seven years ago. The retired biochemist’s serendipitous decision put him and his wife near the confluence of the North and Middle forks of the Flathead River.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Lake netting could hinge on shared management
The Bonneville Power Administration will not pay for gill netting lake trout on Flathead Lake unless there is management consensus between the state of Montana and the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes, and talks have been underway on developing a new co-management plan for the lake.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Trap set for fruit-loving Whitefish black bear
A large black bear has been causing a stir in Whitefish recently, prompting an effort to trap and relocate it.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Dusty North Fork Road still debated
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Glacier Park closure part of shutdown
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River plan in need of an update
One of the most noticeable changes in the North Fork Flathead River drainage can be found on the river — at its put-in and take-out sites for floaters — and it is a change that is in part driving an effort to develop a new Wild and Scenic River management …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
North Fork in the spotlight
For all its remoteness, its small population and its tiny village capital of Polebridge, the North Fork Flathead River drainage has recently been the center of a lot of attention.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
More Hunter Education teachers needed
The sheer volume of students and the frequency of Hunter Education classes during the year require a robust roster of instructors, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are urging potential instructors to step forward and volunteer.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Increasing access: Donation of five acres near popular pond considered
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is considering accepting a donation of 5.39 acres of land at the popular Pine Grove fishing access site along the Whitefish River north of Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
CSKT officials select trout plan
The Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribal Council is recommending that the most aggressive option for netting lake trout on Flathead Lake be adopted after a final round of public comment.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Park visitor count at 1.78 million
Glacier National Park is on pace for one of its busiest years but is still slightly short of the record-setting visitation numbers of 2010, the park’s centennial year.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Four youths charged with shooting spree
Four teenage boys have been arrested in connection with the rash of vehicle vandalism throughout the Kalispell area early Sunday morning.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Glacier Park: Many issues confront new park leader
Glacier National Park Superintendent Jeff Mow was installed in his new job this week, just in time to begin tangling with park funding issues that could arise as a looming debt ceiling deadline approaches in Congress.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Tribal council backs lake trout plan
The Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribal Council is recommending that the most aggressive option for netting lake trout on Flathead Lake be adopted after a final round of public comment.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Survivor's story: Man recounts nightmare in glacial crevasse
Climbing 40 feet out of an icy cold glacial crevasse and then walking three miles off-trail for help — all with a broken back — was an excruciatingly painful experience last week for Ted Porter, but he feels fortunate because it could have been so much worse.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Bigfork man tries to unravel Syria factions
Bigfork resident and retired Army Major Gen. Paul Vallely says it’s no wonder that most Americans don’t support an intervention in Syria, mainly because they don’t know who the United States would back and who might supplant the Bashir al-Assad regime.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Glacier Conservancy head on the job
The chief executive officer of the newly merged Glacier National Park Conservancy is on the job, and there is optimism within the organization for fundraising success and developing long-term strategic relationships to improve visitor experiences in Glacier.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Columbia River: Groups weigh in on treaty
Environmentalists are weighing in on the Columbia River Treaty, calling on the United States to prioritize salmon and river health as preparations are made to re-negotiate the treaty with Canada.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Glacier fundraiser features Sprunger's work
Three Rivers Bank is spearheading a fundraiser for the Glacier National Park Conservancy with a memorial tribute to well-known Bigfork artist Elmer Sprunger.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Grizzly bears on the move
Another young male grizzly bear has been moved to the Cabinet Mountains from the Whitefish Range, and a female bear that was relocated two years ago has developed some remarkable traveling habits.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Utilities blast Columbia River Treaty
Utilities across the Pacific Northwest, including Flathead Electric Cooperative, are sounding off against draft recommendations for the future of the Columbia River Treaty, saying they haven’t been adequately represented in a process that could result in economic impacts for rate payers and the region.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Disputed boat launch reopens
A boat launch that has been mired in litigation over the last three years was reopened Tuesday after the Flathead County Planning Department provided the final court-ordered ingredient, a flood-plain permit.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
County busts up logjam
After snagging dozens of people this month, a logjam on the Flathead River just north of the Montana 35 bridge caused enough trouble for Flathead County officials to begin removing it Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Unmanned aircraft may be future of aviation
Chris Hetrick, an Air Force major who graduated from Flathead High School, says unmanned aircraft are the future of aviation but integrating them with piloted aircraft will be a challenge.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Higher federal power rates to be spread out in Flathead
The Bonneville Power Administration on Wednesday announced wholesale power and transmission rate increases that will take effect Oct. 1, but Flathead Electric Cooperative is spreading out the impact of higher power costs.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Embattled boat ramp could open soon
A boat ramp built on Church Slough in spring 2010 — but closed by court order ever since — may be just a couple of weeks from being back in business.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Sonju backs Blasdel as his successor
State Sen. Jon Sonju, R-Kalispell, says he won’t seek re-election to the Legislature — but he does intend to run for Congress if Montana Rep. Steve Daines decides to run for U.S. Senate.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Lightning victims have no memory of trail incident
Three people struck by lightning Wednesday in Glacier National Park are recovering at Kalispell Regional Medical Center from their injuries, but they have no memory of what happened to them, the father of one of the victims said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Logjam snags more floaters
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Timber leader decries 'endless litigation'
Chuck Roady, the vice president and general manager of F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co. near Columbia Falls, testified before a congressional committee in Washington, D.C., Thursday about the need for litigation reforms to clear the way for more active management on national forest lands.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Tribal officials say native fish need more help
Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribal officials say things have changed to a point where more needs to done, including netting of non-native lake trout, to save native bull and cutthroat trout in the Flathead Lake.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Running a trapline: Pursuing a wolf pack requires patience
KALISPELL - Baited with scent and concealed under forest duff and sticks, the traps are set recently on the likely travel routes surrounding a newly discovered wolf denning area in the Salish Mountains southwest of Lakeside.
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Group crafts alternative water compact
Under the premise that water rights holders in Western Montana were not adequately represented in negotiations for a Confederated Salish-Kootenai tribal water rights compact, two legislators presented an “alternative” compact to Flathead County commissioners Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Draft plan for lake trout netting unveiled
FLATHEAD LAKE — The Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have rolled out a draft environmental impact statement with proposals for netting lake trout on Flathead Lake.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
'Frivolity' not reverence at heart of statue ruling
U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen found that the low-profile nature and secular history of the Jesus statue on Big Mountain plus a lack of “government entanglement” related to the statue’s presence did not elevate it to a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Establishment Clause.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Power outage kills 160,000 fish at Eureka hatchery
A planned power outage at a fish hatchery near Eureka killed 160,000 fish on Sunday after a backup generator for the hatchery’s pumping system failed to activate.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Draft plan for lake-trout netting unveiled
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Area guide recognized by Orvis
Tim Linehan considers himself fortunate, even lucky, to have built an outfitting business in the Libby and Troy area that has presented him with unexpected opportunities and enjoyment.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Even with rain, Logan Pass still slated to open today
Glacier National Park has incurred some wind and rain problems the last couple of days, but Going-to-the-Sun Road is scheduled to open over Logan Pass this afternoon, provided that the weather doesn’t get too rough.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Land trust, Stoltze working on deal to protect 3,000 acres
F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co. and the Trust for Public Land have announced a plan that could permanently protect more than 3,000 acres of working forest in the Haskill Basin, which accounts for most of Whitefish’s water supply.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Running a trapline - Pursuing a wolf pack requires patience
Baited with scent and concealed under forest duff and sticks, the traps are set Thursday on the likely travel routes surrounding a newly discovered wolf denning area in the Salish Mountains southwest of Lakeside.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Alaska veteran named new Glacier Park leader
A new superintendent — 25-year National Park Service veteran Jeff Mow — has been selected to lead Glacier National Park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Good news from Glacier
Kym Hall, acting Glacier National Park superintendent, says the park is “right on target” for a June 21 opening of Going-to-the-Sun over Logan Pass from the west side of the park, and the pass could be accessible from the east side by early next week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
U.S., Canada ready to renegotiate treaty
Montana may be a bit player in the grand scheme of the Columbia Basin Treaty, but the state will be affected by any changes to the treaty that could be negotiated over the next 10 years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
State wants old bridge span moved
Pete Skibsrud knew the rusting remnants of the Old Steel Bridge would be a burden to move, but that’s what Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wants to him to do — and soon.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Popularity grows for Scout camp
Even though it’s quietly tucked away in the foothills of the Swan Mountains among shimmering lakes, the Boy Scouts Grizzly Base Camp has become a bustling place over the last few years, the direct result of the Melita Island camp on Flathead Lake becoming a wildly popular destination for Scouts.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Daines offers North Fork preservation bill
Montana Congressman Steve Daines introduced legislation Wednesday that is aimed at protecting the North Fork Flathead drainage from mineral development.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Lawsuits may spur special session
Sen. Bruce Tutvedt, R-Kalispell, is reiterating his belief that a special legislative session is on the horizon because of lawsuits challenging the state’s property appraisal system.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Senate leader: GOP undermined by rift in its own ranks
Montana Senate Majority Leader Art Wittich thinks Republicans were undermined by a rift among their own ranks in this year’s legislative session, and he predicts the divide will emerge into a wider debate in months to come.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Chickens keeping bear managers busy
Chickens are turning out to be as troublesome as bird feeders and garbage so far this year for state grizzly bear management specialist Tim Manley.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Full agenda for wildlife agency's director
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has been directed to review its land acquisitions and land management responsibilities, its financial stability, and its relations with private landowners, among other priorities, according to agency Director Jeff Hagener.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Park project nears the end of the road
After more than six years of costly, innovative and challenging work, Glacier National Park is closing in on the conclusion of a comprehensive rehabilitation project on Going-to-the-Sun Road.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Group sues over Yaak logging plans
A Missoula environmental group has sued the Kootenai National Forest over a forest management project in the Yaak, claiming it will impact essential habitat for grizzly bears and Canada lynx.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
No change in Echo Lake rules
After pondering a proposed water elevation that would trigger a no-wake regulation on Echo Lake, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission ended up declining to adopt any new rules for the lake on Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Judge rejects remaining Church Slough claim
Flathead County District Judge Robert Allison has ruled out a final “takings” claim by a developer who attempted to block a public boat ramp on Church Slough.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Entrepreneur Musk to headline Baucus summit
In Kalispell on Thursday, Montana Sen. Max Baucus announced the latest headliner for this September’s Montana Economic Development Summit in Butte.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Legislators explain session trade-offs
Four Flathead Republican legislators on Thursday offered their perspectives of trade-offs in the recently concluded legislative session, including their views on why Medicaid expansion did not pass.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Training turns into real rescue
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
No one hurt when chopper goes down
A helicopter carrying two Flathead County employees crashed on the slopes of Mount Aeneas east of Kalispell Thursday morning, but no one was injured.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Local reaction to retirement is mixed
The announcement by Sen. Max Baucus that he will retire when his term expires in 2014 prompted local reactions of surprise, praise and speculation about how the race to replace the veteran lawmaker will play out.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Kootenai River makes endangered list
The Kootenai River has been named one of the nation’s 10 Most Endangered Rivers, primarily because of pollution from coal mining in southeastern British Columbia.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Bill would shorten property appraisal cycle
A bill that would convert the state’s property appraisal cycle from six years to every two years is advancing in the state Legislature, and Sen. Bruce Tutvedt, R-Kalispell, is confident it will pass largely because of recent court decisions pertaining to the appraisal system.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
EPA explains aluminum-plant study
The Flathead Basin Commission got an update Wednesday on an Environmental Protection Agency assessment of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. property.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Ammo shortage hits home
A customer at the Snappy Sport Senter gun counter recently had some questions that normally would be answered positively — but not these days.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Whitefish resort skier visits climb 11 percent
Whitefish Mountain Resort has finished off a winter season with total skier visits up 11 percent compared to last year.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Stalled: Pair of water rights bills killed in GOP-controlled committees
Two bills aimed at ratifying a water rights compact for the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes have been stalled in Republican-controlled legislative committees.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
EPA agrees to assess Superfund possibility
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will conduct an assessment at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. in response to a recent request from Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Stolen antique truck turns up at Pacific Recycling
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Daines aims to protect North Fork
U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced Friday that he will pursue a bill to protect the North Fork Flathead watershed, a move that will match legislation backed by Montana’s two Democratic senators.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
House Speaker: Water compact not likely to pass
Just before the Legislature started a four-day Easter recess Thursday, House Speaker Mark Blasdel shared some observations on the biggest topics of the week in Helena: Medicaid expansion and a water compact for the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
TV show looks at local myth
A local charter boat captain and the Flathead Lake monster myth will be featured this weekend on a television show called “Monsters and Mysteries in America.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Sequestration plans for Glacier
Glacier National Park officials say automatic spending cuts required by Congress will result in a variety of reductions in park operations, but Going-to-the-Sun Road snow plowing efforts will not be affected.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Filmmaker working on new documentary movie
After backing the second-most-profitable U.S. political documentary film, Gerald “Jerry” Molen of Bigfork is producing a new film about America.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
B.C. mines causing toxic pollution
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Agency to target fish in five creeks
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will continue efforts to suppress rainbow trout and hybrid trout populations in the upper Flathead River system.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Ex-governor backs Medicaid expansion
Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer used to be outspoken in his reservations about Medicaid expansion, saying the cost burdens could eventually bankrupt the state.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Somers representative respected by both sides
Whether he’s running the state House with precise parliamentary patter, talking business on the floor with Democrats and fellow Republican representatives, holding court with media or strategizing with GOP leadership, House Speaker Mark Blasdel seems at ease with his new role in Helena.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
High court to review water case
The Montana Supreme Court intends to review a recent Lake County District Court ruling that has potential to affect the viability of a water rights compact for the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Water pact heads to Legislature
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Host of tax-relief bills alive in Legislature
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Medicaid expansion questioned
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
National parks could face 'meat cleaver' cuts
An association of retired National Park Service employees says that if Congress does not act to avoid sequestration there will be "meat cleaver" cuts at national parks across the country.
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Echo Lake plan stirs waves of opposition
Neighbors on Echo Lake are at odds, to say the least, over proposed boating regulations aimed at curbing shoreline erosion and other property damage.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
County to oppose water plan
The Flathead County commissioners plan to weigh in with their opposition to a water rights compact for the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Parks ponder cutbacks in budget pinch
An association of retired National Park Service employees says that if Congress does not act to avoid sequestration there will be “meat cleaver” cuts at national parks across the country.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Daines cites 'fluid situation' in D.C.
Montana’s new congressman, Steve Daines, says there are upsides to the looming sequestration spending cuts and he predicts that gun control legislation will not pass Congress.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Judge rules against irrigation deal
A Lake County District Court judge has delivered a major blow to a pending water rights compact for the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes, ruling that one of the compact’s three major parts is fundamentally and constitutionally flawed.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Road kill bill clears House
A bill that would allow law enforcement officers to issue permits for salvaging road-killed game animals may not sound so palatable, but this legislation is better than its first appearances, said Rep. Steve Lavin, R-Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
State may pursue public access on Lake Blaine
Lake Blaine may be best known as the least accessible lake for the public in Northwest Montana, but that may change with a proposal before the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Bill would allow locked-up guns at school
State Rep. Jerry O’Neil, R-Columbia Falls, is sponsoring a bill that would change state law to allow firearms to be stored in locked vehicles on school properties.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
'Mail lady' and her wolf popular in Montana town
POLEBRIDGE, Mont. - Among the colorful people University of Montana students got to meet during a visit to Polebridge last week was Karin Craver, who delivers mail in the North Fork, often with her domesticated wolf Matohota at her side.
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Ace Powell Glacier art returns to Montana
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Retiring ranger recalls rescues
As a ranger on the Flathead Forest Reserve in 1906, before Glacier National Park was established, Frank Liebig came across an emergency on Grinnell Glacier — a woman had fallen into a crevasse.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Park says 'jammers' are staying
Facing stiff criticism from one of its main allies, Glacier National Park has backtracked on a contractual proposal for maintaining the park’s historic red buses, now requiring that the park’s next concessions contractor maintain the entire 33-bus fleet.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Polebridge stirs to life to host college course
Through most of the long winter, the North Fork Flathead River drainage is a quiet snow-covered landscape of solitude for those who live there.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
'Mail lady' and her wolf are popular in North Fork
Among the colorful people University of Montana students got to meet during a visit to Polebridge last week was Karin Craver, who delivers mail in the North Fork, often with her domesticated wolf Matohota at her side.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
'Jammers' in a jam?
Champions of Glacier National Park’s historic red buses are concerned after plowing through the inch-thick prospectus package for the main concessions contract for the park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Mule Deer Foundation meets on Jan. 29
Elk have the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, but mule deer — a game species that can face sustainability challenges in Montana — haven’t had an advocacy organization in Northwest Montana until just recently.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Pilot helps save Alaska snowmobiler
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Irrigation water deal faces vote
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Human-caused grizzly bear deaths down in 2012
With improved habitat security on federal lands and continued public education, the number of grizzly bear mortalities in the Northern Rockies was relatively low at 18 in 2012.
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New ranger takes the reins
After a 23-year multidisciplined career in the U.S. Forest Service that has taken him to multiple western states, Rob Davies is the new Hungry Horse-Glacier View District ranger.
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Child porn charges against priest dropped
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Grizzly deaths remain at steady level
With improved habitat security on federal lands and continued public education, the number of grizzly bear mortalities in the Northern Rockies was relatively low at 18 in 2012.
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Whitefish Democrat working on numerous bill drafts
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GOP leaders make predictions for legislature
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Court gives class-action status to erosion case
Litigation that has been under way since 1999 over property damage caused by Kerr Dam may proceed as a class action under a Thursday ruling from the Montana Supreme Court.
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Cuts would hit home for park, fish hatchery
Most, if not all, federal agencies will feel some pain at the local level if nothing is done to head off the impending fiscal cliff, with tax increases and automatic spending cuts kicking in at the beginning of the new year.
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Vote halted on compact
POLSON — Lake County District Judge C.B. McNeil has issued an order that puts a planned vote on a Flathead Reservation water rights compact on hold.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Gun limits might hurt Flathead manufacturers
While gun sales are spiking across the country in the wake of last week’s school shooting in Connecticut, people in the firearms industry aren’t necessarily enjoying the profits.
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Glacier's blessing - or curse
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK - Future visitor restrictions on the Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor? Impacts from oil and gas development east of the park? Aquatic invasive species as Glacier National Park's biggest threat?
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Judge halts vote on water compact
Lake County District Judge C.B. McNeil has issued an order that puts a planned vote on a Flathead Reservation water rights compact on hold.
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Business leaders express optimism
A panel of business leaders was generally optimistic about the near future for the economy in Montana and the Flathead Valley, and while some issues have their attention, no alarm bells are going off regarding the upcoming legislative session.
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Cash-short recount bid called off
Republican Sandy Welch is dropping her request for a recount in the state Superintendent of Public Instruction race that she narrowly lost to incumbent Democrat Denise Juneau.
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Sentencing delayed for young shooter
What is “intent’? What is “choice”? The answers to those abstract questions could be crucial in determining just how many years Bryson Patrick Connolly will spend in a very concrete prison cell.
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Panel may readjust water plan
After hearing from the public at a dozen meetings, the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission is likely to make adjustments to a proposed water rights compact for the Flathead Indian Reservation, an attorney for the commission said.
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Gun show off to bustling start at fairgrounds
Within an hour of the doors opening at the Rocky Mountain Productions gun show Friday, the Expo Building at the Flathead County Fairgrounds was bustling with scores of buyers and sellers.
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Water rights compact: A fluid proposal
State Rep. Dan Salomon, R-Ronan, is in a unique position when it comes to understanding the recently proposed water-rights compact for the Flathead Indian Reservation.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Something squirrelly going on
They occupy pretty much every block, and at times seemingly every tree in Kalispell, but how well do you know your friendly neighborhood fox squirrels?
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Crowd leery of water rights compact
Nearly 200 people packed a room in Kalispell Tuesday night, most of them leery or critical of a recently proposed water rights compact for the Flathead Indian Reservation.
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Popularity putting pressure on Glacier Park
Future visitor restrictions on the Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor? Impacts from oil and gas development east of the park? Aquatic invasive species as Glacier Park’s biggest threat?
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First commercial shooting range opens
The National Rifle Association has a web page on “places to shoot” in Montana with no fewer than seven organized trap clubs or shooting ranges in and around the Flathead Valley.
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Hunt season ends with better harvest
Even with nearly 1,000 fewer hunters stopping at regional check stations this year, the 2012 big game hunting season came to a close Sunday with an increase in the deer harvest and a decrease in the elk harvest.
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Firm focuses on quality production rifles
A Field and Stream magazine award for the country’s “Best of the Best” new rifle on the market turned out to be a catalyst to exponential growth for the Montana Firearms Group.
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Production soars for prominent barrel maker
Brian Sipe knew things would be busy, but the past year’s growth in production and sales was unexpected for the owner of the Montana Rifleman, a company that manufactures firearms barrels and actions in a building off Montana 35 east of Kalispell.
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Water-rights compact: A fluid proposal
State Rep. Dan Salomon, R-Ronan, is in a unique position when it comes to understanding the recently proposed water-rights compact for the Flathead Indian Reservation.
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Elk hunter survives shooting on mountaintop
A hunter from Paradise is feeling fortunate after surviving wounds from an accidental discharge of a high-powered rifle on a remote mountain between Plains and Paradise.
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State won't pay in gold or silver
Montana Legislative Services has denied a request from state Rep. Jerry O’Neil, R-Columbia Falls, to receive his legislative pay in gold or silver coins.
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Quick thieves hit Evergreen store
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Legislator wants to be paid in silver and gold
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Recount is likely
The race for Montana superintendent of public instruction remained too close to call Thursday while Yellowstone County continued tallying votes two days after the general election.
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Hunt intensifies for poachers of 19 deer
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Warden Chris Crane wants to widen the net in the hunt for those responsible for poaching 19 deer in the Whitefish area over the last two years.
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Hunting season off to a strong start
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is reporting a solid opening weekend for hunters in Northwest Montana.
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Hikers survived by staying put
The two men who spent five more nights than they expected in Glacier National Park’s backcountry survived because of a dedicated search effort and because they were properly equipped and had a good sense of “situational awareness.”
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Trio of Senate candidates debate issues in Kalispell
Sen. Jon Tester and U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg tangled in Kalispell Sunday night, rehashing many of the main points that have come up in two previous debates, but this time with Libertarian Dan Cox taking jabs at both of them.
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Newest wolf-hunting season opens Monday
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Wisconsin governor visits Kalispell
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Group pushing to open boat-crash files
The judge who sentenced former state Sen. Greg Barkus for a criminal endangerment charge related to a boat crash on Flathead Lake in 2009 has scheduled an Oct. 23 hearing to consider releasing a pre-sentencing investigation report in the case.
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Legislative candidates debate education changes
Education and how to pay for it became a hot topic at a legislative forum in Kalispell Tuesday night.
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Kalispell part of doctor training program
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Incumbent faces minimal opposition
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Veteran public servants square off in Senate race
The Senate District 2 race features Republican Dee Brown and Democrat David Fern, candidates with clear contrasts but also a few similarities.
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Candidates sound off at forum
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In Whitefish, NRA leader touts power of people
While the National Rifle Association may be perceived as the biggest protector of Second Amendment rights and the biggest nemesis of gun control, the president of the organization says those roles actually belong to the American people.
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Feeding leads to deaths of five bears
Five food-conditioned black bears were captured and destroyed near Heron over the last week in response to what appears to be illegal bear feeding.
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Airport evacuated over grenade scare
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Black bear killed after mauling man
Friday morning's mauling of a man by a black bear in the Bob Marshall Wilderness was "a predatory attack" that led to the bear being promptly destroyed, a responding Fish, Wildlife and Parks investigator said.
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Bear ripped open man's tent
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Bear killed after wilderness attack
A man was mauled by a black bear Friday morning in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
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Season for bear trouble under way
A troublesome grizzly bear was captured and killed south of Whitefish and a black bear near Creston School was shot by an archer Wednesday.
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A drove of dragon boats
More than 1,200 people are expected to take to the water Saturday on Flathead Lake as participants in the first Montana Dragon Boat Festival.
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Local delegates 'inspired and motivated'
He thought the headliners all brought down the house, but it was the personal accounts of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that made an impression on Bigfork Rep. Scott Reichner, one of Montana’s delegates at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
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Company negotiates for former Walmart property
The founder of a Maryland-based company that plans to manufacture an “off-grid” power system is pursuing negotiations to lease or purchase the old Walmart building on U.S. 2 in Evergreen.
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Trail project gets grant of $400,000
The Foys to Blacktail Trails project will receive a $400,000 grant to go toward acquiring 170 acres of forest in the Herron Park area southwest of Kalispell.
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Man dressed as Sasquatch killed on Montana highway
KALISPELL, Mont. - A man dressed in a military-style "Ghillie suit" who was attempting to provoke a Bigfoot sighting was struck by two vehicles and killed on U.S. 93 South of Kalispell Sunday night.
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Sasquatch stunt takes a tragic turn on highway
A man dressed in a military-style “Ghillie suit” who was attempting to provoke a Bigfoot sighting was struck by two vehicles and killed on U.S. 93 south of Kalispell Sunday night.
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Pioneer firm marks 'a big day'
The F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber Co. marked its centennial Tuesday with a groundbreaking dedication ceremony for a new co-generation plant that is expected to be operational by October 2013.
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Scoopers part of fire fight
Two “Super Scooper” air tankers have joined the fight against the West Garceau Fire burning about 15 miles west of Polson.
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Fire roars through area west of Polson
A wildfire that exploded Tuesday evening west of Polson has been sized up at 9,700 acres, but burning activity diminished Wednesday due to weather changes.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Fire roars through area west of Polson
A wildfire that exploded Tuesday evening west of Polson has been sized up at 9,700 acres, but burning activity diminished Wednesday due to weather changes.
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New radar to help weather forecasting
The National Weather Service in Missoula is working with some new technology that is expected to significantly improve forecasting in Western Montana.
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Karl Rove in the Flathead
The political action committee formed by Karl Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, has taken aim at Montana Sen. Jon Tester, and it just so happens that Rove has been in the Flathead Valley this week.
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Attorney general hopeful concerned about PAC influence
The Montana Attorney General race hasn’t gotten a lot of attention, but Democratic candidate Pam Bucy says it will become more high profile largely because of advertising from outside money.
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Steep cliffs, thick brush challenge searchers
An aerial photo showing the cathedral-like cliffs that dominate the area where searchers are looking for missing hiker Jakson Kreiser says a lot about the difficulty of the search.
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State offering foreclosure help
Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock has announced a new mortgage foreclosure prevention program funded with the state’s share of a multibillion-dollar settlement with large lenders.
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Across the Bob in a single day
Ben Laster of Kalispell decided to go for a run Tuesday — a really big run — across the Bob Marshall Wilderness from north to south.
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Search has similarities to 2008 hiking incident
In the ongoing search for missing hiker Jakson Kreiser, there are eerie similarities to a search for another man four years ago.
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Relocated grizzly in trouble... again
A grizzly bear that recently was moved from the Lincoln area to the North Fork Flathead drainage has showed up for trouble again, this time in a neighborhood about 10 miles north of Whitefish off U.S. 93.
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Swimmer strokes across Flathead Lake
Mark Gilbertson’s “big swim” across Flathead Lake may have been the most physically demanding feat he has ever pursued.
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North Fork due for 'BioBlitz'
British Columbia’s North Fork Flathead drainage will soon be swarming with scientists looking to document as many forms of life possible in a first-ever “BioBlitz” for the area.
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Severe storms could prompt flash floods
The entire length of Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road reopened Tuesday after crews had cleared debris from mud and rock slides that blocked the road on Tuesday, but the National Weather Service is forecasting severe weather for today with more flash flooding that could impact the park.
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Fervor building for first dragon-boat race
Colorful dragon-headed boats loaded with people paddling to the beat of drums, hundreds of spectators on land and water, vendors and music, decorated team tents and hundreds of spectators will combine for a rowdy day on Flathead Lake.
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Zinke gathers troops to defeat Obama
Former Navy SEAL Team Six commander and Whitefish state Sen. Ryan Zinke has launched a national political action committee representing special forces and other military personnel dedicated to defeating President Barack Obama this November.
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Swan Lake netting to continue
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has approved a plan to continue lake trout netting on Swan Lake for another five years.
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Sun Road expected to reopen by day's end
A dozen rock and mud slides that blocked and closed a portion of Going-to-the-Sun Road Tuesday after a pounding rainstorm continued to keep visitors off the famous road on Wednesday as crews cleared away debris.
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Attorney confident Jesus statue will stay on Big Mountain
An attorney who is involved in defending the Jesus statue on Big Mountain says she is confident that legal precedents aimed at discouraging the government from being “hostile” to religion will help the Flathead National Forest prevail, allowing for the statue to remain where it is.
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Coalition pursuing sound fiscal policy
It may seem like an impossible endeavor, particularly in an election year, but the regional director of the Concord Coalition says the fight for federal fiscal responsibility must continue to avoid true crisis in the United States.
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Glacier Park grows by 120 acres
A 120-acre inholding that was homesteaded by one of Glacier National Park’s first rangers has been acquired by the park through the Trust for Public Lands.
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Southside community garden takes root
In a matter of just three weeks, a city-owned boulevard on the south side of Kalispell was transformed from a weed-infested plot with four-foot high grass to a community garden with planting boxes and rock and tile walkways.
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Producer ready to roll out '2016'
Bigfork resident and Oscar-winning producer Gerald “Jerry” Molen said being turned away from speaking to students at Ronan High School ended up generating considerable publicity for his upcoming film, “Obama’s America 2016.”
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With reservoirs full, dams open up their gates
The Kootenai River rose more than two feet above flood stage Wednesday at Bonners Ferry, Idaho, prompting a variety of emergency response efforts, and Lake Koocanusa continues to fill even with Libby Dam spilling water at full capacity.
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With reservoirs full, dams open up their gates
The Kootenai River rose more than two feet above flood stage Wednesday at Bonners Ferry, Idaho, prompting a variety of emergency response efforts, and Lake Koocanusa continues to fill even with Libby Dam spilling water at full capacity.
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Jury sides with county over contested boat ramp
A jury has sided with Flathead County on all claims made against it in a lawsuit over a public boat launch on Church Slough.
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Boat-ramp trial extends into Monday
The trial over a county boat launch on Church Slough was supposed to be a five-day affair ending Friday, but it will extend into Monday as Flathead County continues its defense of the launch.
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Neighbor says boat ramp 'got busier and busier'
The court battle over a boat launch on Church Slough continued Wednesday with developer Dennis Carver’s attorney attempting to establish that the launch exceeded a condition that he provide “substantially the same” access that existed before the county abandoned Wagner Lane.
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Battle over boat ramp goes to trial
A jury trial to decide the fate of a county boat ramp on Church Slough got under way Monday, with a developer claiming that he had an understanding that a “full-scale boat ramp” would not be built.
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Officials hear range of wolf comments
More than 90 people turned out for a meeting in Kalispell on Wednesday to chime in on proposed hunting and trapping regulations for wolves in Montana.
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Water spilling test resumes at Libby Dam
Libby Dam has been releasing water over its spillway this week to test possible benefits to white sturgeon spawning in the Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
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Sea of red won't last in N. Fork forest
A sea of red trees in the North Fork Flathead River drainage is an alarming view if you’re thinking “beetle kill,” but it’s not.
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Evening session scheduled to discuss water rights negotiations
A town-hall meeting to discuss ongoing Water Rights Compact negotiations between the state, the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes and the federal government will be held June 21 in Ronan.
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School's snub goes national
Bigfork resident and Oscar-winning producer Gerald “Jerry” Molen says he was surprised about the national attention that came about on Friday regarding the story of him being turned away from addressing the Ronan High School graduating class because of his conservative political views.
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Groups sue to stop forest thinning
Environmental groups have sued to stop pre-commercial thinning work on the Flathead National Forest, raising arguments that are similar to those applied in two previous lawsuits targeting timber sales.
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Disputed boat ramp shut down temporarily
A county boat launch on Church Slough that is the focus of a lawsuit has been temporarily closed by a recent order from Flathead County District Judge Katherine Curtis.
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Bear panel watches oil activity on east side
An interagency panel of land and wildlife managers has turned its attention to the impacts on grizzly bears from oil-and-gas exploration and extraction on the Rocky Mountain Front.
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Angle says Tea Party movement alive and well
While some national pundits, usually of the liberal stripe, have casually dismissed the Tea Party movement as a fading phenomenon over the last year, Sharron Angle and Ken Miller say they are in for a surprise.
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Vehicles taking bigtoll on bighorn herd
Spring game surveys have been revealing a troubling trend in one area - a sharp decline in the Thompson Falls bighorn sheep herd that is mostly due to vehicles on Montana 200.
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Promising trend for deer, elk ratios
Spring big-game surveys in Northwest Montana indicate a promising upward trend, with the highest ratios of deer and elk offspring in years.
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House candidate fights for name recognition
Normally, a race to represent the largest congressional district in the country would earn a high public profile, but not in this election year.
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Missing hiker's death confirmed
A genetic analysis has confirmed that bone fragments found in Glacier National Park last July were the remains of Yi-Jien Hwa, who disappeared while hiking in the park in summer 2008.
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Tales of three bankruptcies: Reasons vary for commissioner candidates' filings
Three of the 14 active candidates for the two open seats on the Flathead County commission have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Montana.
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Financial past not a concern in interim appointment
The 2009 bankruptcy filing of Cal Scott was not known to the two sitting county commissioners who appointed him to fill the seat left vacant by Commissioner Jim Dupont’s death, but neither thinks it would have made a difference in their decision.
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'Hair of the bear' study planned in Yaak area
A small army will soon begin a summer of scouring the woods of extreme Northwest Montana and northern Idaho, collecting grizzly bear hair for a genetics-based population study.
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Area deer survival best in six years
Spring big-game surveys in Northwest Montana indicate a promising upward trend, with the highest ratios of deer and elk offspring in years.
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Backyard lion too close for comfort
A couple who live in the Woods Bay area have the green light to kill a mountain lion that has been hanging around their home over the last week.
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Bison meeting attracts little public interest
About a dozen people turned out for a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks meeting in Kalispell on a long-range plan for managing bison in Montana.
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Group aims for safer Montana workplaces
Last year’s legislative reforms for the state workers’ compensation system have resulted in substantial employer premium savings, but there are more savings to be had through concerted efforts to reduce the number of workplace injuries in Montana.
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State wants to extend Swan Lake netting project
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has released a report evaluating a multi-year experimental gill-netting project on Swan Lake that has resulted in the removal of 21,330 lake trout.
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Big Creek passes test of water quality
Big Creek is the first stream in the state to have completed a water quality restoration process aimed at reducing sediments.
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Candidate wants to eliminate 'election-day chaos'
Brad Johnson predicts that Montana’s secretary of state race will be livelier than usual, with sharp differences over how to counter fraud at the center of the general election.
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Three-way race will determine next state senator
The top vote-getter in the three-way Senate District 6 Republican primary race effectively will be the person to go to Helena next year, because there are no Democratic candidates in the race.
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It's a three-way contest for GOP nod in North Valley
The Senate District 2 Republican primary race features two veteran House legislators and a Whitefish resident whose main focus is advancing pro-life legislation.
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Canadian caribou rescued in Mont.
What started out as an unusual hunt for a dead caribou that wandered south of Eureka from Canada turned out to be an animal rescue mission for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists.
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State Senate leader challenged in GOP primary
The Senate District 3 Republican primary race should be a lively one, with incumbent Sen. Bruce Tutvedt being challenged by a candidate who contends Tutvedt hasn’t been conservative enough.
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Caribou rescued
What started out as an unusual hunt for a dead caribou that wandered south of Eureka from Canada turned out to be an animal rescue mission Thursday for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists.
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Ski season one of busiest ever
Despite getting off to a slow start, the Whitefish Mountain Resort had a banner winter judging from skier statistics that were released Wednesday.
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Rising rivers follow warm days
The National Weather Service is projecting Northwest Montana rivers and streams to rise over the next few days with some expected to approach or exceed flood stage.
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Trade center idea gets positive response
Dee Brown is encouraged by a meeting held this week to discuss the potential for the state to establish a trade center in Calgary.
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Lawsuit challenges logging proposal project
Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit to stop a second forest management project on the Spotted Bear Ranger District.
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Governor pushes pension reform
Gov. Brian Schweitzer contends that his plan for funding the state’s overdrawn pension plans can be accomplished within the decade and without raising taxes.
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Candidates vow active role for state on resource issues
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill insists that if elected he will weigh in through “every conceivable avenue” on natural resource matters on state as well as federal lands.
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Better for bruins – and people: New bear-proof containers rolled out
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Season of big snows winds down
As recreational attention turns to warm-weather pursuits, the ski season came to an end Sunday at Whitefish Mountain Resort while the final day of skiing will be Saturday at Blacktail Mountain Ski Area.
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Candidates explain pursuit of commissioner seat
Candidates for the Flathead County District 1 commissioner seat gave a sense of how they would govern to members of the Glacier Pachyderm Club in Kalispell Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
New group forms to protect jobs
A newly formed coalition of state lawmakers and business groups is pushing back against rules and regulations recently enacted by the National Labor Relations Board.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
On the lookout
Leif Haugen spends his summers in solitary mountain-top firefighter lookouts, a lifestyle that has been captured in a short documentary called “The Lookout” that’s screening at film festivals across the country.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Forest proposing cone, seed collection project
The Flathead National Forest is proposing a long-term plan for gathering western larch cones and seeds to meet anticipated reforestation needs on the forest.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Low-snow winter in the books
Spring officially got under way Tuesday, ending one of the Flathead Valley’s mildest winters in recent memory.
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Wolverine spotted at Whitefish ski resort
A handful of skiers had the rare opportunity to see a wolverine Monday on the front side of Big Mountain.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Blast was intentional
The explosion and fire that reduced a Kalispell home to rubble early Friday morning were intentionally set by the occupant, a Kalispell Fire Department investigation has concluded.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Lynch adds Olszewski on ticket
Jim Lynch, former Kalispell businessman and state Department of Transportation director, filed as a Republican gubernatorial candidate with a veteran Kalispell orthopedic surgeon as his running mate on the last day of filing Monday
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Fishing line stayed in finger 36 years
John Attanasio of Kalispell was plagued by an odd jabbing sensation in the middle finger of his right hand for years — but he finally figured it out.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Gubernatorial hopeful aims to transform Montana
Republican gubernatorial candidate Neil Livingstone says “a radical political transformation” is necessary to bring about meaningful changes for Montana, and he contends that his main opponents are about “business as usual” for the state.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Montana steps back from lake trout work
Just over a week after the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes decided to expand an environmental review process for a controversial lake trout netting project on Flathead Lake, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has withdrawn its support for the process.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Park visitors spent $110 million in 2010
A new report from the National Park Service finds that the record 2.2 million people who visited Glacier National Park in 2010 spent almost $110 million in and around the park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Suit challenges logging project
Two environmental groups have sued to stop a major logging project planned on the Spotted Bear Ranger District east of the South Fork Flathead River.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
New name proposed for rock spires near Troy
Some landscape features escape getting names, but that may not be the case much longer for a series of towering cliff-like spires 20 miles south of Troy in Lincoln County.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Washington snowmobiler dies in Montana
HUNGRY HORSE, Mont. - A 33-year-old Washington man was killed by an avalanche Monday afternoon that was triggered by the snowmobiles he and a companion were riding in the Lost Johnny area west of Hungry Horse Reservoir.
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Moderate avalanche was lethal
The avalanche that killed a snowmobiler in the Lost Johnny Basin west of Hungry Horse Reservoir on Monday was moderate in size but powerful enough that the victim apparently died of trauma.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Avalanche claims life of Washington snowmobiler
A 33-year-old Washington man was killed Monday afternoon by an avalanche triggered by the snowmobiles he and a companion were riding in the Lost Johnny area west of Hungry Horse Reservoir.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Former Journalism School dean Blumberg dies
Montana journalism legend Nathaniel Blumberg died early Tuesday at Kalispell Regional Medical Center after suffering a stroke last week at his Bigfork area home.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Columbia Heights pack business has international reach
Outfitters Supply still has the rustic storefront it started with in 1986 in a building off U.S. 2 in Columbia Heights.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Candidate withdraws from statewide race
Chuck Baldwin announced Monday that he has withdrawn as Montana Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Fanning's running mate because "it is more than obvious to me that this campaign has no chance of being successful in the primary elections."
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Suit filed over Jesus statue
The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation has formally filed its promised lawsuit against the Flathead National Forest.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fatal avalanche started at ridgetop cornice
Mark Albee and his brother Iain knew the avalanche risk was high and were attempting to avoid danger by staying high on the Swan Crest, but they unknowingly skied over a cornice, triggering an avalanche that killed Mark Albee on Wednesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Search renewed for skier missing in avalanche
New snow and darkness have hampered efforts to reach the site of an avalanche in the Jewel Basin Hiking Area where a skier has been missing since Wednesday afternoon.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Jesus statue saved - for now
Flathead National Forest Supervisor Chip Weber has approved a special use permit allowing a statue of Jesus to remain on federal land on Big Mountain, but the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation intends to file a lawsuit challenging the Forest Service decision.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Rehberg schedules Jesus statue hearing
The Big Mountain Jesus statue will be the focus of a congressional committee hearing scheduled on Friday by Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
New stamp pays tribute to Glacier Park
An avid stamp collector with an interest in First-Day-of-Issue opportunities, Jesse Malone was among a couple dozen people who turned out for a dedication ceremony for Glacier National Park’s commemorative stamp Thursday in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Fund gives $250,000 to Glacier
The Glacier National Park Fund has announced 14 new grants for projects and programs in the park for 2012.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Flathead man doubles CEO jobs
Former Flathead businessman and legislator John Harp has been named chief executive officer of Knife River Corp. in addition to his previous duties as chief executive officer of MDU Construction Services Group.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
State adopts habitat plan
After nearly 10 years of developing a Habitat Conservation Plan for threatened species on state lands, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation has finally won approval for that plan.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ski areas optimistic about the season
Even with a shortage of snow, there is a sense of optimism for the ski season at Whitefish Mountain Resort, largely built on last year’s big business.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Kootenai bull trout spawning declines
This fall's bull trout spawning was 78 percent of the 10-year average in streams feeding the Kootenai River below Libby Dam and 70 percent of the 10-year average in streams feeding Lake Koocanusa north of the dam.
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Leaseholders vent concerns about new state rules
State officials got peppered with questions and criticism Tuesday from a riled group of state cabin-site leaseholders who are unhappy with proposed rules to implement legislation that was supposed to help them.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Comments pour in on Jesus statue
One way or another, more than 90,000 people have chimed in on the Big Mountain Jesus statue issue so far, according to the Flathead National Forest.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Kootenai bull trout spawning declines
This fall’s bull trout spawning was 78 percent of the 10-year average in streams feeding the Kootenai River below Libby Dam and 70 percent of the 10-year average in streams feeding Lake Koocanusa north of the dam.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Six grizzlies caught, two put down
KALISPELL, Mont. - Six grizzly bears have been removed from the Northern Continental Divide population in two separate trapping efforts by state officials over the last 10 days east of Kalispell.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
More hunters afield, but success is limited
While the deer harvest picked up during the last two weeks of the 2011 big game hunting season, total counts at six Northwest Montana check stations still lagged behind last year.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Couple feels lucky to have escaped blast
Even though they lost their home to a powerful natural-gas explosion over the weekend, Art and Diane Wright feel very fortunate for the serendipitous circumstances that allowed them to escape harm.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO
Fixated on fishing: Snappy's angler extraordinaire is hooked on the sport
Lots of people love to fish, but Chancy Jeschke lives to fish.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO
Local man files two campaign complaints
An outspoken Flathead Valley conservative has filed an ethics complaint against Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Dave Gallik and the teachers’ union, MEA-MFT, alleging violations of state campaign finance law.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO
A family gathering
Just as predicted, the traffic-stopping black bear family that was treed along U.S. 93 south of Whitefish climbed down after dark Monday, escaping after a long and stressful day.
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Five bears in a tree stop traffic on U.S. 93
Perched high up in a birch tree just off U.S. 93 on Monday, a mother black bear with four cubs became quite a distraction for passing motorists, causing a hazardous "bear jam" that required continuous attention from the Montana Highway Patrol.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO
Rain, cool nights quiet fires
While fires burning in and around the Bob Marshall Wilderness are still listed as “active,” recent rains and cooler, longer nights have mostly put a lid on them.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Skees plans run for state auditor post
State Rep. Derek Skees, R-Whitefish, intends to run for Montana Auditor next year with a focus on resisting federal health-care reform in every possible way.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Locally made rifle wins top honor
Brian Sipe nods with satisfaction that Field and Stream magazine recently recognized his American Standard Rifle as the "Best of the Best" new rifle on the market in its first year of production, but it's an accomplishment that took a long time to develop.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Swan fire swells to 450 acres
A wildfire burning about seven miles southeast of Swan Lake has grown to 450 acres, even with diminished activity because of a cool weather front that moved into the area Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Eighth grizzly bear moved to Cabinet Mountains
Another grizzly bear has been moved to the Cabinet Mountains in an ongoing program to augment the imperiled Cabinet-Yaak grizzly population.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Airport job may get money after all
The director of Glacier Park International Airport is “cautiously optimistic” that federal funding for a taxiway paving project can be salvaged because of legislation passed by Congress last week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
River project designed to help sturgeon
Libby Dam releases are being ramped up to prepare for running the Kootenai River at low flows this fall to allow for the start of a long-planned white sturgeon habitat restoration project.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Grizzly attacks Glacier hiker
A hiker from Minnesota was attacked and injured by a grizzly bear Friday in the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
C. Falls company building high-end weapons
The proof is in the shooting, and a new company called PROOF Research Inc. is building a new firearms research and manufacturing facility in Columbia Falls to produce high-end weapons.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Grizzly attacks Glacier Park hiker
A hiker from Minnesota was attacked and injured by a grizzly bear Friday in the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Search continues for man in Flathead River
The search carried on most of Monday for a 37-year-old Flathead Valley man who is presumed to have drowned during a Sunday rafting trip on the Flathead River downstream from Blankenship Bridge.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Public affairs specialist moves from national forest to national park
It’s a sunset for Denise Germann and the Flathead National Forest, but a sunrise for her and Glacier National Park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Nixon trial begins; former girlfriend of convicted murderer testifies
The former girlfriend of convicted murderer Robert Lake testified Monday that Jeffrey Allen Nixon played an equal role in the brutal hammer beating death of Wesley Collins in April of 2010.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
A year ago, crash claimed four lives
It’s been one year since the airplane crash that killed two Daily Inter Lake reporters and two Missoula men near Dixon, and the National Transportation Safety Board has yet to issue its probable cause report.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Aircraft crashes near West Glacier airstrip
A Washington couple have been released from Kalispell Regional Medical Center after surviving a small-plane crash Sunday near a West Glacier airstrip.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Dave Wallace's trapping skills in high demand
If there were a doctoral degree for the art of animal damage control, Dave Wallace would hold one.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Groups want to join climate-change case
A lawsuit aimed at imposing greenhouse gas regulations in Montana has been challenged by a coalition that contends Attorney General Steve Bullock will not adequately represent their interest in opposing costly climate change regulations.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Flathead Rising
POLSON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is projecting that Flathead Lake may rise four feet and exceed its full-pool elevation of 2,893 feet in early June due to high inflows of water.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Rain's on the way; flood stage to follow
A mixed bag of weather is expected to push rivers across Western Montana, including the Flathead River, to flood stage this week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Flooding problems beginning
High water has started to cause some problems at the outset of a flood season that is expected to last for weeks.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Whitefish man once led SEAL Team 6
The death of Osama bin Laden during a daring raid by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan was an extremely complicated operation and an accomplishment that can’t be overstated, said state Sen. Ryan Zinke, a retired SEAL Team 6 commander.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Storm adds to already-deep snowpack
Mountain snowpack continued to pile up over the weekend in Northwest Montana, the result of a storm system that arrived Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Fire deal averts layoffs
By JIM MANNThe Daily Inter Lake
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Mint rolls out Glacier Park coin
KALISPELL, Mont. - A piece of Glacier National Park worth 25 cents soon will be available as the United States rolls out a commemorative quarter for the park.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Work-comp bill gets breakthrough
A major breakthrough has developed for the Legislature's workers' compensation reform bill, with Gov. Brian Schweitzer's administration coming on board as the result of amendments that were agreed to just before a Wednesday hearing on the legislation.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
House restores money for veterans home
The Montana House recently voted to restore funding for the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls to current levels, turning back a move that would have forced the facility to privatize its operations.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Federal agents raid marijuana operations
Federal agents searched several medical marijuana businesses in the Flathead Valley on Monday, the same day similar raids were carried out in several Montana cities.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Taxpayer group plans litigation over appraisals
Even though there still are several active bills aimed at reforming the state’s property reappraisal system, a taxpayer group intends to pursue litigation because the potential legislative fixes don’t go far enough.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Money found to seal N.F. mine deals
Another chapter is unfolding in the running effort to ban mining in the Canadian headwaters of the Flathead River: Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced a deal Monday that will compensate two mining companies for investments they already have made in the drainage.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Defense witness questions details of crash
Defense attorneys for 17-year-old Justine Winter went to work Monday trying to discredit the prosecution’s position about how a 2009 fatal crash occurred on U.S. 93 north of Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Jury selection completed in Winters' murder trial
A jury was seated Monday in the homicide trial of Justine Winters, after potential jurors were questioned on “publicity and prior knowledge” of a 2009 car crash that killed a pregnant mother and her teenage son.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Tree-well survival: Don't ski alone
Deaths involving tree wells are rare but certainly not unprecedented at Whitefish Mountain Resort, where there have been two such deaths this winter and a total of six in the past 33 years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Wolf tracker is both detective and data cruncher
Wanted: Social arbiter and diplomat in one of the most emotionally charged arenas of wildlife management. Must be a detective and data cruncher with an uncanny ability to trap live gray wolves.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Local builder explains EPA fine
POLSON — A Lake County construction contractor recently fined for depositing materials in Flathead Lake says his offense was far less offensive than it sounds.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Climbers survive night on park peak
Three Kalispell men survived Sunday night on the slopes of Glacier National Park’s Mount Brown, with the eventual help of a search team.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pilot/author produces children's book
Renowned Montana mountain pilot Dave Hoerner has come out with another book, only this time he’s going for a new audience: children.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Cow elk fends off possible wolves in East Valley
Wolves in the Flathead Valley?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
2010 the busiest year for park visitors
Glacier National Park's Centennial year has turned out to be the busiest ever for park visitation.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Bringing back the goats
WHITEFISH, Mont. - They mostly blinked out on the Whitefish Range sometime in the 1960s, but now there is a proposal to bring mountain goats back.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Lake trout netting study delayed
FLATHEAD LAKE — A draft environmental review for a lake trout netting project on Flathead Lake has been delayed but should be released sometime this winter, an official with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes said last Thursday.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Trout netting study delayed
A draft environmental review for a lake trout netting project on Flathead Lake has been delayed but should be released sometime this winter, an official with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes said last Thursday.
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
2010 the busiest year for park visitors
Glacier National Park’s Centennial year has turned out to be the busiest ever for park visitation.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Wolverine protection 'warranted but precluded'
Wolverines in the lower 48 states warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act, but they are “precluded” from a listing because other species have a higher priority, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Ideal conditions close hunt season
Backed up by snow and the rut, hunters finished the 2010 deer and elk hunting season strong in Northwest Montana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Big chill going to get chillier
Bundle up, Flathead Valley: Winter weather is here with a vengeance.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Elk hunters discuss encounter with wolf
Two Flathead Valley men who were retrieving an elk in the South Fork Flathead drainage say they ended up fending off a pack of aggressive wolves recently.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
BPA expects to increase electricity rates next year
The head of the Bonneville Power Administration was in Kalispell last week to explain an expected electricity rate increase next year and provide insight into the risks and challenges ahead.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Payday loan businesses closing
Short-term lenders said they would go out of business if Initiative 164 passed — and they weren’t bluffing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
GOP sweeps all legislative races
Pulling off a narrow win in a hard-fought contest in Whitefish, Republican Derek Skees delivered a clean sweep for the GOP in Flathead County legislative races Tuesday night.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Judge won't move trial pending jury selection
Jury selection for the murder trial of 17-year-old Justine Winter will remain in Flathead County District Court, according to a ruling issued Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Hunting season's opening weekend in NW Montana sees solid numbers
Opening weekend for the general hunting season turned up relatively solid numbers at check stations across northwestern Montana.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Numbers good for opening hunting weekend
Opening weekend for the general hunting season turned up relatively solid numbers at check stations across Northwest Montana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
Rehberg to host gray wolf hearing Oct. 6 in Kalispell
Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., announced this week that he will host three hearings — including one in Kalispell on Oct. 6 — on the impacts of relisting gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Glacier on track for record year
The August numbers are in, and it appears Glacier National Park is on track for a record year for visitation.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
LCSO Reserve Deputy's poaching case part of broader probe
State investigating other possible violations
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Flathead Land Trust celebrates 25 years
Think of the Blasdel federal Waterfowl Production Area, or the new McWenneger Slough fishing access, or a 40-acre addition to Lone Pine State Park, or better yet, many of the farm fields and riparian areas along the lower Flathead River system. They have something in common: the Flathead Land Trust.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Campaign for Supreme Court seat picks up steam
Montana's two Supreme Court candidates are ramping up their campaigns as the November election approaches, with both of them making recent stops in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Gardners buy radio station
A Missoula bankruptcy judge has approved a settlement agreement that transfers assets of the former KGEZ radio station to Todd and Davar Gardner.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Male grizzly moved to Cabinets
Another grizzly bear has been captured in the Whitefish Mountain Range and moved to the West Cabinet Mountains south of Troy, but this time it was a male bear.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Survey to help decide access debate
Lake County commissioners are having a piece of land on Swan Lake surveyed to establish a walk-in public access — and neighboring landowners aren’t happy about it.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Update: cause of death released in plane crash
DIXON - The Lake County Coroner Office has determined the cause of death for the four decedents of the June 27, 2010, plane crash near Dixon to be "Blunt Force Injuries," according to a Lake County Sheriff press release yesterday. The injuries were sustained as a result of the plane …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Missing plane found, no survivors
A determined search ended grimly Wednesday when the wreckage of a small plane was found on a rugged, remote hillside southwest of Dixon.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Missing plane found, no survivors
A determined search ended grimly Wednesday when the wreckage of a small plane was found on a rugged, remote hillside southwest of Dixon.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Missing plane found, no survivors
A determined search ended grimly Wednesday when the wreckage of a small plane was found on a rugged, remote hillside southwest of Dixon.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Missing man lived in Cd'A
The search for a plane missing since Sunday with four people on board shifted somewhat Tuesday toward the lower Flathead River west of the National Bison Range.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Crash claims four young lives
A determined search ended grimly Wednesday when the wreckage of a small plane was found on a rugged, remote hillside southwest of Dixon.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Search continues for missing plane
A search for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Kalispell Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula shifted sharply late Monday from the Flathead Valley area to Sanders County and the National Bison Range.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
'We're not quitting,' search leader promises
At dusk on Tuesday, there still was not a trace of a plane missing since Sunday with four people on board
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Search begins for missing plane
The early stages of a search are under way in the Flathead Valley area for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Search begins for missing plane
The early stages of a search are under way in the Flathead Valley area for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Search continues for missing Kalispell reporters
A search for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula shifted sharply late Monday from the Flathead Valley area to Sanders County and the National Bison Range.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Plane missing with four on board
The early stages of a search got under way Monday in the Flathead Valley area for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Search begins for missing plane
The early stages of a search are under way in the Flathead Valley area for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Search continues for missing Kalispell reporters
A search for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula shifted sharply late Monday from the Flathead Valley area to Sanders County and the National Bison Range.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Plane missing with four on board
The early stages of a search got under way Monday in the Flathead Valley area for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Plane missing with four on board
The early stages of a search got under way Monday in the Flathead Valley area for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Search continues for missing Kalispell reporters
A search for a missing aircraft that was carrying two Daily Inter Lake staff writers and two men from Missoula shifted sharply late Monday from the Flathead Valley area to Sanders County and the National Bison Range.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Homicide trial begins
The trial of Baron James Foster got under way Monday with a Flathead County prosecutor outlining in opening arguments how Foster allegedly shot and killed his neighbor, Michele Miller, on May 9, 2009.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Dam spill begins in effort to help sturgeon
The spillway at Libby Dam will be opened on Thursday in an effort to improve white sturgeon spawning success in the Kootenai River above Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Marauding grizzly trapped
A grizzly bear that had been killing livestock in the Star Meadow area was captured Saturday and has been moved to the Spotted Bear area in the South Fork Flathead River drainage.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Libby Dam spill test for sturgeon planned in June
KALISPELL, Mont. - A spill test for white sturgeon will proceed at Libby Dam in June, based on recent inflow forecasts for Lake Koocanusa, and an old dispute has resumed over the way the dam will operate this summer.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Swan Crest run challenged
A 100-mile run on the Swan Crest planned in late July has run into opposition from an environmental activist who says the U.S. Forest Service has failed to properly consider the impacts of the event.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Montana deals with worries over worms
A potentially dangerous tapeworm carried by wolves has raised growing concerns, but some state officials say the issue is an overhyped, alternative way to demonize wolves.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Arrest made for rape, kidnapping
Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man for an alleged kidnapping and rape Sunday night in Hungry Horse in a scenario very similar to an abduction in Kalispell last week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Protest to greet supremacist film showing
A protest is being organized Thursday against a planned showing of a film that advances “white-supremacy, anti-Semitism propaganda” at the Flathead County Library in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Anglers setting Mack Days records
Anglers have hauled in a record 17,292 lake trout six weeks into the Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Murder victim 'vulnerable'
The Kalispell man who was murdered last week was using medical marijuana to wean himself off prescription drugs, and the suspects in the killing allegedly had been stealing his pills for the last couple of months, a friend of the victim said Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Ski areas weather El Nino winter
Despite a rough economy and less-than-average snowfall this winter, Whitefish Mountain Resort and Blacktail Mountain Ski Area report successful seasons.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Glaciers continuing to shrink
Two environmental groups have issued a new report drawing attention to the effects of climate change on Glacier National Park, particularly the ongoing recession of the park's alpine glaciers. Two more of the park's glaciers have shrunk to a point where they're no longer considered glaciers.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Baucus 'sells' health care to business owners
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., was in Kalispell Tuesday, touting health-care legislation that just cleared Congress, but conceding that implementing the bill will be a work in progress with down sides that will have to be addressed.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Oregon ranger to head forest
Northern Regional Forester Leslie Weldon has announced the two newest forest supervisors in Montana, one of them picked to head the Flathead National Forest.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Stranded driver rescued after four days
After sitting in his stuck Cadillac on a remote mountain road for four days, Louis Rogers thought he was a goner.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Governor calls for cancellation of mining lease
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is pushing for the cancellation of federal mining leases that were improperly issued in the North Fork Flathead drainage.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Mountain snowpack low; not enough time to recover
Mountain snowpack in northwestern Montana and the rest of the state is now considered “very low” and it’s not likely to recover.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Kalispell Blockbuster store closing
With an announcement that the Kalispell Blockbuster store will close at the end of this week, video stores are becoming increasingly scarce in the Flathead Valley.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Frustrated leaseholder moving cabin off state land
By Brian Tanko’s judgment, the choices were only bad or worse, so he has decided to move his cabin off a leased lot of state land on McGregor Lake to avoid future costs and uncertainty.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Montana FWP sets deer hunting limits
It’s settled: Whitetail deer hunting will be limited to bucks only in northwestern Montana for the next two years.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Science, policy, pressure pay off with new B.C. mining ban
The threat of coal mining in the Canadian Flathead became an issue for Kalispell resident Wayne Herman more than three decades ago when he read about it in Montana Outdoors magazine.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
B.C. mining, drilling ban a done deal
Backed by the words “Partnering to Protect Our Shared Environment,” Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell signed an agreement that bans mining and coal and gas development in the transboundary Flathead River drainage.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Limits on deer hunt approved
It’s settled: Whitetail deer hunting will be limited to bucks only in Northwest Montana for the next two years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
County to Tester: We need jobs
Sen. Jon Tester heard comments Monday on banking, construction, health care, forestry and other sectors of the local economy, all with a main theme — the need for more jobs.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Low snowpack leads to uncertainty over spill
Plans for an experimental water spill from Libby Dam to help Kootenai River white sturgeon this spring now are uncertain because of below-average mountain snowpack above the dam.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Anglers target gill-net plan
There were questions, suggestions and many criticisms on Thursday aimed at a lake trout gill netting project on Flathead Lake proposed by the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Judge OKs extended snowmobile season
A recent ruling from a U.S. District Court in Missoula will allow for extended spring snowmobiling on the Flathead National Forest to continue.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Libby Dam spill now in doubt
Plans for an experimental water spill from Libby Dam to help Kootenai River white sturgeon this spring now are uncertain because of below-average mountain snowpack above the dam.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
British Columbia bans mining north of Glacier
The lieutenant governor of British Columbia announced Tuesday that all types of mining and oil and gas development "will not be permitted" in the province's portion of the Flathead Valley.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Group concerned about lake plan
Flathead Wildlife Inc. will hold its annual general membership meeting Thursday in Kalispell, with the main focus on a controversial proposal from the Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes to gill-net lake trout on Flathead Lake over the next few years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Mining banned north of Glacier Park
The lieutenant governor of British Columbia announced Tuesday that all types of mining and oil and gas development “will not be permitted” in the province’s portion of the Flathead Valley.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Rehberg wants wilderness 'phase-in'
Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., is calling for a measure that would phase in wilderness designations as forest stewardship projects are accomplished through legislation sponsored by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Hunting may be limited to bucks
For the first time in about 10 years, buck-only seasons for whitetail deer are being recommended by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks for the next two years in Northwest Montana’s Region One.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Mauling rescue re-created for TV show
Bram Schaffer has quite the story to tell about surviving a brutal grizzly bear mauling near Cooke City during the 1995 hunting season, and he tells it in the “I Shouldn’t Be Alive” series on the Animal Planet channel.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biomass option still on the table for Flathead Electric
Flathead Electric Cooperative managers say they have long been exploring the potential for the development of a biomass cogeneration plant, but so far it has penciled out as the most expensive source to meet future power needs.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Paralegal wins legal ruling in ongoing dispute with state
Flathead Valley paralegal and former state Sen. Jerry O’Neil has prevailed in a recent court ruling that denied attorney general charges that his advertising has been “deceptive as a matter of law.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Stoltze sees opportunity for biomass power plant
The closure of the Smurfit-Stone container mill in Frenchtown has amplified the need and potential for a co-generation plant fueled by biomass in the Flathead Valley.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Ranger wraps up 40-year-long career
After 10 years working on the Flathead National Forest as part of a 40-year Forest Service career, Swan Lake District Ranger Steve Brady has retired.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fighting spirit
Katie Davis and her team have been in training for five months, putting more than 1,500 miles behind them, mostly on trails above Olney in the Whitefish Mountain range.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Hunters voice concerns over meager deer population
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks managers got an earful Saturday from hunters concerned about wolves and obviously depleted deer and elk populations in Northwest Montana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Good deed on Good Creek
An Olney area couple have signed off on a conservation easement covering 301 acres along Good Creek.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Election battles already take shape
By the end of the first day to file for this year’s elections, a race had already shaped up for a new Flathead County district judge position.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Meeting gives hunters input on regulations
It’s regarded as “the big meeting” among hunters in Northwest Montana, held every other January and often attracting hundreds who want a say in setting season regulations for the next two years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Expanded bull trout habitat proposed
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a new and expanded critical habitat designation for bull trout, the third designation in the last decade.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Mushers to hit the trail near Olney
The third annual Flathead Sled Dog Days gets under way this weekend, with more mushers than ever hitting the trail on the Stillwater State Forest near Olney.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Massive road job 'halfway there'
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a Daily Inter Lake series looking at the top stories of the past decade.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
News of the decade: Glacier under water
Eleven inches of rain fell in five days in 2006... This feature story is part of the Inter Lake's look back at the top news of the decade.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Glacier covered in water in 2006
Over a five-day period in the fall of 2006, Glacier National Park was hit with the flood of a decade, if not decades.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
'Mega-fires' change landscape
Editor’s note: Today marks the first installment of a Daily Inter Lake series tracing major stories from the past decade.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
2003 a monster year for fires
Some days when the wind blew hot and dry from the southwest in the summer of 2003, a series of billowing smoke columns could be seen towering over the Continental Divide from the Canadian border to the Mission Mountains south of Swan Lake.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
2001: The year Moose Fire roared for 71,000 acres
The Moose Fire was one of about a dozen lightning-triggered fires that cropped up on the Whitefish Divide on Aug. 14, 2001. While the others were extinguished, the Moose Fire was unstoppable despite a $20 million firefighting effort.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
2007 fires scorched more than 400,000 acres
As the summer of 2007 evolved, so did the conditions for a big fire season in Montana: days and weeks without rain, consistently high temperatures and consecutive days of extremely low relative humidities.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Help sought solving wildlife crimes
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wardens are asking for help with about a dozen unsolved poaching cases in the Flathead area.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Tribes propose netting lake trout
The Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes have drafted a proposal for a “pilot project” for suppressing lake trout in Flathead Lake — a proposal that includes an aggressive netting effort.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Mill closure impacts Montana forest products industry
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. announced this week that it will close its mill near Frenchtown at the end of the year, a move that is expected to have sweeping impacts on Montana’s forest products industry and other economic sectors.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Frenchtown mill closure to hit hard
Smurfit-Stone Contaainer Corp. announced Monday that it will close its mill near Frenchtown at the end of the year, a move that is expected to have sweeping impacts on Montana’s forest products industry and other economic sectors.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Governor won't pay $600,000 to Swank
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced Monday that the state will not give Swank Enterprises $600,000 for an environmental cleanup at a site the company owns in Evergreen.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Reappraisal frustration continues
The “outliers” showed up in force to air their frustrations over the state’s property tax appraisal system at a town hall meeting in Kalispell Thursday, and it appears the issue is going to be attacked from multiple directions.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Big snowstorm on the way
The Flathead Valley and West Glacier areas are expected to catch the brunt of weather systems bringing heavy snow, cold and high winds starting Saturday evening.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Firm hits gold near Glacier
A Canadian mining company says it has found high-grade gold deposits north of Glacier National Park, raising additional concerns in Montana about development in the pristine Flathead River drainage north of the border.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Park expansion boosts trail effort
The future for a bigger Herron Park, with uninterrupted access to an even larger trail, just got brighter.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Law agencies want public help stopping drunk driving
Flathead Valley law enforcement agencies have joined forces for a concerted anti-drunk-driving public awareness and enforcement campaign.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Bundle up
The National Weather Service is forecasting a one-two-three punch of winter weather for Western Montana over the next week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Resort looks for partial opening on Saturday
Even without any additional snow this week, the Whitefish Mountain Resort will partially open on Saturday, a resort spokesman said Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Curtain closes on slowest hunt since '97
The 2009 big hunting season in Northwest Montana was the slowest since 1997, a strong indication that the region’s whitetail deer population still is decreasing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Comments sought on Spotted Bear project
The Flathead National Forest is seeking public input for a broad management project on more than 50,000 acres in the Spotted Bear River drainage.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Downed line turns out lights
Electricity was restored to most homes and businesses by midafternoon Tuesday after a widespread power outage in the Flathead Valley.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Tester gets earful on economy
Sen. Jon Tester heard some deep concerns about the economy and the manner in which the government is responding at a roundtable discussion Monday with business and community leaders in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pilot gets shot at F-22
Since leaving Whitefish, Capt. Ben Orsua has been flying high, recently being selected for one of two open slots to pilot the formidable F-22 Raptor for the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Hunt season validates state management
For Bob Ream, this year’s wolf hunt in Montana represents a full circle of success.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Meeting addresses property reappraisal
Bombarded by complaints from constituents, state Rep. Scott Reichner, R-Bigfork, is holding a town-hall meeting Thursday to discuss the impacts of this year’s property reappraisals.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Vanishing act
Recent spawning surveys indicate most of Glacier National Park’s west-side bull trout populations are teetering toward extinction, but an aggressive netting project in one lake was successful in suppressing invading lake trout.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Survey finds fewer bull trout spawning beds
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has finished its annual survey of bull trout reproduction in the Flathead basin, with results below last year's in all three major drainages.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Albino bear moved to safety of Glacier
An albino black bear recently was captured near Olney and relocated to Glacier National Park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Downed line zaps wildlife
One after another, a dozen animals and one vulture walked into an odd but "perfect storm" of electricity, all of them getting zapped to death in the Pinkham Creek drainage south of Eureka over a period of months.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Trial begins in child-beating case
The mother of a child who was allegedly beaten and molested by Shane Phillip Nickerson tearfully recalled the day of the incident Monday in the opening of a trial in Flathead County District Court.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Hunt season starts out slowly
The 2009 big game hunting season started relatively slowly on Sunday, and the first wolf of the general season was harvested in Northwest Montana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Hunt season starts slowly
The 2009 big game hunting season started relatively slowly on Sunday, and the first wolf of the general season was harvested in Northwest Montana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
CFAC opens up block of property to hunters
The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks block management program just got a big addition in Northwest Montana with Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. enrolling 900 acres.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Court sides with Flathead Forest
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel recently sided with the Flathead National Forest on two grizzly bear habitat security lawsuits.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Ammunition in short supply
It's been going on for months, but an ammunition shortage will become obvious and possibly more severe as hunters prepare for Sunday's Montana general hunting season.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Gearing up for the hunt
There is no shortage of the gizmos and assorted accessories available to hunters, and with the 2009 big game hunting season starting Sunday, it's time to gear up.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
911 Center moves toward Feb. opening
The Flathead County 911 board of directors met Wednesday, preparing for negotiations over employment terms for workers at the county's consolidated 911 Center.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Blacktail Mountain expands glade skiing
The terrain on Blacktail Mountain will be bigger and different this winter due to logging work on about 45 acres that is nearly complete.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Witness: Rehberg 'was not intoxicated'
A man who entertained at the Docks restaurant the night of a boat crash that seriously injured Rep. Denny Rehberg and four others has stepped forward in Rehberg's defense, saying the congressman was not intoxicated.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Stimulus work may peak next year
The Flathead National Forest has awarded only a handful of contracts with economic stimulus money so far, but next year there will be a wave of stimulus work across the forest.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
West-side road to close
After Sunday, the west side of Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road will be closed to vehicles from Avalanche to Logan Pass as full-bore fall reconstruction work gets under way.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Hearing set on wolf hunts
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula has granted a request for a hearing to consider a preliminary injunction that would halt pending wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Hearing planned on wolf hunts
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula has granted a request for a hearing to consider a preliminary injunction that would halt pending wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Feds delist gray wolf in region that includes Montana
There had been uncertainty about how the Obama administration would proceed, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Friday the decision to remove gray wolves from the list of threatened and endangered species.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Agencies resume tussle over Libby dam spill
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is renewing its insistence on a test spill of water from Libby Dam to see if the higher flows have any biological benefits for the threatened Kootenai River white sturgeon.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Agencies resume tussle over Libby dam spill
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is renewing its insistence on a test spill of water from Libby Dam to see if the higher flows have any biological benefits for the threatened Kootenai River white sturgeon.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Agencies resume tussle over Libby dam spill
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is renewing its insistence on a test spill of water from Libby Dam to see if the higher flows have any biological benefits for the threatened Kootenai River white sturgeon.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Tile venture faces investment charges
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Fire near Polson burns 3,000 acres
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Vote threatens project funding
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District asking for input
Open house set for Feb. 27 at Smith Valley
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Mining minister resigns
B.C. official quits after anti-U.S. e-mail exchange
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Bush team revives land-sale proposal
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Budget would boost Glacier funding
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Coalition at work on forest disputes
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Ambrozuk faces 10-year sentence
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House measure would fund Evergreen cleanup
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One teen nabbed after standoff
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Flathead weighs comments on forest plan
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'Water, wilderness and wildlife'
Forest looks at changes in recreation sites
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Kootenai forest issues permit for exploratory drilling
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Conservation council criticizes Cline proposal
Group worried about mine's potential negative impact on fish
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Governor: Budget is 'sustainable'
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Mine fight may go to higher level
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Court puts Dasen in bankruptcy
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Commissioners endorse funding for mine research
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Troy Mine lawsuit: Group says state broke law
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State plans massive Swan timber sale
Project would involve 23.7 million board feet of timber
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Glacier Park feeling the funding pinch
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Underfunding puts local economies at risk
Report finds National Parks 'at risk' because of lack of funds
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Judge allows tailored forest management
Flathead's road provisions in Moose project favor motorized recreation over grizzly-bear habitat
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Judge rejects challenge to 9 Kootenai projects
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Glacier plans study on removing old cabin
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Railroad requests a review
Burlington Northernwants more study of avalanche control
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Park damage estimated at $4.7 million
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DNA study tallies 545 grizzlies
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Grizzly bear deaths down in 2006
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High winds, high water
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Park deluge: 11 inches of rain
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GOP holds on to local legislative advantage
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'We have lost the road'
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Creeks, rivers rise after heavy November rains
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Top Dems stump for Tester
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Pressures mount on water resources
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Feds OK Rock Creek Mine, again
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Tester takes 'high road' to Kalispell
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Blue Angels getting in formation for Mountain Madness Air Shor
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels practiced their entire show Thursday morning in preparation for the weekend Mountain Madness air shows. The exercise was largely aimed at preparing the six performing pilots for local weather and atmospheric conditions.
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Turnout in Flathead County possibly a record
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No Montana waters included in critical habitat for bull trout
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