Sunday, December 14, 2025

Matters of the heart

Preventive efforts can help cut risk of heart disease
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'You're now off shift'

At least 1,000 people - including law-enforcement officers from throughout the region - paid tribute Saturday to fallen patrolman
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Stokes trying to sell radio station

Flamboyant radio station owner John Stokes is trying to sell KGEZ, the Missoulian and Missoula Independent newspapers recently reported.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Library considers 2 options

Tidyman's or Flathead Valley Community College?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Training for health

Boot camp offers women a safe, fun environment for exercising
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Gas tax could go to voters

A proposed Flathead County gas tax would raise $1.268 million annually, City Manager Jim Patrick told the Kalispell City Council on Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Wolford project headed to planning board

Glacier Town Center is now officially in Kalispell's bureaucratic pipeline.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell council backs gas tax

The Kalispell City Council supports sending a proposed countywide gasoline tax to voters in a November referendum.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Back in the saddle

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Labor deal awaits city approval

Kalispell union ratifies contract
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Brush Creek success

Fire is fully contained
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell yard has some stinky visitors

Sherry Baker thinks it stinks that skunks keep invading her yard.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Star Meadow evacuation lifted Sunday

The Flathead County Sheriff's Office evacuation order for the Star Meadow area was lifted Sunday evening - a sign that firefighters improved their grasp on the Brush Creek Fire a few miles to he west.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Tax request planned for 911 center

Valentine's Day has been tentatively targeted for a tax request to build and operate a consolidated Flathead County 911 center.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell grows by a square mile

Kalispell is now 11 percent bigger.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Weather slows two major fires

But Jocko Lakes blaze prompts disaster declaration from governor
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Study looks at north side of downtown

The city of Kalispell wants to overhaul the north side of the downtown area.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Chippy Creek keeps roaring

Fire grows from 7,000 to 36,000 acres in a day
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Council evaluates budget changes

The Conrad Mansion appears likely to get some extra money from the city of Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

$1 million donation for breast cancer center

A $1 million donation from Dallas will build much of Kalispell Regional Medical Center's new breast-cancer facility.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Third time is no charm for Willow Creek

For the third time, a big proposed housing project southwest of Kalispell did not make it past the city's Planning Board.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell council leery of Evergreen's sewer request

The Kalispell City Council informally said "no thanks" Monday to an Evergreen Water and Sewer District request to buy or lease an extra 100,000 gallons of daily capacity at Kalispell's sewage-treatment plant.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Emergency services to merge under one 911 system

The Flathead City-County 911 Administrative Board wants a tax levy to raise money for a new consolidated emergency dispatch center, and it wants the public to vote on that proposal as soon as possible.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell annexes Valley Ranch

Valley Ranch is now part of Kalispell and the city is on the brink of having less regulatory control than some council members are comfortable with.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

The view at the top

Whitefish man reaches Everest summit
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Board of Health continues to examine emergency services' proposals

One person's "teeth" is another person's "penalty" and a third person's "remedy."
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Adding a square mile to Kalispell

Annexation near for Starling project
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

City employees picket

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

New type of specialists take care of patients

Mary Lou Peterson is from Eureka and was hospitalized 50 miles away in Whitefish with a swollen, infected leg.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Board OKs zoning for proposed new U.S. 93 subdivision

A 181-acre site will seek annexation into Kalispell with recommended zoning for single-family housing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Council considers 2008 public works budget

The big picture: Kalispell's sewage treatment plant will expand, becoming one of the greatest influences on growth in central Flathead County.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell aims for four new police officers

Kalispell police hope to add two new officers in fiscal 2008 - and an additional two officers if a federal grant program surfaces again after a hiatus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Union, city continue fight over longevity pay

A significant number of unhappy City of Kalispell employees plan to take their complaints about troubled contract talks directly to the city council on June 18.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Healed ALERT returns

KRMC's rescue helicopter was damaged in November
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

County emergency-services plan taking shape

A rough draft of a countywide approach to emergency medical responses will likely go to the Flathead County commissioners in the near future.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell property taxes expected to increase

Kalispell property taxes are expected to increase slightly under a proposed city budget for fiscal year 2008.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Acid spill stops traffic

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Board backs 3,000-home Starling project

The Kalispell Planning Board gave thumbs up Tuesday to the potential 3,000-home Starling project despite protests from neighbors that the review process is going too fast for adequate public input.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Council approves parks master plan

Kalispell's City Council approved Monday a master plan calling for $7.75 million in land purchases and improvements over the next six years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Baucus promotes funding measure

Proposed trust fund would help cover fire-fighting costs
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Planners cool to Eagle Crest development

The Flathead County Planning Board went thumbs down Wednesday on a proposed five-phase, 739-lot gated community south of Lakeside.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

County commissioners, can you spare $400,000?

Sheriff wants funds to hire five deputies
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Investigation of plane crash begins

Four skydivers - one from Kalispell - and pilot were killed Saturday near Marion
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Cowboy Ron, gaming machines reunited

Sin from the Old West has returned to the Cowboy Cabin in Whitefish.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Stokes: City tower idea won't fly

Kalispell plans to approach KGEZ owner John Stokes with a probable offer to lower his two 325-foot radio towers at no cost to him.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Breaking all the rules

Author kick-starts career by using animals and rhymes to connect with children
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Despite cost rise, council OKs plan

A budgeted $21.742 million expansion of the Kalispell Wastewater Treatment Plant has a tentative green light.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

More study needed

Council tells panel to look again at traffic-impact fees
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Fix-it plan in works for county 911

A fix-it plan for Flathead County's outdated and spotty emergency-radio network is supposed to be ready in two months.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Neighbors slam Willow Creek plan

Fourteen neighboring homeowners criticized a proposed 710-home subdivision along Foy's Lake Road that is seeking annexation into Kalispell with the zoning to fit its plans.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Affordable homes in the Flathead?

Grim figures prompt council to look for ways to help out
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Builders: Impact fee would drive business away

Kalispell's proposed road-impact fees are too steep, some housing and commercial-development representatives told the Kalispell City Council on Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'I'm hoping we're not going to be back in court'

Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath is bracing for a possible new round of litigation over the state's funding of schools.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

To heal an ailing system

Emergency medical officials seek more authority to fix coordination woes
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

City Council chides House for stalling bill

The Kalispell City Council informally criticized Montana House members Monday for opposing a proposed 50-cent fee increase that would help pay for Flathead County 911 upgrades.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Play yard

Couple lets imagination run wild throughout pet-centered property
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Emergency agencies try to work it out

County medical personnel meet to discuss goals, improvements
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Sheriff's workers OK new labor contract

Flathead County Sheriff's Office non-sworn employees ratified a new contract 29-19 on Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Trumbull Creek developer requests delayed annexation

The developer of a proposed 158-acre housing and industrial subdivision just north of Evergreen wants the land eventually to be annexed into Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Road fees would hit new businesses hardest

Owners of new business buildings would pay the lion's share of Kalispell's proposed transportation impact fees.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Director of 911 system steps down

The director of the 911 system for Flathead County and its cities is resigning as of late April.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Council replaces Herron

Wayne Saverud to be sworn in on March 19
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

More room for Fun (Beverage)

Firm nearing move to expansive new facility
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Firm begins $10 million expansion

Look at the boxes and bottles in your grocery or drug store or other shops - particularly the labels.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Color my world

Man relies on moody hues for unique artwork
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Results of pollution study expected next year

State agency says cleanup ofEvergreen area will begin in 2008
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Family thanks rescuers

The extended family of Laurie Dearing on Monday publicly thanked the two Kalispell paramedics who helped save her life after a Dec. 14 auto accident.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Critic slams city's tax calculation

Jack Fallon says council should not have forgiven loan to Kalispell Center Mall
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ties that bind

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Making her marks

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hearts and homes

Intern at Family Concepts in Kalispell helps state recruit, retain foster families
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Free exchange

Flathead Valley boasts state's largest Freecycle group
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Planners OK new Forest Service site

Proposal for federal agency's Flathead headquarters goes before City Council
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Ceremony honors agent who died in 1925

Joseph Riley was the first U.S. Border Patrol inspector to die in the line of duty along the Canadian border
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Millwright trains for new career

Man commutes 120 miles a day to become law officer
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Timber transition: Long logging history cut short

National forests can't meet needs of timber mills
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

A new arrangement

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

There's nothing plain about these flower gardens

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Birds on film

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Symbol of freedom

New bank's art is one-of-a-kind collaboration
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Homeless man unhappy with park's request that he stay away

Jim Brodniak enjoys "the peace, the quiet, the serenity" of Lone Pine State Park, but he has been asked to stay away from the park until the end of August.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Remodeling the Wells Fargo building

City Council looks to trim costs
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Defender or bully?

Crowder toes all-out in crusade for property rights
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Ailing 911 network might need major surgery

Area director says much of Flathead County's emergency equipment needs to be upgraded
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Feats on film

Whitefish cinematographer is part of the team while documenting Everest treks
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

High rollers

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell studies $55.7 million budget

Property taxes might rise slightly
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

GOP hopefuls want downsized government

Smaller state government is the mantra of the two Republicans squaring off in the primary for Montana House District 8 seat.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Library spells out plans for expansion

The Flathead County Library wants to expand and move its main operation from its present location.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Council approves sale of old armory site

Ohio-based builder plans to break ground in June for hotel-casino complex
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Meeting helps map Kalispell's way north

Open house planned Tuesday on growth policy
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Making movies

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Growth queries puzzle Kalispell Planning Board

Growth-control complications from a proposed annexation of a proposed auto-sales center stymied the Kalispell Planning Board on Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell City Council

Residents steer talk to traffic concerns
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Cost diagnosis of new 911 center in early stages

Draft report submitted Tuesday to board members shows that between $875,000 and $2.1 million might be needed
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Council tweaks, OKs proposal to sell armory

Kalispell laid down its supposedly final terms Monday to sell the old Montana National Guard armory to a developer wanting to build a hotel and conference there.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Hutton Ranch ready to roll

Construction starts in July for new retail center
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Part of missing Navy jet located

F-9F Cougar fighter aircraft crashed in 1960 in Flathead Lake
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Team tries to resolve sunken-jet mystery

The 46-year-old underwater mystery beckons to John Gisselbrecht.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Tempers flare at council meeting

Tempers flared Monday evening as Kalispell City Council member Kari Gabriel told another council member, Bob Herron, to "shut up."
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Tax-increment funds could pay for armory demolition

Prospective deal between Kalispell, hotel builder could cost the city almost $900,000
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Director: City ambulances are well positioned

Making Kalispell's north fire station the primary ambulance facility should not affect the quality of emergency care to southern Kalispell, according to the city Fire Department's medical director.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Hope floats, but problems persist

City still looking for a permanent solution to flooding in southern Kalispell
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Airport studying terminal expansion

Glacier Park International Airport might soon look at adding terminal space if airport activity continues to grow at its present rate.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Drainage problems perturb planners

As knowledge of Kalispell's drainage problems grows, the city Planning Board has become irked.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Planners say casino, park can co-exist

Board recommends that City Council approve hotel proposal at old armory site
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Treading water

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Border barbershops a fascination for one Kalispell photographer

The faces. The stories. The history.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

On the path to parks improvements

Some participants in Kalispell meeting foresee interconnected trails, open spaces and bikeways
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Study suggests merging 911 call centers

Flathead County panel received draft Tuesday
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Poker aces

Thirteen players try to beat the odds - and each other - in a high-stakes game of Texas Hold 'Em in Whitefish
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

State: 3 subdivisions broke the law

Department of Environmental Quality says Kalispell areas violated water-quality standards
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Proposed 'airport zone' taxis toward approval

Some civic ground rules for living near Kalispell City Airport appear to be headed toward City Council approval.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell to begin negotiations on proposed hotel

The stage is set for Kalispell officials to begin negotiating the sale of the old Montana National Guard armory to an Ohio chain that wants to build a Hilton hotel at the site.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Council OKs sewer for outlying subdivisions

Kalispell is setting aside 100,000 gallons a day of its sewage treatment capacity for subdivisions outside both the city and the Evergreen water and sewer district.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Walk the line

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Moving day

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Council postpones decision on armory

Buffer requirement snags Ohio-based developer's plans for casino in hotel complex
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Planners send airport proposal to council

Owner of Kalispell radio station KGEZ vows to file lawsuit if height limit is adopted
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Differences emerging over plans for U.S. 93

Will highway segment go commercial? Decision by planners may take awhile
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hotel developer gambling on casino approval

Ohio builder seeks City Council's OK for gaming in proposed complex at old armory site
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hilton hotel proposed on U.S. 93 site

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

The sounds of music

strike up the Flathead Valley Community Band, whose members say their love for the melodies is all that matters
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

No answer for long-range plan question

Should an effort to map out Kalispell's long-range plan for extending water, sewer and stormwater services be put up for bids?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Beer busted

Man in a van hooks a suspected crook wearing a backpack full of brewskis
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell's growing pains expected to continue

Kalispell's 18,000 people might increase to 25,000 by 2015, one growth estimate says.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

What's in your perfume?

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Industrial park ready to sell lots

The Old School Station industrial park has passed its final city step before it can sell its lots.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Council seeks 7 for panel on fees

The Kalispell City Council is seeking people to serve on a committee to help map out the city's proposed impact fees on new developments.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Eagle Transit may restructure bus routes

Eagle Transit hopes to pin down by July how it will rearrange its bus routes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

County asks Congress to help revamp 911 system

Flathead officials seek $5.81 million to improve, consolidate emergency dispatch
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Council OKs casino next to Town Pump

South Kalispell's Town Pump station will add a casino with a liquor license.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Belly dancers learn to roll with the music

Feel the beat
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City board wants to coordinate with county on growth

Kalispell's planning board wants to meet with its Flathead County counterpart to map out a joint vision on developments north of the city.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Not again in my back yard

Overflowing stormwater basin creates a flood of problems for Kalispell woman
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

City seeks proposals for armory

At least four ventures have expressed interest in developing 3.5-acre site
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

City Council approves sidewalk plan

But Mayor Kennedy's workshop request means fix-up policy may not be set in concrete
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Planning board opposes casino plan

A proposed casino at the Town Pump just south of Kalispell received a thumbs-down vote Tuesday from the city's planning board.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Where streets meet, cars collide

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Parking problems: Centre Court, city clash

Residents want two-hour public parking restored
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell planner Wilson resigns post

Departure comes amid board grumbling about advisory role to council
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell focuses on new lighting standards

The Kalispell City Council wrestled Monday with how the city's new lighting-standards law should be enforced.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Council deadlocks on Cottonwood sewage

Tie vote means application to use Kalispell treatment plant remains active
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Lodge expands area's meeting spaces

Flathead County's available meeting spaces will increase by 16 percent Monday when the Lodge at Whitefish Lake opens its doors.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Northern exposure

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Kalispell considers sidewalk crackdown

The Kalispell City Council wants to crack down on substandard sidewalks.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Consultant hired to study 911 system

A consultant soon will begin studying how to overhaul 911 dispatch services in Flathead County.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

A new breed

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Hospital takes spill precautions

Procedures are in place to prevent a repeat of an October chemical discharge from Kalispell Regional Medical Center into the city's sewer system.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Lake County tavern owners fret about gambling talks

Lake County's non-Indian casino operators are getting anxious that new gaming compact talks between Montana and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have not yet begun.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

City ponders how to set architectural rules

Guidelines vs. standards.
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A 'living wage'

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Wild life

Local photographer circles the globe in pursuit of award-winning nature shots
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Kalispell plans new well, water tank

Kalispell plans to dig a new well and build a new water storage tank to serve the city's growing population.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Council will hear lumberyard response

The Kalispell City Council wrestled Monday with how to approach a lumberyard's upcoming appeal on whether its sprinkler system is adequate.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

How should the city of Kalispell look?

City Council wrestles with architectural, landscape standards
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New community foundation readies its first grants

The fledgling Flathead Community Foundation plans to hand out its first disbursements by late December.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Hospital chemical spill under investigation

Kalispell medical center improperly dumped antifreezelike substance into city sewer system on Oct. 27
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Artist tries to portray the wilder West

John Kyes paints a Montana that he misses: a wilder, less-settled land.
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When bad things happen to good characters

In his first published novel, Whitefish author focuses on the resilience of the human spirit
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Election 2005

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Council supports industrial park

The ball on developing the Old School Station industrial park is back in the private sectors court.
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Park scene clicks for Great Chief artist

Marshall Noice has stopped at and enjoyed the same spot on Lake McDonalds southwest shore hundreds of times over many years.
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Enthusiasm for learning

Parents work to set up private Waldorf school
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Filmmakers looking at Old School Station

Council hears news during discussion of tax-increment proposal
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State playing catch-up in job training game

Up-to-date job training is the top priority that businesses look for in a region and Montana is playing catch-up in that game.
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Debate swirls over 911 dispatch center overhaul

The consensus is that Flathead Countys 911 dispatch center needs to be overhauled.
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Job training a major concern for local businesses

Local businesses put job training near the top of their concerns in two economic surveys this year.
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Peters tries for council from a different ward

After a brief hiatus, Jayson Peters wants to return to Kalispell's City Council - lining himself up as the philosophical opposite of his opponent, Jim Atkinson.
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Frequent dissenter seeks second term as city councilman

Bob Hafferman often finds himself on the losing side of Kalispell City Council votes.
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Candidate stresses social issues in Ward 1 council campaign

Steve Davidson sees himself as a chance to diversify the makeup of a Kalispell City Council loaded with homeowners and business people.
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Sewer compromise passes narrowly

The Kalispell City Council on Monday narrowly voted to allow an outlying rural subdivision to connect with the city's sewage treatment plant - a decision with potential long-term implications for the area's utilities picture.
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Compromise sought in subdivision sewer issue

A proposed solution to a long-running sewage treatment impasse on a chunk of rural land will go to Kalispell's City Council on Monday.
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Board may tone down some light standards

The Kalispell Planning Board has set an Oct. 25 workshop to tweak the city's fledgling lighting-standards law.
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Chamber looks for more space

The Kalispell Area Chamber of Commerce plans to build an addition to its present office in Depot Park.
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Tempers flare at council meeting

The flare-up came out of nowhere Monday. It spiked for about 15 seconds and then disappeared.
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Flathead High marching band performs its only halftime show of the year tonight

The swagger wasn't there.
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Kalispell plans for future of city's park system

Kalispell is seeking a consultant to help it put together a master plan to maintain and improve the city's parks.
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Council shelves 'blight' decision

Blight is now on the back burner for part of downtown Kalispell.
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Fire department reviews Haz-Mat policies

The Kalispell Fire Department is reviewing whether and how it should help hazardous-materials response teams elsewhere in Montana.
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Is blight in the eye of beholder?

This Kalispell neighborhood can't be easily labeled
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Two-wheeled tutoring

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Sidewalks put council in quandary

The Kalispell City Council is debating how and when it should crack down on building substandard sidewalks.
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Board deadlocks on subdivision junction town

Intersection concerns troubled the Kalispell City Planning Board enough that it could not make a recommendation Tuesday on a proposed subdivision on Hathaway Lane west of the city.
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Impact fees: 'Growth paying for growth'

Kalispell council gets lesson in fee plans
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City blight is in eye of the beholder

Some know blight when they see it; some don't.
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