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Julie Engler covers Whitefish City Hall and writes community features for the Whitefish Pilot. She earned master's degrees in fine arts and education from the University of Montana. She can be reached at [email protected] or 406-882-3505.

ARTICLES BY JULIE ENGLER

Photo: Water tank rises in Whitefish

The tank for the Whitefish south water tower was hoisted on Thursday, Oct. 8.
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O’Shaughnessy Center gets upgrades and design refresh

Recent upgrades to the O'Shaughnessy Center have increased the building’s energy efficiency and prepared the nearly 30-year-old facility to serve the needs of the growing community into the future.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 2 HOURS, 23 MINUTES AGO

Theatre family's costume designer is the 'cool aunt'

Sarah Ghostlight has been the costume designer for the Whitefish Theatre Company for nearly 10 years. Her studio space in the O’Shaughnessy Center is full of satin, sequins, threads in a rainbow of colors and tools not typically used by a seamstress, like pliers and hot glue guns.
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Whitefish soccer teams advance to state semifinal round

Whitefish soccer continued its winning ways in the quarterfinals of the Class A playoffs at home Saturday.
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Logging leaves new look on Big Mountain

A large logging project, underway throughout the summer on Big Mountain, caused hiking and biking detours and will make for a different skiing experience this winter.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK AGO

Local musician advances in national singing competition

Ethan Thompson, performing as Alt Bloom, won a head-to-head battle with teammate Morgan Lett last night on the NBC singing competition “The Voice.” The two sang “Ex-factor” by Lauryn Hill as a duet.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 1 WEEK AGO

Whitefish soccer teams top the conference heading into playoffs

The Whitefish boys and girls soccer teams are conference champions, each team going undefeated in league play. They earned the right to host the first round of the playoffs next Saturday at Smith Fields.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 1 WEEK AGO

Stoltze says Haskill trails were 'always illegal'

Whitefish City Council last week postponed a decision about recognizing F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber Company’s new open lands policy following concerns about the future of recreational access in Haskill Basin.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 1 WEEK AGO

Council opts to make proclamation supporting nonpartisan court elections

The Whitefish City Council will make a proclamation in support of nonpartisan municipal court elections at its Nov. 2 meeting.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 1 WEEK AGO

Logging leaves new look on Big Mountain

A large logging project, underway throughout the summer on Big Mountain, caused hiking and biking detours and will make for a different skiing experience this winter.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 1 WEEK AGO

Council votes no on micro lot zoning

With a vote of 3-1, the Whitefish City Council voted against adopting an amendment to the zoning regulations to introduce a micro lot residential zone.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 1 WEEK AGO

Whitefish's long-range planner heads down the highway to Kalispell

Tenacious Whitefish Long Range Planner Alan Tiefenbach worked determinedly and tirelessly for the last four years to complete Vision Whitefish 2045, the city’s growth policy.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 2 WEEKS AGO

Whitefish soccer adds wins at home, ties in Columbia Falls

Whitefish soccer teams continued their seemingly powerful seasons as each team added a shutout win and a tie to their record.
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Whitefish girls win, boys third, in state golf tourney

The Whitefish girls golf team won the state tournament this weekend at the Marias Valley Golf and Country Club in Shelby this weekend.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 2 WEEKS AGO

Missing dog activates communities in valley wide search effort

A scared Collie cross was adopted and then bolted from her new owner’s car, into the woods around Whitefish about two months ago, and people, valley wide, are teaming up to bring her to safety.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO

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