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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
Foster Flower Wholesale Nursery one of handful using biological controls
The greenhouses at Foster Flowers Wholesale Nursery in Whitefish look like most other greenhouses.
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Planning Commission gives a nod to zone change
The Whitefish Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval for a zone change and a conditional use permit last week.
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Canada goose forges friendships in Whitefish
A Canada goose made friends with a few homeowners in a lakeside neighborhood in Whitefish last week who were concerned for the seemingly lost, sweet bird.
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Unique partnership in wildlife urban interface
Three agencies, two nonprofits and one government department, joined forces to address an ongoing flooding problem near a popular road in Whitefish last week.
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Whitefish addresses Missoula rep's concerns with growth plan
Hold the confetti. The Whitefish City Council decided to wait until its next regular meeting on April 20 to adopt the much anticipated, toil-filled, controversy-laden growth policy update.
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Super Bloom Gear Repair rescues, resurrects and reimagines clothing, gear
Five sewing machines and a serger stand at the ready. Racks of jackets wait their turn, and sacks of bags fill two corners of the small workspace. One hundred zippers hang from one board and on another, different widths of webbing.
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Whitefish ski season weathers warmth
Whitefish Mountain Resort’s 2025-26 ski season was different from most. The spotty snowfall kept skiers and boarders waiting, but the mountain got 207 inches of snow during the season and wrapped up with a 95-inch base at the summit.
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Glacier Nordic slides toward fundraising goal for grooming operations facility
A $50,000 grant from the Whitefish Community Foundation glided the Glacier Nordic Club past the halfway point toward its $500,000 fundraising goal for Phase 1 of the Big Mountain Enhancement Project.
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Best on ice, twice: McCarthy repeats as National Champion
Whitefish’s Finley McCarthy is a forward for the Wisconsin Badgers, and now, as a sophomore, is a two-time national champion.
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Staff hustles to get code changes ready for MLUPA deadline
The Whitefish City Council gave direction to staff regarding the zoning and subdivision regulation changes required to comply with the Montana Land Use Planning Act.
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Council makes final adjustments to growth policy update
The Whitefish City Council held the second of three public hearings on the adoption of Vision Whitefish 2045, the updated growth policy before addressing and editing the document, nearly line by line.
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Full send: Young skiers huck their carcasses with style
Several skiers in the Flathead Freeride Club this year rank among the top freeride skiers in the world.
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Full send: Young skiers huck their carcasses with style
Several skiers in the Flathead Freeride Club this year rank among the top freeride skiers in the world.
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Wild shredders support outdoor recreation for everybody
DREAM Adaptive Recreation’s seventh annual Shred Fest brought some wild characters to Whitefish Mountain Resort Saturday, with participants in animal prints, tails, ears and whiskers, reflecting this year’s theme, Wild Thangz.
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