ARTICLES BY KIANNA GARDNER DAILY INTER LAKE
Projections suggest Montana's virus cases 'leveling out'
Flathead County’s Public Health Officer said Thursday that based on current projections and what data is available, the coronavirus outbreak in Flathead County and Montana as a whole “appears to be leveling out and starting to go down.”
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Health Board member's comments on COVID-19 prompt calls for removal
Many community members who tuned into the Flathead City-County Board of Health’s virtual meeting on Thursday asked board members and the county commissioners to consider removing Dr. Annie Bukacek from her position on the board, citing an incident in which she organized members of the public to protest the city …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Continuing shifts in climate and land use may impact birds
Etched in the early score of Beethoven’s “Pastoral Symphony” are the names of several birds whose songs are reminiscent of various instruments in the piece’s second movement. A flute trill echoes a nightingale’s harmony, which is soon followed by a quail-inspired oboe and both instruments are later joined by a …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Surgeons use robotic arm to assist in joint surgeries
Janie Wagner says if she had a third knee she would go under the knife again for a total joint replacement surgery without blinking, assuming the procedure was performed at North Valley Hospital and with the assistance from the hospital’s new Stryker Mako Robotic Arm technology.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Supreme Court rules BNSF 'strictly liable' for asbestos injury claims Lower Court to determine if there are exceptions to ruling
The Montana Supreme Court filed an opinion earlier this week stating BNSF Railway is not protected from strict liability for hundreds of injury claims filed in the state’s Asbestos Claims Court alleging the railroad company had a hand in spreading toxic asbestos fibers from Libby’s shuttered vermiculite mine.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Neighbors in Need works to 'refocus its mission'
When dialing the main phone number for Neighbors in Need, there’s a good chance you’ll hear a recorded voice after the fifth ring telling you the organization is unable to provide any services “until further notice.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
MudMan to reopen burger restaurants as for-profit businesses
MudMan Burgers is back — almost.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Online jail roster now includes photos
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office online jail roster has been updated to include photos of the inmates and other information.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Glacier pitches cellular, internet upgrades
Glacier National Park is asking for public input by March 9 on an ambitious plan that would improve telecommunications in the park for officials and visitors.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
FVCC cancels study abroad amid virus outbreak
Flathead Valley Community College made the decision to cancel its study abroad program in Venice, Italy, this week due to the coronavirus outbreak.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Settlement reached in United Way lawsuit
Northwest Montana United Way and the organization’s former executive director have reached a settlement agreement with the founders of a nonprofit that sued United Way last fall, alleging United Way’s fiscal oversight over the nonprofit was abruptly terminated, among other allegations.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Groups aim to appeal bottling plant case to Supreme Court
In an effort to appeal their case to the Montana Supreme Court, Egan Slough Community and other plaintiffs in an ongoing case against several Flathead County officials and departments have asked Flathead County District Court for the final judgment on zoning matters related to a controversial water bottling plant in …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Local leaders look at gaps in emergency, transitional shelters
Many stakeholders throughout the Flathead Valley are zeroing in on ways to address shelter challenges in Flathead Valley, where according to the results of recently compiled research, there are about three times the number emergency shelters as there are transitional shelters.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
