Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Money-moving scam targets automotive businesses

Automotive repair shops across Montana have become the target of a scam using stolen credit card numbers.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Man sentenced to five years for strangling neighbor

An Evergreen man convicted of strangling his neighbor during a fight over damage to a fence has been sentenced to the Montana Department of Corrections for five years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS AGO

Classes aim to help store clerks

Education effort targets local alcohol sales to minors
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Life in prison for day-care operator

A Kalispell man convicted of sex crimes against children will spend the rest of his life incarcerated.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Man pleads not guilty to arson charge

A man accused of setting fire to a car and an outbuilding he owned with his estranged wife pleaded innocent to arson Thursday in Flathead County District Court.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Soldier accused of murder pleads innocent

The Army soldier suspected in the December murder of a Ferndale man pleaded innocent Wednesday in Lake County District Court to one count of deliberate homicide as investigators continue to search for pieces of the weapon used in the shooting.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

New MHP team patrols valley

Speeders and drunk drivers beware.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Inquiry reveals 'no surprises'

The sun was shining and the wind calm last May when a single-engine Cessna carrying a pilot and four skydivers took off from the northern end of Skydive Lost Prairie's hardtop runway.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Accident kills one, injures another on U.S. 93

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Forsyth denied parole

Jerry Forsyth, convicted for the 1979 murder of his wife, Karen, will spend at least five more years in prison.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Game boy

Whitefish native leads video-gaming team to finals
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Man pleads innocent in murder case

An Evergreen man accused of killing a woman and then turning a shotgun on himself pleaded innocent Thursday in Flathead County District Court.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

O'Brien pleads guilty

A Kalispell woman who left her 2- and 3-year-old girls home alone for more than nine hours in squalid conditions pleaded guilty in Flathead County District Court on Thursday to two counts of criminal endangerment.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Woman pleads guilty to starving horses

Tina Pickton pleaded guilty Wednesday in Flathead County District Court to one count of felony aggravated cruelty to animals for the starvation deaths of six horses and the severe malnourishment of two others.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

BNSF deal to improve emergency communications

Radio communications on U.S. 2 along the southern border of Glacier National Park can be spotty.
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Woman pleads not guilty to neglect

A Kalispell woman accused of leaving her 2- and 3-year-old girls home alone for more than nine hours in squalid conditions tearfully entered not guilty pleas Thursday to two counts of criminal endangerment in Flathead County District Court.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Ohio fugitive under arrest

The armed fugitive who police say led them on a pursuit Tuesday through Evergreen and eastern Kalispell and who faces murder charges in Ohio made an initial appearance Wednesday in Flathead County Justice Court.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Murder suspect returns to Kalispell

An Evergreen man accused of killing a woman and then turning the shotgun on himself was returned to the Flathead County Detention Center on Wednesday after his release from a Seattle hospital.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Highway chase ends in arrest of fugitive

A police pursuit through Evergreen and east Kalispell Tuesday ended in a three-car collision and the arrest of a fugitive from Ohio.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Monday profile: Living life one beer at a time

John Campbell is a man who loves beer.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

O'Brien goes back to prison

A Kalispell woman accused of leaving her 2- and 3-year-old girls home alone for more than nine hours in squalid conditions was back in jail Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

O'Brien to get new hearing

Flathead County prosecutors filed a motion this week to increase the bond of a woman accused of neglecting her children.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Man gets 10 years for sexual assault

A man convicted of sexually assaulting two teenage girls was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in state prison.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Cold front may bring wind, rain

A cold front moving through the Flathead on Friday tantalized officials on area wildfires with the prospect of rain.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Murdered man gets gravestone

A transient murdered near Whitefish and buried in a pauper's grave in Demersville Cemetery near Kalispell received a proper tombstone last week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Fire camp life

'Bringing a city to the countryside'
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Call center keeps lines open for fire information

A Star Meadow resident wants to know if the Brush Creek Fire has forced a new round of evacuations. A Good Creek resident in Salt Lake City asks if that fire has reached her vacant home. A resident of Hot Springs inquires how large the Chippy Creek Fire has grown …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Burgert sentence revised

Militia leader gets less time in prison
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Man pleads not guilty to rape

A Kalispell man accused of forcing a woman into some woods and raping her pleaded not guilty Thursday in Flathead County District Court.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

New fire brings another plume

Another Montana wildfire sprung up 22 miles north of Thompson Falls along Thompson Falls Road on Tuesday evening. The plume of smoke was clearly visible in Kalispell, about 60 miles away.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Cleanup of Kalispell gas leak continues

Crews had removed about 30,000 gallons of gasoline-contaminated groundwater from underneath the Exxon station on Meridian Road and West Idaho Street by Monday afternoon.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Man gets 7 years for child porn

Jerry Brobst of Bigfork will serve seven years in prison for possession and receipt of child pornography.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Sailors endure lake 'maelstrom' as boat goes down

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Teen charged in traffic fatality

A 15-year-old Kalispell boy was charged this week with one count of negligent homicide and one count of obstructing an officer for his role in the traffic death of a Columbia Falls woman.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

County: No retrial for Farr

David Farr, who had been accused of child molestation, will not see the inside of another courtroom on those charges.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Colo. man killed in Jet Ski accident

A vacationer died Thursday evening after his Jet Ski collided with another personal watercraft on Flathead Lake.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

No fatalities, but lots of damage in Flathead

Power lines, trees and utility poles seemed to bear the brunt of what officials are saying is the worst storm to hit Northwest Montana in recent years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Somers accident investigation concluded

Kalispell police cleared an off-duty Montana Highway Patrol trooper of any wrongdoing in the traffic death of a 14-year-old Somers boy.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Highway death still under investigation

Kalispell police are still investigating a crash that ended in the death of a 14-year-old Somers boy.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

A way with wildlife

People skills also crucial for animal warden Mike Hall
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Wildfires break out in valley

A wildfire broke out Friday afternoon on the southern slope of Lion Mountain in Whitefish.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Teen pleads guilty in girl's injury

Max Gregory Goe, 18, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony criminal endangerment for his role in a 14-year-old girl's fall from a third-story window last December.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Police roll out new motorcycle patrols

The Kalispell Police Department's new motorcycle squadron officially was introduced to the public Friday afternoon with engines roaring and sirens wailing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Boy in tubing accident dies

Andy Irvine's life vest snagged Thursday in the Stillwater River
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Car left running; man dies

A 93-year-old Lakeside man died early Thursday morning after a series of somewhat bizarre circumstances led to what coroners think was his poisoning.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

River victim critical

Andy Irvine, 15, receiving care in hospital ICU
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Police identify body found in pond

Police identified the body found Tuesday evening in Dry Bridge Gulch pond as 61-year-old Claude Hedges of Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Shooter gets no jail time

Braunig-Haag claimed self-defense in death of husband
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Prosecution rests in Whitefish molestation case

Prosecutors in the David Farr trial called their final witness Wednesday morning, allowing defense attorneys to begin questioning at least five of the police officers who worked on the case.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Suspect 'molested my son,' mother tells jury

The mothers of two more boys told jurors Monday that David Farr inappropriately touched their sons on multiple occasions.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Psychologist questions evidence in Farr case

Defense attorneys in the David Farr trial called their second sexual abuse expert to the stand Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Second mother testifies in Farr trial

In some of the David Farr trial's most graphic testimony to date, the mother of the second alleged victim described in detail Wednesday her son's report of sexual assault.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Teen charged with torching building

Kalispell police arrested a 17-year-old boy Monday and charged him with burglary and arson.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Woman killed in riding accident

A Kalispell-area woman injured in a Saturday horse-riding accident died Sunday afternoon at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, authorities said.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Therapist testifies in Farr case

Testimony continued in the David Farr trial Tuesday as prosecutors called one of the alleged victim's therapist to the stand.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Ambrozuk ordered to pay $34,500

In one of the final chapters of a 25-year saga, Jaroslaw "Jerry" Ambrozuk was ordered to pay $34,500 in restitution and $1,000 in fines Thursday as part of his sentence for the 1982 death of Dianne Babcock.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

New night court debuts next week in Justice Court

Challenging a traffic ticket is about to become a little more convenient.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Event puts hate crimes in spotlight

Montana state Sen. Christine Kaufmann will be in Whitefish on Monday to participate in a panel discussion on anti-gay hate crimes and the bullying of gay youths in schools.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO