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ARTICLES BY SAM WILSON DAILY INTER LAKE

Beneath the surface

During a slow morning stroll through the spring-fed woodlands that border his farm near Creston, Steve Harvey recalls his first meeting years ago with Lew Weaver, who was then a new neighbor in the small agrarian community stretching along the eastern banks of the Flathead River.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Beneath the surface

During a slow morning stroll through the spring-fed woodlands that border his farm near Creston, Steve Harvey recalls his first meeting years ago with Lew Weaver, who was then a new neighbor in the small agrarian community stretching along the eastern banks of the Flathead River.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Voters to decide zoning proposal's fate

Flathead County voters will decide whether to expand a zoning district in an agricultural area near Creston, after a petition secured enough signatures by Tuesday to place the question on a future county-wide election ballot.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Sun Road opens to pass

The wait is finally over. On Wednesday morning, Glacier National Park opened the full 50 miles of Going-to-the-Sun Road to motorists — kicking off the unofficial start to Glacier’s busy season.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Park opens Sun Road

The wait is finally over. On Wednesday morning, Glacier National Park opened the full 50 miles of Going-to-the-Sun Road to motorists — kicking off the unofficial start to Glacier’s busy season.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Zinke vows to expand energy development

Four months into his new job as Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke returned to his hometown of Whitefish on Tuesday, emphasizing energy development and what he described as his department’s effort to reverse a “breach of trust” by federal land-management agencies in a keynote speech to the Western Governors’ …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Panel addresses softwood lumber trade

With the governments of the United States and Canada engaged in multiple cross-border trade negotiations, two top Canadian officials on Monday sought to step back from the uptick in “protectionist” rhetoric during a panel discussion with nine governors from across the Western United States.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Whitefish hosts Western Governors meeting

For the second time this decade, Whitefish will play host to the annual summer meeting of the Western Governors’ Association next week as the top elected officials from 10 states join other dignitaries to discuss issues facing the American West.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Glacier's Avalanche Lake trail reopens

The popular trail to Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park was reopened to hikers on Wednesday, two days after multiple reports of grizzly bears approaching visitors prompted park officials to close the trail.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Blackfeet to hold June 27 vote on new constitution

In less than a week, members of the Blackfeet Nation will decide whether to adopt a new constitution to guide the tribal government, following several tumultous years for the governing council.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Cautious optimism from wildfire experts as summer begins

Wildfire experts will rarely, if ever, venture a guess as to what the upcoming fire season holds until they’re in the middle of it.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

No signs of man missing in wilderness

As of late Wednesday afternoon, a growing search-and-rescue effort had yet to uncover any signs of a Pennsylvania man who went missing in the Bob Marshall Wilderness near Augusta earlier this week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Cautious optimism from wildfire experts as summer begins

Wildfire experts will rarely, if ever, venture a guess as to what the upcoming fire season holds until they’re in the middle of it.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

No signs of man missing in wilderness

As of late Wednesday afternoon, a growing search-and-rescue effort had yet to uncover any signs of a Pennsylvania man who went missing in the Bob Marshall Wilderness near Augusta earlier this week.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Cautious optimism from wildfire experts as summer begins

Wildfire experts will rarely, if ever, venture a guess as to what the upcoming fire season holds until they’re in the middle of it.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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