ARTICLES BY SAMUEL WILSON
Big snows boost holidays at ski areas
Back-to-back snowstorms kicked off a solid holiday season for the Flathead Valley’s two ski areas.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Fish experts provide look at South Fork bull trout
Sitting in his office at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, regional fisheries manager Mark Deleray pulls up a map of the state’s waterways. It contains a smattering of green outlines, the largest of which covers the South Fork of the Flathead River and its wilderness tributaries.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Winds cut power to wide area
Wild winds Tuesday night and Wednesday morning brought trees down that crushed two Kalispell vehicles and cut power to thousands of people across Northwest Montana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Council meeting Monday in Evergreen
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council will hold a public meeting in Evergreen Monday to solicit input on a draft of its seventh 20-year power plan for four states in the Pacific Northwest.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
At 11, girl takes her first deer
Despite some jitters on her first two days, Sydney Rooney of the Foothill Road area became one of the first new hunters to take advantage of a 2015 law allowing “apprentice hunters” aged 10 or older to participate in one of Montana’s oldest traditions.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
Agency studies status of rare Glacier insects
Two stoneflies found in high-elevation coldwater streams in and near Glacier National Park are being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
Trails open, but be careful in burn areas
Some fire-related trail closures on the Spotted Bear Ranger District were lifted early this week, but officials with Flathead National Forest urge visitors to check conditions before venturing into the woods.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
'406' to be state's lone area code until 2022
Montanans can hang on to “406” as their sole area code for a little bit longer.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
State issues citation over CFAC cleanup
Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. and Calbag, the company hired for initial cleanup of the proposed Superfund site, have been cited by the state’s environmental agency for moving potentially hazardous material on the property without permission.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
Fire boss leads an elite team
Sitting behind his desk at the regional state land office in Kalispell, Greg Poncin doesn’t quite come across as a hardened wildland firefighter.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
Sheriff gets OK for jail plan
On Monday the Flathead County commissioners unanimously granted Sheriff Chuck Curry the authority to begin sending inmates from the Kalispell juvenile detention facility to Missoula County to free up space at the overcrowded Flathead County Detention Center.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
Forest officials look at salvage timber sales
Nearly 100,000 acres within the Flathead National Forest burned this summer, and resource managers with the forest are eyeing potential salvage sales in two of the largest burn areas.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
DROUGHT IMPACTS
Autumn rain is finally falling in parched Northwest Montana, but streamflows are at or near historic lows this week and the Flathead Valley’s total precipitation this year is nearly 6 inches below normal.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
