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Despite raising the specter that a nonprofit worked with the Biden administration to relocate immigrants in the country illegally to Kalispell earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke has yet to produce evidence for the claim. Suspected aquarium dumping leads to mystery snails being found in Flathead Lake, a common aquarium pet in the U.S. And after a recount, the West Valley School technology lev...

Here are a few upcoming listings from our events calendar to give you some inspiration for your Memorial Day weekend planning! This week you've got to catch local storytellers, listen to aspiring songwriters to benefit North Valley Music School , jam out to a raucous cover band, and witness a tradition like no other in Bigfork. Featured events this week: Tuesday, May 21st -   Flathead Story C...

In this week’s episode, we learn about a tour of the southern border, provided by an anti-immigration group for two northwest Montana state lawmakers. Tensions rose between the State Library Commission and the Montana Library Association after a commission member compared the group to the Ku Klux Klan last week. And Glacier National Park officials outline their spring operations, as the pilot vehi...

Here are a few upcoming listings from our events calendar to hopefully give you some inspiration for your weekly planning! This week offers a medley of live music and some educational opportunities. Featured events this week: Tuesdays May 14, 21 & 28 - Silent Book Club Friday, May 17th - Kelly Diane performing at the Boat Club Saturday, May 18th - Kelly Diane performing at Water's Edge Wi...

Another week in beautiful northwest Montana and the Daily Inter Lake is here to bring you news important to your community. This week we’ll hear about an arrest made after an alleged attempted kidnapping of a 16-year-old boy in Kalispell, school enrollment data that shows more Montanans are choosing to homeschool their children, and how voters in Evergreen and on Big Mountain approved levy request...

Join host Melissa Wells for the latest addition to our News Now podcast - local events in Northwest Montana! Every week, we will highlight a few listings from our events calendar, and hopefully give you some ideas about what happenings you could check out. Featured events this week: Kalispell Downtown Association's Ladies' Night Run Wild 5k and Fun Run Flathead Food Truck Festival ...and...

The Tally Lake Ranger District office has their Smokey the Bear sign stolen, a Billings man who threatened Democratic U.S. Senator Jon Tester gets two and a half years of jail time, vandals struck the Boys and Girls Club and the Ruis Wrestling Academy , and Habitat For Humanity of the Flathead Valley makes moves to accommodate more construction volunteers.  Read more of these stories: Smokey Bear...

Taylor Inman chats with Valley Voices Director Allyson Kuechmann and member-at-large Dave Vale about their upcoming show “Saturday Night (and Sunday afternoon) At The Movies.” The group brings together community members with a passion for music, regardless of their experience level.  The show runs April 27 at 7:30 p.m. and April 28 at 3 p.m. in the Glacier High School auditorium and is free to att...

Tune in for this week’s top headlines, including why Montana has ranked number one in the nation for drunk driving fatalities, how Rep. Ryan Zinke plans to help national park gateway communities in new legislation and the details of a trial underway in Lincoln County for the man who allegedly ran over a Montana Highway Patrol officer in February of 2023.  Read these full stories here: https://dail...

A comedy-drama about the bond among a group of Southern women, the Bigfork Community Players brings “Steel Magnolias” to the stage. Taylor Inman sits down with director Michele Mank to learn more about her vision of the beloved show. The play, written by Robert Harling and inspired by the untimely death of his sister, explores relationships among a small group of southern women and how they deal w...

The Flathead Valley chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby is hosting an Earth Day Expo at Flathead Valley Community College on April 20th. The nationwide group is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address pollution.  Reporter Taylor Inman chats with Flathead Valley chapter co-leaders Angie Winter and Robin Paone about what panels, workshops,...

Host Taylor Inman reads some of the previous week’s top stories, including how firefighters battled a blaze in a three-story hotel on Kalispell’s west side, why local Whitefish residents are increasingly at odds with the tourism industry’s impact on the city, and the details of an upcoming work session requested by Kalispell City Councilor Chad Graham, who wants to take a look at the Flathead Warm...

In case you missed them, here are some headlines from the Flathead area this week. The re-do election for two Kalispell city council seats is scheduled for May 7th, Flathead County Library (formally known as ImagineIF) is looking for a new logo design, and we outline construction projects and closures for Glacier National Park’s 2024 season. Read more from this week’s show: Kalispell Election Flat...

Taylor Inman sat with the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Workforce and Special Initiatives Director Jennifer Cronk and Neal Drakage with the Montana Department for Labor and Industry. They discussed the Spring Job Fair coming up on April 11th at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. It’s a fantastic opportunity for local businesses to hire full-time, part-time, and seasonal employees. On the flipside, i...

In case you missed them, here are some headlines from this week in the Flathead Valley. Glacier National Park has started plowing roads, a costly toxic waste cleanup at  Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant could cost up to 1.4 billion dollars, and a study found that 11 glaciers in Glacier National Park have broken into pieces. Read the full stories at dailyinterlake.com : GNP Plowing Columbia Falls...

Reporter Taylor Inman sits down with Whitefish Community Library Director, Mary Drew Powers and local author Jess Owen to chat about the library's Writers Series. They discuss the library’s growing adult programming, teaching workshops tailored for teens, Jess’ writing process, furries, the joy of a poetry reading, and the many resources writers have here in the Flathead Valley. More about th...

In case you missed them, here are some headlines that broke for the Flathead Valley this week! They include Kalispell voters approving an emergency services levy, Columbia Falls moving forward with an affordable housing project, and Lakeside County taking on regional septage treatment facility plans. Read the full stories: Kalispell public safety levy - https://dailyinterlake.com/news/2024/mar/21/...

In case you missed them, here are some headlines that broke for the Valley this week! They include primary and general election updates, a conviction for a Montana man conspiring to illegally artificially impregnate sheep with an endangered species' semen, and the Logan Health-Billings Clinic CEO resigning. Dive deeper and read the full stories at https://dailyinterlake.com : Flathead County...

In case you missed them, here are some headlines that broke for the Valley this week! They include Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) completing Phase 1A of a $163 million terminal expansion project, Glacier National Park investing $1.5 million of Inflation Reduction Act funding on furthering the Blackfeet-led effort of bison reintroduction on the east side of the park, and the beginning of...

Taylor Inman recaps the top headlines from the fourth week of February, which includes Glacier National Park officials looking to public to update the park’s long-term wildfire management plan, Flathead Audubon boosting efforts to protect ospreys, and Kalispell City Council exploring next steps following a judge’s decision to annul the elections of two of its members.   Visit DailyInterLake.com to...

Taylor Inman recaps the top headlines from the third week of February, which includes the closure of Bridge Street Bridge in Bigfork, skiers rescued in an avalanche, and a new direct flight to northern California. The Whitefish Theatre Company’s production of Misery begins Thursday 2/22 and runs from 2/23- 25, 2/29 and 3/1-2. Taylor Inman spoke with Artistic Director Kim Krueger and actor David Bl...

On a quiet January morning, Glacier National Park Lead Education Technician Lindsay Brandt appears before a green screen showing off the park virtually to a classroom at Hot Spring Elementary, but the program also reaches students as far away as New Jersey. News Now host Taylor Inman speaks with Brandt and Winter Seasonal Education Technician Darcy Lilla who talk about why these distance learning...

It's another episode of News Now headlines where Taylor goes over even more of this week's top stories, followed by events coming up for the Flathead Valley.  Read the full versions of these stories on Dailyinterlake.com.  Visit DailyInterLake.com to stay up-to-date with the latest breaking news from the Flathead Valley and beyond. Support local journalism and please consider subscribing...

Northwest Montana is experiencing an unusual winter, with warmer than average temperatures and low snow pack. NWS Missoula Meteorologist Dave Noble explains how El Nino affects winter weather and what could be in store for us as the season continues.  Visit DailyInterLake.com to stay up-to-date with the latest breaking news from the Flathead Valley and beyond. Support local journalism and please c...

This week's top stories, plus a conversation and song from Cabin Fever Days organizer 'Philly Steve' Paugh. He tells us all about the rowdy event that takes place every February in Martin City, where participants attach skis to a barstool and take a ride down Sugar Hill. Paugh said they are in need of racers and volunteers for the event, find out more at cabinfeverdays.com Visit Dai...