Daily Inter Lake

01/23/2025

Glacier High School senior point guard Reese Ramey joins us for an inside look at the Wolfpack’s season.
From sweeping Helena teams for the first time in school history to preparing for the highly anticipated Crosstown matchup against Flathead, Ramey shares how team chemistry and resilience are driving their success. She opens up about her journey in basketball, her leadership role on the team, and her plans after high school. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation with one of Glacier’s standout athletes!

01/23/2025

Montana lawmakers are at odds with President Donald Trump's move to temporarily spare the popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, which the state banned in 2023.

01/23/2025

Iron sharpens iron. For Glacier basketball’s Liam Ells, his abilities were forged through years on the court and countless competitions with his brother Sam.

For Glacier basketball’s Liam Ells, his abilities were forged through years on the court and countless competitions with his brother Sam.

01/23/2025

Kalispell City Council added new teeth to the municipal fire code allowing the city to abate vacant properties.

01/22/2025

The three-term mayor was first elected in 2013.

Kalispell Mayor Mark Johnson will not seek reelection.

01/22/2025

High school sports fans, this week had it all! A triple-overtime basketball thriller, clutch performances, and record-breaking wins across the Flathead Valley. Plus, the Crosstown rivalry is coming up on Friday! Catch all the highlights and what’s next on the Keeping Score Podcast - so subscribe to our YouTube channel or any podcast platform you use.

01/22/2025

A bill that aims to crack down on employers who hire workers in the country illegally goes before the House Business and Labor Committee on Wednesday.

The House Business and Labor Committee will hear testimony on legislation related to work authorization verification on Jan. 22.

01/22/2025

Columbia Falls developer Mick Ruis told the Daily Inter Lake on Tuesday that he has bought the promissory note and deed of trust on the south Kalispell property, which is in foreclosure.

The former Outlaw Inn property may have a new owner before the year’s end.

01/21/2025

The blues and country singer and songwriter from Woods Bay is the first winner of the inaugural Montana’s Got Talent competition held in October, performing an original song, “Lead the Way,” a piece he wrote in the weeks leading up to the show.

Joe Martinez
Montana's Got Talent

The blues and country singer and songwriter from Woods Bay is the first winner of the inaugural Montana’s Got Talent competition held in October, performing an original song, “Lead the Way,” a piece he wrote in the weeks leading up to the show.

01/21/2025

Montana was appealing a ruling that struck down two GOP-backed election laws. It's relying on the independent state legislature theory, which holds that state judges shouldn't be allowed to consider election cases at all.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run across the country.

01/21/2025

The Inauguration Day special edition is on newsstands this morning or stop by the Daily Inter Lake office to pick up a copy.

01/21/2025

"We are deeply thankful for President Trump for his actions today," said James Lee Bright, an attorney who represented Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was serving an 18-year prison sentence after being convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes.

President Donald Trump on Monday said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, using his sweeping clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the largest investigation and prosecution in Justice Department history...

01/21/2025

Once a severe cough develops, it can last for weeks or months.

Flathead County has seen a spike in pertussis, or whooping cough, cases in recent months.

01/20/2025

A new medical imaging center has opened in North Kalispell aiming to provide another alternative for patients seeking imaging services to the Flathead Valley.

Montana Imaging Center

The Montana Imaging Center, located just next to the water tower on U.S. 93, offers both magnetic resonance imaging, also called an MRI, and computerized tomography scans, also known as CT using Canon brand machines.

01/20/2025

Opera tenor Christopher D. Macchio opened Trump's inauguration ceremony with a performance of "Oh, America!".

Country music star Carrie Underwood performed “America the Beautiful.”

“I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event,” Underwood said in a statement shortly after the news broke. “I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.”

In attendance at the ceremony was the U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club, performing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic," which closed with Macchio returning for the national anthem.

01/20/2025

Nearly three years after the former Outlaw Inn was left vacant, Kalispell City Council may add teeth to the municipal code to address dilapidated properties.

01/20/2025

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, promising a "revolution of common sense" and taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country's institutions. He pledged to "completely and totally reverse" the actions of his predecessor.