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Legals for May, 18 2026
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (678+ words) Daily Inter Lake Legals for May, 18 2026 NO. 32083 PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF Montana Retail On-Premises Consumption Restaurant Beer and Wine License TWO DREWS COMMA LLC (Andrew Talarico 50%, Andrew Segraves 50%, Owner(s)) has applied to transfer Montana Retail On-Premises…...
Kalispell City Council to vote on federal grant for pedestrian safety upgrades
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (387+ words) A pedestrian crosses Main Street as snow falls in Kalispell on Wednesday, Feb. 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Kalispell City Council is expected to vote Monday on whether to pursue a federal grant to improve pedestrian safety on…...
Whitefish examines plan to manage city's deer population
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (675+ words) A deer stands on the edge of the James Bakke Nature Reserve. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot FILE) Deer have long been a fixture of downtown and residential areas of Whitefish. But as the city has grown and the deer population…...
Michael Watson, 72
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (285+ words) Michael Eugene Watson, 72, of Whitefish, passed away peacefully from natural causes on May 5, 2026. He was born in Whitefish on Feb. 21, 1954, to Bob and Jean Watson." He grew up in Olney near the mill owned by his grandfather. Here, he developed…...
Steven Funke, 71
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (277+ words) Steven Richard Funke, 71, of Kalispell, passed away peacefully on Jan. 31, 2026. He was born on Oct. 25, 1954, in Missoula." Steve was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, son, artist, and friend whose presence will be deeply missed by all who knew and…...
Ruling highlights differences in Supreme Court candidates
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (527+ words) Recently, liberal activists on the Montana Supreme Court abandoned common sense, deciding that biological reality is subordinate to personal feeling. The high court threw out Montana's law that prohibits residents from changing the sex on their identification documents, effectively blocking…...
Law roundup: Curmudgeon complains about noisy children
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (314+ words) A curmudgeon called the Kalispell Police Department, reportedly upset that boisterous children playing on a trampoline across the street didn't listen when he told them to stop yelling. Officers spoke with the children's grandparents, who said they would have the…...
Letters to the editor May 17
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (240+ words) Ballots are out, folks. Please be informed voters." I am Tanner Smith, the national committeeman for the Montana GOP and I sit on the state GOP executive board." As many of you know, myself and the executive board have rebuked…...
Sapa-Johnsrud winners: Eureka; Libby; The weather
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (587+ words) Columbia Falls players, from left, Connor Magnuson (8), Kyler Voermans (5), Tayvin Beach (2) and Easton Corbett (22) slide head-first into home plate after a spring storm cancelled their game against Hamilton in the Sapa-Johnsrud Invitational in Columbia Falls on Saturday, May 16. (Casey Kreider…...
C-Falls girls tennis downs Corvallis
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (289+ words) COLUMBIA FALLS " Madi Yerian and Alanis Petersen led a doubles sweep for Columbia Falls as the Wildkats defeated Corvallis in high school girls tennis Friday." The three doubles wins paired with Campbell La Casse's singles win gave the Wildkats a…...