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Montana snowpack rapidly melted in May
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (786+ words) People stand along the banks of the swollen Flathead River at the Old Steel Bridge Fishing Access in Evergreen on Tuesday, June 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Throughout May, warm temperatures across Montana led to a rapid melt…...
State and federal officials welcome rain across Montana ahead of wildfire season
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (626+ words) While recent rains are part of a reason for some optimism surrounding this year's wildfire outlook, it could "turn on a dime" officials warned during a seasonal briefing. Gov. Greg Gianforte, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Director Amanda…...
Winterlike conditions return to Northwest Montana
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (235+ words) Snowpack in the Swan Range on Wednesday, Feb. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Northwest Montana is in for another spring mood swing, with freezing temperatures and valley snow likely Thursday evening. After a bout of unseasonably warm days…...
Lincoln County gets Major Disaster Declaration for damage caused by winter storms
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (347+ words) Several hundred feet of the Logger Trail along Libby Creek were washed out in the December 2025 flood that struck south Lincoln County. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News) The wait is over for Montana communities to receive funds to fix infrastructure…...
Warm winter challenges Northwest Montana timber industry
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1440+ words) Windthrow clutters a recently thinned unit in the Flathead National Forest, near Salmon Prairie. (Hailey Smalley/ Daily Inter Lake) Mark Benedict examines the aftermath of a windstorm on a recently thinned unit of the Flathead National Forest, near Salmon Prairie....
Northwest Montana wraps up record warm winter
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (308+ words) Snowpack in the Swan Range along the ridgeline to Mount Aeneas on Wednesday, Feb. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider West Glacier recorded its warmest winter in more than 75 years, finishing the 2025-26 season with an average daily temperature 6. 6 degrees…...
Kalispell Council wants backup power source for public safety building after windstorm exposes vulnerabilities
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1089+ words) An uprooted tree at Depot Park in Kalispell that fell during a windstorm on Wednesday, Dec. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Kalispell City Council on Monday opted to pursue a state grant for a backup generator for the…...
High winds hamper power restoration as outages continue for third day
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (339+ words) City crews clear downed tree limbs in the 600 block of Fifth Avenue East in Kalispell after high winds uprooted two blue spruce trees on Wednesday, Dec. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Power outages continued to affect about 9, 000 Flathead…...
Gianforte declares wind disaster for Montana
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (167+ words) An overturned semi-truck blocks U. S. 93 southbound near Somers on Wednesday, Dec. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Gov. Greg Gianforte on Thursday issued an executive order declaring a wind disaster in Montana. The order authorizes the use of state government…...
Outages linger for thousands as another windstorm eyes western Montana
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (240+ words) Some Northwest Montana residents may spend another night in the dark as Flathead Electric Cooperative crews continue restoring power following Wednesday's severe windstorm. Roughly 10, 000 co-op customers remained without electricity late Thursday afternoon after hurricane-force winds blasted the region. At the…...