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State and federal officials welcome rain across Montana ahead of wildfire season
9+ hour, 22+ min 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, 1+ 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, 2+ 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, 3+ 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, 2+ day 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, 1+ 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, 2+ 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, 2+ 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, 2+ 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…...
Headlines: Power outages hit Northwest Montana as Libby faces ongoing water emergency
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (237+ words) Christmas storms lead to water quality concerns in Libby and tens of thousands without power in Northwest Montana. High winds slammed Northwest Montana this week, knocking out power to tens of thousands of residents from Libby to the Flathead Valley…...