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Northwest Montana wraps up record warm winter
10+ hour, 26+ min 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
4+ week, 2+ 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
3+ 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
3+ 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
3+ 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
3+ 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…...
Snowstorm set to slam Northwest Montana mountains
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (262+ words) A snow plow operator clears Somers Stage Road on Wednesday, Dec. 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider A major winter storm is expected to impact Glacier National Park and mountain ranges in Northwest Montana this weekend. Heavy snow is…...