News Now - Hopeful Holiday Season for Flathead Food Bank

In case you missed them, here are some headlines that broke for the Valley this week! They include Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) completing Phase 1A of a $163 million terminal expansion project, Glacier National Park investing $1.5 million of Inflation Reduction Act funding on furthering the Blackfeet-led effort of bison reintroduction on the east side of the park, and the beginning of a seasonal closure along the north shore of Flathead Lake to support migrating and nesting birds.

Dive deeper and read the full stories at https://dailyinterlake.com:

Glacier Park International Airport article 
Glacier National Park article
Seasonal closure on Flathead Lake article

Check out local events - https://dailyinterlake.com/events/

Events we mentioned in this episode:
ImagineIF Library
Lake County Job Fair on 3/13
Wachholtz Center

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John Steitz and Carol Treadway Steitz have an award winning herd of merino sheep on their farm just outside of Kalispell. The couple have worked together over the years to hone in on their best practices for maintaining the herd while also working to restore the soil on their property.

Read the full article - here.
Steitzhof Farm's website - https://steitzhof.com/

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Josh Dugan highlights the area teams who made it to the state AA and A basketball tournaments and how our Kalispell schools did at the Western AA divisional tourney. Then we look at how the Griz and Cats men's and women's basketball teams fared over the weekend and close things out with some pro baseball news as the Glacier Ranger Riders made a change to their coaching staff.

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Hosted/Produced by Josh Dugan
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#Montana #flatheadvalley #football #collegefootball #grizzlies #bobcats #2024  #sports #sportsnews #collegebasketball 
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Special thanks to Nomad GCS and Hagadone Media Group Montana for their support.
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Also shoutout to Clark Auto Group for sponsoring our Poster Player of the Week Segment.
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https://www.clarkhyundai.com
https://www.mountainautoandmarine.com

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Taylor Inman recaps the top headlines from the fourth week of February, which includes Glacier National Park officials looking to public to update the park’s long-term wildfire management plan, Flathead Audubon boosting efforts to protect ospreys, and Kalispell City Council exploring next steps following a judge’s decision to annul the elections of two of its members.  

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Christiane has been singing and writing songs since she can remember. Her music is a sweet infusion of birdlike melodies mixed with a deep lyrical love of life and her connection with the natural world. She blends folk, blues, and country genres into a poetic experience of sound. Her songs truly come from the heart, and she shared them with us on February 2nd, 2024, for Press Play. 

Watch our interview with Christiane - https://youtu.be/hu6cbrIEOkU
Find her online https://www.rootedheartgirl.com and on Instagram - @rootedheartmontana 

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John Dunnigan, Flathead Valley music legend, has played venues in the area for over 40 years. You may have seen him at the Great Northern Bar on a late Thursday evening, but catch him in the bright midday light of the Daily Inter Lake newspaper press floor. On January 5th, 2024, he shared his wit and (some) wisdom at Press Play.

Read more here about Dunnigan's past and present: https://bit.ly/3OgDcv3
Follow John @ http://facebook.com/sensitivefolksinger

#montana #live #concert #dil #johndunnigan #dilpressplay #tinydesk #npr #music #artist #acoustic #whitefish #bigfork #song #folk #guitar #banjo

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Josh recaps the Western A Divisional tournament and goes over which area teams landed themselves in the state tournament. Glacier and Flathead basketball closed out their regular seasons and Wolfpack head coach Mark Harkins is retiring after this year's postseason. Plus, Josh breaks down two players on the Montana and Montana State men's and women's basketball teams this season as the Griz and Cats gear up for the Big Sky Basketball Tourney March 9th-13th in Boise.


Presented by the Daily Inter Lake 
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Hosted/Produced by Josh Dugan
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#Montana #flatheadvalley #football #collegefootball #grizzlies #bobcats #2024  #sports #sportsnews #collegebasketball 
_______________________________________________________________________
Special thanks to Nomad GCS and Hagadone Media Group Montana for their support.
https://nomadgcs.com/

Also shoutout to Clark Auto Group for sponsoring our Poster Player of the Week Segment.
https://www.clarknissan.com
https://www.clarkhyundai.com
https://www.mountainautoandmarine.com

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Taylor Inman recaps the top headlines from the third week of February, which includes the closure of Bridge Street Bridge in Bigfork, skiers rescued in an avalanche, and a new direct flight to northern California.

The Whitefish Theatre Company’s production of Misery begins Thursday 2/22 and runs from 2/23- 25, 2/29 and 3/1-2. Taylor Inman spoke with Artistic Director Kim Krueger and actor David Blair, who plays the part of Paul Sheldon in the stage adaptation of this iconic thriller.  

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Flathead Valley music fans would most likely recognize Mike Murray with a guitar in hand. The singer-songwriter stays booked and busy, but he’s also been working on a new album featuring piano, an instrument he’s grown to appreciate over the last few years. Murray talks about this, family, inspiration and production with host Taylor Inman ahead of his Press Play performance at the Daily Inter Lake on March 1. 

Subscribers can join for a unique music listening experience at the Daily Inter Lake office by donating to the Newspapers in Education initiative. Concertgoers can bring lunch or purchase one of three lunch options from The House of S&M.

Tickets and lunch are available at https://flatheadtickets.com/ or by calling 406-758-4436.

Find out more about Murray’s music at https://www.mikemurraytunes.com. 

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On this week's Inter Lake Sports Now we look at the the second Brawl of the Wild basketball matchup between the Griz and Bobcats men and women + dive into what's left on the radar for the Montana State and Montana men's and women's basketball teams as we near the Big Sky basketball tournament March 9th-13th in Boise. Plus, the prep basketball postseason has tipped off in the treasure state so we look at how our area teams fared over the weekend and as always we get to our Poster Player of the Week highlighting the accolades of our local athletes.

Presented by the Daily Inter Lake 
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Hosted/Produced by Josh Dugan
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#Montana #flatheadvalley #football #collegefootball #grizzlies #bobcats #2023 #sports #sportsnews 
_______________________________________________________________________
Special thanks to Nomad GCS and Hagadone Media Group Montana for their support.
https://nomadgcs.com/

Also shoutout to Clark Auto Group for sponsoring our Poster Player of the Week Segment.
https://www.clarknissan.com
https://www.clarkhyundai.com
https://www.mountainautoandmarine.com

Subscribe to Inter Lake News Now on your favorite Podcast app. Watch and subscribe to the Daily Inter Lake's YouTube Channel.

Visit DailyInterLake.com to stay up to date with the latest breaking news from the Flathead Valley and beyond. Support local journalism and subscribe to the Daily Inter Lake. We have an option for every reader!

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Got a news tip or want to place an ad? Contact us!
Want to be sponsor this podcast? Email akaufer@dailyinterlake.com