This week, host Taylor Inman covers the biggest headlines from Northwest Montana, including a deadly shooting in Kalispell, a standoff and arrest in Whitefish, another delay for the Territory 1889 resort near Lakeside, and a rare bacterial disease detected in wildlife in Glacier National Park.

One person was arrested following a shooting in Kalispell that left a 19-year-old man dead and three others injured. In Whitefish, a suspect surrendered after a standoff involving multiple law enforcement agencies and a K-9 unit.

Also this week, Flathead County officials delayed approval of the first phase of Territory 1889 over compliance issues, while Glacier National Park officials confirmed tularemia in snowshoe hares and a beaver. Park officials are advising visitors to take precautions around wildlife.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:07 Whitefish standoff ends in arrest
00:55 One dead, three injured in Kalispell shooting
02:03 Territory 1889 resort approval delayed again
04:09 Tularemia detected in Glacier National Park wildlife
06:40 Outro

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Daily Inter Lake reporter Taylor Inman was at the Majestic Valley Arena in Kalispell for President Donald Trump’s Wednesday, Oct. 14 rally, speaking with attendees as they waited in line for the doors to open.

The rally was one of several late campaign stops ahead of the 2026 midterm election, held in a county where about 65% of voters backed Trump in 2024. Republican Aaron Flint, who is facing Democrat Sam Forstag in a western Montana congressional race considered a toss-up, was the guest of honor. Gov. Greg Gianforte, Reps. Troy Downing and Ryan Zinke and Senate candidate Kurt Alme all spoke ahead of the president.

Trump took the stage around 7:30 p.m., about an hour and a half behind schedule, and spoke for roughly an hour. He touched on Montana’s timber industry, the Colstrip power plant, a planned military testing range in the state, tariffs, inflation and the war with Iran. He closed by urging the crowd to vote in November.

In this episode, hear from the people who came out to see it.

Read Hailey Smalley's report from the event.

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Host Taylor Inman covers four stories from Northwest Montana this week. A Flathead Valley man faces a felony charge after allegedly biting a deputy near Kalispell, and the Forest Service begins screening a proposed Columbia Mountain tramway. Mineral County is still waiting on three patrol vehicles from a supplier facing fraud allegations in multiple states, and Flathead County receives a roughly $2.5 million federal grant to expand its Crisis Assistance Team.

Chapters:

00:00 - Felony Charge After Deputy Bitten Near Kalispell
01:38 - Forest Service Screening for Columbia Mountain Tramway
03:07 - Mineral County Patrol Vehicle Fraud Allegations
07:00 - $2.5 Million Grant for Flathead County Crisis Assistance Team

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