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Montana joins FAST-41, the federal fast lane for mine and energy permits
Billings Clinic and Logan Health are now One Sky Health
X-Sense XR0A-iR Makes Smart Radon Monitoring Accessible Through Lowe’s U.S. Stores
Kalispell planners look at tax-increment money for Parkline Trail connections
Gianforte proposes a 4.7% flat income tax in his last biennial budget
Squeez and Qentelli Partner to Scale the Next Layer of Loyalty Commerce
The Viano Quartet makes its Montana Chamber Music debut this week
Katie Zolnikov ousts Ler to become Montana’s first female House speaker

Montana joins FAST-41, the federal fast lane for mine and energy permits
Billings Clinic and Logan Health are now One Sky Health
X-Sense XR0A-iR Makes Smart Radon Monitoring Accessible Through Lowe’s U.S. Stores
Kalispell planners look at tax-increment money for Parkline Trail connections
Gianforte proposes a 4.7% flat income tax in his last biennial budget
Squeez and Qentelli Partner to Scale the Next Layer of Loyalty Commerce
The Viano Quartet makes its Montana Chamber Music debut this week
Katie Zolnikov ousts Ler to become Montana’s first female House speaker

Kalispell planners look at tax-increment money for Parkline Trail connections

November 12, 2026 by Harlan Greer

Main Street in downtown Kalispell, Montana

Two commissioners at a Nov. 10 work session favored a program that would help pay for better edges where new buildings meet the trail. No formal vote was taken.

Kalispell planners start drafting looks for fourplexes, without a vote

October 16, 2026 by Evander Cruz

A historic church on Main Street in Kalispell, Montana

Fourplexes remain banned in the city’s R-1, R-2 and R-3 zones. Commissioners have discussed architectural templates in case the City Council later lifts that ban.