Chris Peterson

2 weeks ago | dailyinterlake.com | Chris Peterson

An appeal filed in the case of a home partially constructed on the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park argues that a lower federal court ruled in error and the decision leaves a regulatory void concerning private property within the park’s boundaries. In February, U.S. Magistrate Kathleen DeSoto ruled in favor of John and Stacy Ambler of San Diego, California, the couple behind the home going up on a slice of private land on lower McDonald Creek in Apgar.

2 weeks ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

An appeal filed in the case of a home partially constructed on the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park claims that a lower federal court ruling was in error and the decision leaves a regulatory void concerning private property in the park’s boundaries. In February, U.S. Magistrate Kathleen DeSoto ruled in favor of John and Stacy Ambler of San Diego, California who built a house on a slice of private land on lower McDonald Creek in Apgar.

2 weeks ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

Folks who want to drive up the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road past Apgar will have to have a reservation starting Friday, June 13. Reservations this year are under a “timed entry” system. With slots available from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.If a person misses their allotted slot, they will not be allowed on the west side of the road until after 3 p.m.There are no reservation requirements on the east side of the Sun Road at the St. Mary Entrance.

2 weeks ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

Columbia Falls resident Steve Osborne urged the city of Columbia Falls to fix his retaining wall at his home before he puts a new fence on his First Avenue East property. Osborne was one of several residents last year who brought up concerns after the city completed a curb and gutter project in the north end of town on streets that were off-shoots or close to Nucleus Avenue.

2 weeks ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

If you’ve ever been around river otters, they make an unmistakable watery grunt sound. I could hear that sound as I walked along Trout Lake early Saturday morning, but I couldn’t see the otters. They were close, though, and I scanned the water, which was no easy task. It was covered in yellow pollen, released by the thousands of conifer trees that surround the lake. To be honest, the forest isn’t doing all that great.