Councilor Sid Daoud News Today

Kalispell City Council began digging through the municipality’s trash disposal services Monday as part of an ongoing effort to develop a solid waste master plan.

Kalispell City Council debated Monday how best to use an expected influx of federal grant dollars for various energy efficiency improvements.

Mayor Mark Johnson pledged Monday to speak with his counterparts in Whitefish and Columbia Falls about ideas for a potentially forthcoming summit on homelessness in Flathead Valley.

Mayor Mark Johnson and several members of Kalispell City Council on Monday backed the idea of creating an advisory council focused on the community’s unhoused residents following the murder of a homeless man over the weekend.