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Headlines: Flathead Lake full after December deluge, record crowds on ski hill and Christmas Eve road rage incident
Headlines: Flathead Lake full after December deluge, record crowds on ski hill and Christmas Eve road rage incident
Headlines: Flathead Lake full after December deluge, record crowds on ski hill and Christmas Eve road rage incident

Published on: 01/11/2026

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Join Daily Inter Lake reporter Taylor Inman as she goes over some of the top stories for Northwest Montana, including what SKQ Dam operators have to say about the December deluge that brought Flathead Lake unseasonably high levels. 

We’ll hear from Whitefish Mountain Resort about record-breaking holiday crowds and learn the details of how a U.S. citizen received a probation sentence after trying to smuggle her British husband into the country across the Canadian border. 

And we’ll hear the latest on a Christmas Eve incident in rural Columbia Falls, where a man is facing deliberate homicide charges after an alleged road rage-fueled shooting.  

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December's deluges fill Flathead Lake

Holiday crowds set new skier visit mark at Whitefish Mountain Resort

U.S. citizen gets probation for trying to smuggle British husband across the border

Man faces attempted deliberate homicide charge in alleged rural Columbia Falls Road rage incident

Flathead County flu cases spike around holidays

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