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🌱 Could your usual downtown parking spot soon cost you a lot more?

Kalispell, Montana Patch AM: a 5 min read

Cheers Kalispell! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Could your usual downtown parking spot soon cost you a lot more?
  • How you can weigh in on two new Kalispell housing projects
  • See what Kalispell students built from bare dirt this school year

Also on today's calendar: Five Valley Kennel Club Show and Trials 5/28-5/31/26 and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: How far can a fast dog run into the woods? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of p.m. t-showers, with a high of 81 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Thursday: A stray afternoon t-shower, temps: high: 88, low: 51. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: A couple of p.m. t-showers, with a high of 84 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Kalispell City Council to consider changes to downtown parking regs, including more expensive tickets (dailyinterlake.com) — Downtown Kalispell drivers could soon face higher parking fines, license-plate scanning enforcement, and new rules against simply shuffling cars along the same block. City Council is reviewing recommendations to raise ticket amounts, allow multiple daily citations, and push downtown employees into nearby permit lots instead of prime Main Street spaces.
   

2. Legals for May, 26 2026 (dailyinterlake.com) — Several official legal notices outline upcoming Flathead County court hearings in Kalispell involving child protective cases and parental rights, plus two proposed affordable housing projects within city limits. One project on Appleway Drive and another on 3rd Avenue West will go before the Kalispell City Planning Commission on June 9, where residents can attend, comment in person, online, or submit written feedback.
   

3. Kalispell students transform pile of dirt into finished home (kpax.com) — Kalispell high school students just finished building a three-bedroom home on Northridge Drive that’s now for sale, all through the Kalispell Public Schools Student Built Homes Program. Guided by teachers and tradespeople, they handled most phases of construction, gaining hands-on skills they say will help with future careers and maintaining their own homes.
   

4. The Daily Roundup: With No Reservation Requirement in 2026, Glacier Park's Visitation is Already Up 10% (flatheadbeacon.com) — Glacier National Park visitation is already up nearly 10% this year, and with no vehicle reservation system in 2026, local officials are pivoting to shuttle reservations and tighter Logan Pass parking limits. Flathead schools are wrestling with failed levy votes, the valley’s white-collar sector is driving much of Montana’s economy, and a new feature spotlights a $2.4 million, 46-acre estate in Kalispell’s West Valley.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Has anyone seen my black cat?
    She has been missing for 8 days now. Went missing near evergreen area. (By Ashely creek animal clinic). We miss her dearly, had her since she was 12… (Nextdoor Evergreen)
  • K-So has been found!
    He was found in a neighborhood near Glacier Bank on West Reserve in Kalispell. We suspected that someone took him from Many Lakes and that appears to… (Nextdoor Many Lakes)
  • TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Cleaning Assoicate in Kalispell. Apply here.
  • SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Kalispell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kalispell here.

Ok Kalispell! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Halfway. After that, the dog is running *out of* the woods. (Thank you Jake M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Kalispell

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Kalispell

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.