🌱 Key legal deadlines and hearings Kalispell residents should know this month

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In today's newsletter:

• Key legal deadlines and hearings Kalispell residents should know this month
• How a Kalispell banker is reshaping Evergreen’s small-business community

Also on today's calendar: Coffee & Conversations and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why is the mushroom always invited to the party? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 61 and low of 40 degrees.
• Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 61, low: 34.
• Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 43 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Legals for May, 3 2026 (dailyinterlake.com) — A new batch of legal notices outlines several upcoming hearings, bids, and public meetings affecting Kalispell residents, from name changes and estate notices to a trustee’s sale on Greenbriar Drive. Locals should note deadlines for engineering RFQs, airport taxiway rehab bids, a Glacier Rail Park land sale hearing, and county public safety facility testing proposals, many of which list Kalispell addresses.
   

• An Evergreen chamber success story found in new president (dailyinterlake.com) — Evergreen’s new chamber president, Kalispell resident Jessi Nelson, is drawing on years of small-business and banking experience to support local mom-and-pop shops. From organizing car shows and community cleanups to fundraising for area food banks, she’s helping connect Evergreen and greater Flathead Valley businesses through networking events and hands-on volunteer work.
   

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📸 Around Kalispell

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kalispell

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday May 6

• Baby Storytime - Kalispell →
  Flathead County Library Kalispell, 247 1st Ave E, Kalispell
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday May 5

• Columbia Falls May Coffee with the Chamber
  Montana West Economic Development Glacier Physical Therapy, 729 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls, MT, 59912, United States
  2:30 am
• 8th to Helena - MT Heritage Center
  Smith Valley Primary Schl Kalispell, MT 59901
  8:00 am
• Running Club Meet @ West Valley
  Fair-Mont-Egan 7-8 Kalispell, MT 59901
  4:00 pm
• Cross Country Meet (Smith Valley, Somers/Lakeside, Deer Park, Cr →
  Evergreen Elementary Kalispell, MT 59901
  4:00 pm
• Cross Country @Evergreen
  Smith Valley Primary Schl Kalispell, MT 59901
  4:00 pm
• Cross- Country Meet
  Evergreen Junior High, 20 W Evergreen Dr, Kalispell
  4:00 pm
• 2027 DC/New York Trip - MS Commons.
  West Valley Middle School Kalispell, MT 59901
  5:30 pm

Wednesday May 6

• Coffee & Conversations →
  Bigfork Art & Cultural Center, 525 Electric Ave, Bigfork
  11:30 am

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📣 Kalispell Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday May 4

• 8th Grade Health Dept. Class
  Fair-Mont-Egan 7-8 Kalispell, MT 59901
  3:00 pm

Tuesday May 5

• Columbia Falls May Coffee with the Chamber
  Montana West Economic Development Glacier Physical Therapy, 729 Nucleus Ave., Columbia Falls, MT, 59912, United States
  2:30 am
• 8th to Helena - MT Heritage Center
  Smith Valley Primary Schl Kalispell, MT 59901
  8:00 am
• Cross- Country Meet
  Evergreen Junior High, 20 W Evergreen Dr, Kalispell
  4:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Morning neighbors — hope everyone’s weekend is off to a good start.
  It’s warming up fast already, so if you’re out early today don’t forget water and sunscreen. (Nextdoor Many Lakes)
• Package delivered yesterday to our home, but not ours.
  Addressed to Sarah Nelson. If this is your package, let me know, and I will provide the pickup address. (Nextdoor Glacier Ranch)

• Kroger posted a job opening for Online Grocery Pick-Up Clerk in Kalispell. Apply here.
• Sonesta International Hotels Corporation posted a job opening for Housekeeping Room Attendant in Kalispell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kalispell here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Evergreen

• Music at Evergreen Schools provides for powerful opportunities (dailyinterlake.com)
• Flathead Electric Cooperative names Evergreen Water and Sewer District as Energy Partner of the Year (dailyinterlake.com)

Columbia Falls

• Vikings defend home track; Whitefish girls win Bigfork Invite (dailyinterlake.com)
• Legends Restyling wants to go the extra mile to support the community (dailyinterlake.com)
• 8 Best Mountain Destinations to Buy a Home Before Prices Soar, According to Real Estate Experts (travelandleisure.com)

Lakeside

• Letters to the editor May 3 (dailyinterlake.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He is a fungi (Thank you Liz N. for sending it in!)
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