Deep Dive
Dive in with the Daily Inter Lake’s Deep Dive podcast. Our editorial team delves into the vibrant tapestry of Northwest Montana and the Flathead Valley with in-depth reporting and interviews. Each season, Deep Dive shines a spotlight on the stories, diverse perspectives and innovative ideas shaping our region.
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Episodes
21 episodes
Inside Flathead County Jail: The Crisis Behind Montana’s $105 Million Bond
Inside the Flathead County Jail, aging pipes leak sewage, officers walk 12-hour shifts through overcrowded cells, and inmates struggling with mental health have nowhere to turn. As Flathead County voters weigh a $105 million bond to build a new...
Part Two | From Farm to Fair: Show Ring Highs and Goodbyes
In Part Two, the Brist siblings load up 22 animals and head to the Northwest Montana Fair. From nail-biting moments in the show ring to triumphant wins, heartbreaking goodbyes, and new plans for the future, this is the culmination of a summer’s...
Part One | From Farm to Fair: The Brist Family’s Livestock Journey
In Part One of this Daily Inter Lake special, step onto the gravel road leading to Lone Lake Farm, where the Brist children—fifth-generation ranchers—prepare sheep, goats, and steers for the Northwest Montana Fair. From 5:30 a.m. chores to trai...
Introducing Season 4 of Deep Dive: From Farm to Fair
This summer, we followed the Brist family from their fifth-generation Montana farm to the bright lights of the Northwest Montana Fair. From early morning chores to the intensity of the show ring, their journey shows the hard work, tradition, an...
Part Two | Can Noxon Rebuild? Life After the Fire & the Fight to Save a Small Town
Months after the devastating fire that wiped out Noxon’s beloved businesses, the town is still searching for answers — and a way forward. In part two of this series, Daily Inter Lake News Editor Derrick Perkins hears from local business owners,...
Part One | Disaster in Noxon: The Fire That Changed a Montana Town Forever
In the early hours of Feb. 27, 2024, a devastating fire tore through Noxon, Montana, reducing its historic downtown to ashes. First responders raced to contain the flames, but within hours, beloved local landmarks — the Angry Beaver General Sto...
Introducing Season 3 of Deep Dive: From the Ashes
In Season 3 of Daily Inter Lake's Deep Dive podcast, reporter Derrick Perkins explores the devastating fire that struck the small town of Noxon, Montana. By the end of the day on February 27, 2024, three-quarters of the town’s business communit...
Episode 4: Using the ESA to Defend Montana’s Grizzlies and Their Habitat
Join Kate Heston for our last episode of Season 2, as she explores Keith Hammer's decades-long battle to protect Montana’s iconic grizzly bears through the power of the Endangered Species Act. As president of the Swan View Coalition, Hammer has...
Episode 3: How One Wolf Sparked a Conservation Revolution in Montana
The third episode of Deep Dive's Season 2 explores the 50-year legacy of the Endangered Species Act, highlighting the remarkable resurgence of gray wolves in northwest Montana. Daily Inter Lake reporter Kate Heston dives into the captivating st...
Episode 2: The Fight to Protect Endangered White Sturgeon, Montana's Living Dinosaurs
In the second episode of Season 2 of Deep Dive, Daily Inter Lake reporter Kate Heston explores the fascinating story of Montana’s prehistoric white sturgeon, often dubbed 'living dinosaurs,' which have roamed North American waters for millions ...
Episode 1: Why Saving Montana’s Hidden Wildlife Matters Now
In the first episode of Season 2 of Deep Dive, Daily Inter Lake reporter Kate Heston explores the hidden world of Northwest Montana's rare and fascinating creatures whose survival is vital to their ecosystems. With species like the northern all...
Introducing Season 2 of Deep Dive: Endangered Species Act
Season 2 of Daily Inter Lake's Deep Dive podcast is coming 10/27/24! Reporter Kate Heston presents a four-part series on the Endangered Species Act, exploring the species most at-r...
Glacier National Park's Going to the Sun Road Plowing
Despite spring's arrival in the valley, Logan Pass in Glacier National Park remains buried under the deepest snowpack in over a decade, presenting significant challenges for road crews. With plows working through snowbanks as tall as 80 feet on...
Trailer for Season One: Maritime Mysteries of the Flathead
Maritime Mysteries of the Flathead is podcast brought to you by Bigfork Eagle and the Flathead Maritime Archeology Project. They will adventure on some deep sea diving escapades to uncover some of the great mysteries lying on the bottom of the ...
Logan Health Medical Center's Reconstructive Surgeon Dr. Thomas Wright
Reporter Taylor Inman meets with Columbia Falls local, Dr. Thomas Wright, who has returned home bringing top-of-the-line care to the area where he grew up. Dr. Wright specializes in plastic and reconstructive surgery, with an emphasis on ...
Steitzhof Farm's Regenerative Sheep Operation
John Steitz and Carol Treadway Steitz have an award winning herd of merino sheep on their farm just outside of Kalispell. The couple have worked together over the years to hone in on their best practices for maintaining the herd while also work...
Indigikitchen connects native communities with traditional foods
Online cooking show Indigikitchen is the product of Mariah Gladstone, a Blackfeet and Cherokee woman who is dedicated to educating native communities about their traditional food sources and how they can connect with them. Taylor and Mariah tal...
Maritime Mysteries of the Flathead - Kee O Mee ep 1
Maritime Mysteries of the Flathead is a new podcast hosted by Jeremy Weber. He and his crew will adventure on some deep sea diving escapades to uncover some of the great mysteries lying on the bottom of the lakes and rivers in the Flathead Vall...
Deep Dive: Steep Canyon Rangers
Taylor chats over Zoom with two members of the Grammy award winning bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers, who are playing a show in Kalispell this Friday, July 7 at 8 p.m. The Steep Canyon Rangers have been together for more than 20...
Maritime Mysteries of the Flathead - Wins and losses: The challenges of surveying beneath Flathead Lake
Jeremy and Kyren discuss the unique challenges facing the Flathead Marine Archaeology Project as crews survey underwater sites at Woods Bay, Painted Rocks and the Kee-O-Mee.
Maritime Mysteries of the Flathead - What Mysteries Lie at the Bottom of the Flathead Lakes and Rivers?
Maritime Mysteries of the Flathead is a new podcast hosted by Jeremy Weber. He and his crew will adventure on some deep sea diving escapades to uncover some of the great mysteries lying on the bottom of the lakes and rivers in the Flathead Vall...
