Thursday, 22 January 2026

Dustin Leftridge Joins Kalispell City Council

The Kalispell City Council is now complete. At Tuesday night’s Regular Session, the Council voted to seat local attorney Dustin Leftridge to fill the Ward 3 postion vacated by Mayor Ryan Hunter.  He’ll be formally sworn-in at Monday night’s Council Work Session

Council Member Leftridge is one of the 6-Ward 3 Citizens who made impressive presentations at last week’s Work Session.  He has undergraduate degrees from the University of Montana in Geology and Political Science and attained his Law Degree from the University of Montana Law School.

The Council confirmed new Kalispell Police Officers Aaron Westphal, Bob Franklin, Rich Ormiston, Steven Buis, Lucas Suhre and Savanna Malloy. Chief Jordan Venezio assured the Council that these officers have displayed the work ethic, skillset and character to be Kalispell Police Officers.

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