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JANUARY 21, 2015 | VOL. 9 NO. 3
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A MOTHER’S
For two years, Jodie Barwiler tried to save her son from the grips of heroin addiction. Now, three months after he died from an overdose, Barwiler speaks out about a drug that kills thousands every year. PAGE 16
BUILDING A
BOULDER
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AMTRAK BACK ON SCHEDULE 6 | GRAD RATES IMPROVING 13 | GREAT NORTHERN DENIED PERMIT 14
Jodie Barwiler is pictured next to her son Coty Piasecki’s truck at her home east of Kalispell. Piasecki passed away in November from a heroin overdose.
GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
‘SUSTAINABLE’ GROWTH IN REAL
ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT IN 2014
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ZINKE GOES TO
WASHINGTON
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