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JANUARY 29, 2014 | VOL. 8 NO. 5
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‘IT CHANGED
EVERYTHING
FOR US.’
Thirty years after the deadliest
highway crash in Montana
history, survivors still mourn
the loss of the nine lives that
perished on a Whiteish
school bus.
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Crosses along U.S. Highway 2 mark the
scene of the Jan. 21, 1984 tragedy.
GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
SMOKIN’ ACES
Preserving
the Wild Empire
Statewide freestyle ski tour
comes to Big Mountain at the
hands of Whiteish native Longtime wilderness advocate
encourages present generation
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to explore the great outdoors
for the sake of preservation
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