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NEWS

WORDS
••••
of the Week

AN INDEX OF
RECENT
NEWSMAKERS

MISSING

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
went missing over Southeast
Asia on Saturday but after
three days of searching
neither the plane nor its
227 passengers and 12 crew
members have turned up.

FLOODS
While Northwest Montana

is dealing with avalanches,
other parts of the state are
underwater. Melting ice and
snow is looding communities
in the central part of the
state and in Landusky, the
Missouri River rose 5 feet in
just two days.
(STORY, PAGE 22)

Montana State Capitol building in Helena. BEACON FILE PHOTO
DISRUPTION
Montana Primary Election Field Takes Shape
Amtrak’s Empire Builder
passenger train through the

Flathead Valley was replaced
with buses last week after a
series of avalanches closed Hundreds of candidates legislative oices, as well as for two Mon- Sen. John Walsh, who Gov. Steve Bullock
the railroad near Marias tana Supreme Court positions and two appointed to ill out the remainder of Bau-
Pass.
ile for June 3 contest Public Service Commission seats, drew cus’ term.
a bevy of last-minute candidates, though Daines, a freshman Congressman, is
as deadline passes
many more had declared their intentions positioned as the Republican frontrun-
FLIGHTS
since iling kicked of in January — a total ner in that race, having raised more than

Allegiant will ofer nonstop By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Beacon
of 330 Montana candidates.
$1 million in the inal quarter of 2013. Also
jet service between Kalispell Primary elections are slated for June 3 seeking the GOP nomination are State
and Los Angeles starting Montana’s race for open seats in the when party nominees will be selected for Rep. Champ Edmunds of Missoula, who
June 7, the airline announced U.S. Senate and House came into clearer the Nov. 4 general election.
joined the hunt after iling his paperwork
last week.
focus on March 10 as candidates hurried Three Democrats and three Republi- Monday, and Susan Cundif, an adminis-
to meet the iling deadline, while a raft cans are seeking nominations to replace trative assistant at the University of Mon-
(STORY, PAGE 27)
of more than 300 political hopefuls have U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, who stepped down tana’s School of Business Administration

taken aim at the state’s suite of legislative to become the next ambassador to China. who also iled on the inal day.
openings since the iling period began.
Hopefuls include Republican U.S. Rep.
The 5 p.m. deadline for candidates to Steve Daines, who is leaving his House
declare for federal elections and 125 state
seat to run for Senate, and Democratic
See Primary PAGE 24

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