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Kerr Dam near Polson. BEACON FILE PHOTO
Amid Historically Dry Spring, Flathead Lake Below Normal Pool Levels
JUNE 3, 2015 | 5
W•O•R•D•S of the Week
AN INDEX OF RECENT NEWSMAKERS
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
Health insurers selling indi- vidual policies on Montana’s Affordable Care Act market- place say rate increases are likely next year after they suffered losses they attribute in part to initial underesti- mates of the costs of the new business.
CUBA
The Obama administration last week formally removed Cuba from a U.S. terrorism blacklist in another step toward normalizing relations between the Cold War foes.
BEAU BIDEN
Vice President Joe Biden’s 46-year-old son died of brain cancer on May 30. Biden was an Iraq war veteran and was the attorney general of Delaware.
LIBBY MAYOR
Doug Roll, the mayor of Libby, and other members of the city council there have come under fire after the Commissioner of Political Practices issued a ruling saying they violated election laws when the city attorney filed a lawsuit against an opposing mayoral candidate.
Forecasted rain storm could end dry spell in first week of June, prompting flash-flood warnings
By DILLON TABISH of the Beacon
Following one of the driest springs
on record in Kalispell, Flathead Lake is two feet below its full pool, threatening drought response by the managers of Kerr Dam, and forecasters are predicting an in- tense fire season.
A rainstorm last weekend benefited
the dry conditions and a heavy storm warning was predicted for June 1-2. Near- ly an inch of rain was predicted in the val- ley and flash-flood warnings were issued for the Glacier Park area.
The moisture is needed.
There were only 0.57 inches of pre-
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