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DATA POINTS
“I want to apologize for my behavior last weekend — for not being more careful and candid in how I described the events of that early morning.”
U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologizing last week for his behavior surrounding an early-morning incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station. He initially alleged that he and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint. Brazilian police said the men actually vandalized a gas station bathroom while intoxicated, were questioned by guards, then paid for the damage and left.
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
THE GOOD
TEAM USA
Americans dominated the podium at the Rio Olympics, nishing with 121 total medals, topping their previous high of 110 in 2008.
THE BAD
SMOKY SKIES
The Copper King Fire in Sanders County doubled in size over the weekend, forcing evacuations and blanketing the Flathead Valley in smoke.
+10,000
Estimated death toll of white sh in the Yellowstone River, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. O cials are still working to determine what’s been causing the die-o .
ARE YOU CONSIDERING VOTING FOR A THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
WILL MONTANA COAL PRODUCTION REBOUND?
NO
SHOULD LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WEAR BODY CAMERAS?
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
216
216
228
%
31 YES
% 69
NO
% % 23 YES 77
%
85 YES
15
%
NO
*READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
76,742
Airline passengers at Glacier Park International Airport in July, roughly 2,500 more than last July. The Kalispell airport is on pace to break its annual passenger record once again in 2016 with 270,661 passengers so far, 12,000 more than this time last year.
17
Montana’s overall “freedom ranking” among all states, according to the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. The organization released a report ranking each state’s personal and economic freedoms.
40.3
Percentage increase in the credit delinquency rate, which includes auto loans and mortgages, in Alberta due to the fallout from the dramatic drop in the price of oil, according to Equifax Canada. The average debt also climbed in the province, rising 1.6 percent to $27,753.
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