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OCTOBER 21, 2015 // FLATHEADBEACON.COM
DATA POINTS
$20 MILLION
Amount Ben Carson raised in the third fundraising quarter, the most of any Republican presidential candidate. Jeb Bush was second, raising $13.4 million.
THE GOOD
GLACIER PARK PICS
Our beloved national park is the most Instagrammed location in Montana, according to Busbud, a Canadian-based company that studied analytics from TripAdvisor. Flathead Lake was ranked second.
THE BAD
EL NINO
Weather system is strengthening and may not weaken until spring, increasing the likelihood of warmer winter temperatures and drier conditions, according to the National Weather Service.
“I’m looking at it. The Speaker is about leadership and not policy and we’re at a point in our nation’s history where we’ve had a Speaker resign, we’ve
had a presumptive Speaker resign and quite frankly we’re facing what I think is a leadership crisis.”
Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke on why he’s considering running for speaker of the House of Representatives.
8TH Montana’s ranking among states in Gallup’s financial well-being index.
Hawaii had the highest financial well-being in the nation in 2014. Mississippi had the lowest.
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
60
Estimated Number of Breweries
that will be operating in Montana by the end of the year, with more on the way. The number of craft breweries in the state has doubled in the last five years.
WILL YOU WATCH THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD MONTANA CONGRESSMAN RYAN ZINKE RUN FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?
TOTAL VOTES
DID YOU VISIT LOGAN PASS IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK THIS SUMMER?
TOTAL VOTES
28% YES
72% NO
33% YES
67% NO
53% YES
47% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
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“I’m sure we’ve had animals in the school before, but I’m not aware of a bear.”
Bozeman Schools Superintendent Rob Watson to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle after a black bear was found wandering the halls of the high school. The bear escaped and no one was injured.