A melt pool below Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park on July 30, 2016. Greg Lindstrom | Flathead Beacon

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The Fate of Our Lakes

While western Montana’s lakes remain clean, blue and mussel-free, scientists at inaugural conference predict environmental and economic threats in face of climate change

By Tristan Scott // Mar 20, 2019 // 4:56PM

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Wife Says Montana Trooper was Shot Three Times

Trooper Wade Palmer remains in stable but "extremely critical" condition following Friday shooting
MAR 20, 2019 // 11:00AM
Montana House Endorses $10.3B Budget for Next Two Years

Democrats complained the bill did not include funding for preschool and cut funding for job openings at DPHHS
MAR 20, 2019 // 8:32AM
Bullock Appoints Grizzly Advisory Council

Bears have been spreading into new areas, triggering conflicts with ranchers, hunters and others
MAR 20, 2019 // 8:28AM
Real Estate Market Trends

How much of list price may I get?
MAR 20, 2019 // 5:00AM
Browning Man Pleads Guilty to Strangling Woman

24-year-old man choked a woman during an argument
MAR 19, 2019 // 4:21PM

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Thu, 3/14/19 8:55 pm

A Kalispell resident apparently called 911 by mistake. When the dispatcher called back to make sure that everything was OK, the resident was reluctant to give too much information and asked, “How do I know you’re the real 911?”

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Current Flathead Beacon Issue - 03_20_2019

NEWS&FEATURES

Public Schools Will Be Required to Test for Lead in Water Under New Rules

State health department updating decades-old health rules; lead testing not currently mandated

By Myers Reece // MAR 19, 2019

SPORTS

Heart of a Champion

Gritty Bigfork fought back to win a second straight state basketball championship while Columbia Falls rallied from defeat to take home a trophy for the sixth year in a row