Good morning; on the Beacon today, conservation groups are in Spain this week hoping to get a UNESCO commission to declare Glacier and Waterton National Parks World Heritage Sites in Danger. Tempers flared at a meeting last week with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes fisheries division over a plan to reduce Flathead Lake’s nonnative lake trout population. The Kalispell City Council meets tonight to look at its other options for selecting a city manager after its first pick, Matt McKillip, turned down the job offer. Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a public meeting in Somers last week, after a gathering meant to provide information on a potential neighborhood plan dissolved into a shouting match. The new Italian eatery, Bonelli’s Bistro, brings Mediterranean cuisine to downtown Kalispell. And Kitchen Guy Jim Gray explains what real Kobe beef is like.
Ample runoff and rain from last winter is bring Montana closer to ending its drought. President Barack Obama has yet to appoint a new U.S. attorney for Montana. And Montana Democratic Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester aren’t saying how they will vote on the Employee Free Choice Act, as U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., continues to oppose it.