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Monday: Whitefish Cash, NYC Car Bomb, U.S. House Candidates

By Beacon Staff

Good morning; on the Beacon today, a third-quarter financial report shows that the city of Whitefish is still running low on cash reserves, with the greatest concerns occurring in the city’s property tax-supported funds. A district court judge has issued a judgment that Flathead County owes a group of sheriff’s deputies three years of back pay after salary miscalculations, awarding them roughly $237,000. The trial of state Sen. Greg Barkus for charges stemming from a Flathead Lake boat crash that injured five people is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 29 in Kalispell. Crews have completed a new trail in the Herron Park recreational area, and are nearing completion of a gently sloping trail that meets the standards of the American with Disabilities Act. There is no better place to spin the cobwebs off your bike than Pig Farm Trails off Farm to Market Road. Kitchen Guy Jim Gray spends some time at a local ranch raising American Wagyu cattle.

Police found an “amateurish” but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking sport utility vehicle in Times Square, authorities said Sunday. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is considering a plan to allow campers to make reservations at 21 of the state’s 54 state parks. Republicans are on offense in scores of House and Senate races as persistent economic woes and lukewarm support for President Barack Obama continue to weaken Democrats’ hold on Congress. Lee’s Chuck Johnson profiled Democratic Congressional candidate Sam Rankin. The Kearl Module Transportation Project will give western Montana’s economy a bump and help satisfy our energy needs, and Gov. Brian Schweitzer sees nothing wrong with either of those things. In Polson, Gil and Joanne Mangels are trying to save the Paul Bunyan logging towboat. Democrat Dennis McDonald is focusing on the economy as he runs for Congress. A fisheries biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and parks says a Kalispell angler has likely set a world record for northern pike caught by fly fishing after hauling in a 29.74-pound, 47-inch-long fish. And Mike Dennison writes about the imminent and ongoing rise in health care costs occurring despite a reform bill recently signed into law.