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DATA POINTS
$179 MILLION
Cost of deferred maintenance at Glacier National Park, according to the National Park Service. Nationwide, the agency estimated $11.9 billion in neglected maintenance needs.
THE GOOD
BRONCOS
Dominant defense carried the Denver Broncos to a 24-10 Super Bowl win over the Carolina Panthers on Feb. 7.
THE BAD
BROWNING FINANCES
Glacier County has agreed to pay for utilities at the Browning Volunteer Fire Department and City Hall as the town teeters on the edge of bankruptcy.
“There are families and workers connected to what is being produced and what they’ve bene ted from for 40 years.”
Colstrip Mayor John Williams explaining the importance of the Colstrip Generating Facility, the state’s biggest carbon emitter and the second largest coal-burning power plant west of the Mississippi, in a story in National Geographic. The plant could be shut down in the coming years due to the Clean Power Plan and its goal of cutting carbon emissions by 2030.
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THE CAUCUS RESULTS IN IOWA?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING BE REDUCED FROM 0.08 BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONTENT?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD WOMEN HAVE TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT?
TOTAL VOTES
147
188
248
29% YES
71% NO
31% YES
69% NO
63% YES
38% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
“Many times women can gain access to strategic sites that men never could. However, this administration’s plan to force all front-line
combat positions and Special Forces to integrate women into their units is reckless and dangerous.”
Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., after proposing legislation that would require women to register for the draft. Zinke said the bill is aimed at provoking a fuller discussion of the Pentagon’s decision to open all combat jobs to women.
5,700
4.9%
The U.S. unemployment rate in January, the lowest since 2008. The economy added 151,000 jobs last month,
a slowdown from recent months but still a sign of a solid job market.
Jobs lost in Canada in January due to employment declines in Alberta as well as in the manufacturing and transportation sectors. Alberta’s jobless rate jumped to 7.4 percent from 7 percent in December, surpassing the country’s rate for the rst time in nearly three decades.
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