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MARCH 11, 2015 | VOL. 9 NO. 10
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PROMISES
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‘A SHAM’
In the wake of the contaminated plant’s permanent closure and a proposal to list it as a priority for Superfund cleanup, the past is written for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. But what lies ahead? PAGE 18
Brian Doyle, president of Steelworkers Local 320, pictured outside the gates of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
BONSAI
BREWING
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FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST UNVEILS VISION FOR FUTURE
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NEW MARKET IN COLUMBIA FALLS 6 | LOGGING LAWSUIT DISMISSED 11 | RISE IN CHILD ABUSE 13