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DATA POINTS
9.6%
Percentage increase
in visitation in Glacier National Park through February compared to the rst two months of 2015. An estimated 29,174 people have entered the park the last two months.
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
WILL QUARTERBACK BROCK OSWEILER RE-SIGN WITH THE BRONCOS?
TOTAL VOTES
WILL THE GOP HAVE A BROKERED REPUBLICAN CONVENTION?
TOTAL VOTES
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION’S DECISION TO OPPOSE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT?
TOTAL VOTES
118
144
353
80% YES
20% NO
53% YES
THE GOOD
SNOWPACK
The Flathead River Basin was at 98 percent of normal snowpack and the Kootenai River Basin was at 100 percent of normal as of March 14. Those numbers are both higher than a year ago.
THE BAD
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
Just three months into 2016, 33 people have died on Montana roads, more than double this same time period last year. State, local and tribal governments met in Helena this week to address the issue.
47% NO
61% YES
39% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
“There is no relationship
in the entire world like the
Canada-U.S. relationship.
We grew up together.”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, commenting on the bond between the two countries. Trudeau became the rst Canadian prime minister to make an o cial visit to the White House since 1997. The two leaders discussed trade, energy issues and environmental protection, among other topics.
18Consecutive years Gonzaga University has made the NCAA
FOUR YEARS,
men’s basketball tournament after winning the West Coast Conference tournament last week. Only Kansas, Duke and Michigan State have longer streaks.
“In uxes of refugees will overburden our community’s social services, health care agencies, a ordable housing, job opportunities and local school districts, many of which carry an impact to our local taxpayers.”
Flathead County commissioners in a letter sent to the federal government opposing refugee resettlement in Flathead County.
$72 MILLION
The contract that Kalispell native Brock Osweiler signed with the Houston Texans last week. The 25-year-
old former Flathead Brave departed the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos as a free agent.
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