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DATA POINTS
“It’s not unusual to  nd a grandma who has 15 people in her home. Oftentimes they’re all living hand to mouth, out of a soup pot, while at the same time trying to pay for their electricity to keep their house heated.”
Chancy Kittson, director of the Blackfeet Housing Authority. A 2013 report sponsored by the National American Indian Housing Council found that 40 percent of on-reservation housing in the U.S. is considered substandard.
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
$350,000
Price paid for a Black Angus bull from a ranch near Malta last week at an auction. The bull, named Cowboy Up, weighed more than 1,600 pounds in January. Observers say it is the highest price paid for a bull in memory and possibly the highest in state history.
IS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT HINDERED BY TOO MANY REGULATIONS?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD MOUNTAIN BIKES BE ALLOWED IN WILDERNESS AREAS?
TOTAL VOTES
DO YOU FILE YOUR OWN TAXES?
THE GOOD
SNOWPACK
Despite the recent warm weather, the snow water equivalent levels in the Flathead River Basin were 96 percent of normal last week. The measurements show 132 percent more than the same time last year.
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205
TOTAL VOTES
216
52% YES
48% NO
42% YES
58% NO
49% YES
*READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
51% NO
THE BAD
FLU
Nearly 200 con rmed cases of
in uenza emerged in Flathead County in recent weeks, leading health o cials to raise awareness about a late outbreak.
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“We’ve been little
Miles of burned-over trails in the Spotted Bear Ranger District that needs to be restored after last year’s  re season. The work is estimated to cost $250,000 but the ranger district only has $80,000 to spend, according to Forest Service o cials.
8,058,144
Total vertical feet accrued this ski season by Ken Jones at White sh Mountain Resort. Back on skis for the  rst time in 24 years, the  rst-time pass holder in White sh shattered the previous record of 5.61 million vertical feet. He set the new mark on Sunday’s closing day, which was also his 52nd birthday.
 sh in a little pond
for too long.”
Susan Lake, president of the Republican Women of Lake County. Expectations are swirling across the northern Rockies that a GOP candidate or two might make a rare appearance in the state.
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