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DATA POINTS
“I am more than
sorry for what
happened and I
want the family to
know that this will
be with me for the
rest of my life.”
Brandon Walter Lee Newberry
at his sentencing hearing
last week. The Evergreen
man convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son was sentenced to 40 years at the Montana State Prison.
“The permanent reauthorization of LWCF is an important step forward for our state and our public lands.”
Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines after the Senate voted to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The fund was established in 1965 as a conservation tool for public land management and recreation. Since its creation, Montana has received roughly $540 million in LWCF funding.
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THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
SHOULD WOLVERINES BE LISTED AS ENDANGERED SPECIES?
WOULD YOU ATTEND A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN RALLY IN MONTANA?
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE DECISION TO REPLACE ANDREW JACKSON WITH HARRIET TUBMAN ON THE $20?
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
165
177
319
63% YES
THE GOOD
OPEN ROADS
While avalanche activity has slowed the plows on Glacier Park’s Going- to-the-Sun Road, the roads to Many Glacier and Chief Mountain are cleared and open for the season!
35% YES
THE BAD
AIR QUALITY
According to a study from the American Lung Association, air pollution has increased in the last two years in Flathead County. The organization gave the county a C for the increase in unhealthy air days; two years ago it had an A.
47% YES
53% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
37% NO
65% NO
$664.5
MILLION
Economic impact to the state economy of Montana’s national parks, according to a National Park Service report released last week.
$20
The U.S. currency that will feature Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist who was born a slave. She will replace the portrait of Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president, and become the rst African- American on U.S. paper money and the rst woman to be depicted on currency in 100 years.
Percentage increase in the suicide rate in the U.S. from 1999 to 2014, according to new data from the Centers for Disease and Control. The nation’s suicide has risen sharply to the highest levels in almost 30 years, particularly among women and middle-age Americans.
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