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WIKIPEDIA.COM
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Avalanches that recently hit Going-to- the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The slides were the result of nearly 3 feet of snow that fell in the higher- elevation mountains and put plow crews two weeks behind on their annual e ort to clear the transmountain highway.
38,000
Jobs added by U.S. employers in May, the fewest in more than ve years. The unemployment rate tumbled to 4.7 percent, but only because nearly a half-million jobless Americans stopped looking for work.
“He was the greatest ghter of all time but his boxing
career is secondary to his contribution to the world. He’s
the most transforming gure of my time certainly. He
did more to change race relations and the views of people
than even Martin Luther King.”
Boxing promoter Bob Arum on Muhammad Ali, who died June 3 at age 74.
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
DO YOU PLAN ON CAMPING THIS SUMMER?
TOTAL VOTES
DO YOU CONSIDER HOUSING AFFORDABLE IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD KALISPELL CLOSE THE CITY AIRPORT?
TOTAL VOTES
66% YES
34% NO
20% YES
80% NO
52% YES
48% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
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189
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THE GOOD
PEDIATRIC CENTER
THE BAD
NATIONAL PARK MISHAPS
Another week, another close call between a visitor and wildlife in a national park. This time a woman got too close to an elk in Yellowstone when it charged her. A video posted online captures audio of a guide trying to warn the woman she was too close. The elk ended up stopping short and backing away.
Kalispell Regional Healthcare is breaking ground this summer on a 190,000-square- foot pediatric center. The $50 million addition will dramatically expand intensive care and other medical services for women and children across Montana.
“This is no longer the primaries. He’s no longer an interesting contender. He is now the potential leader of the United States and he’s got to move his game up to the level of being a potential leader.”
Newt Gingrich scolding Donald Trump after the GOP presidential contender commented on a judge’s ethnicity. Gingrich was one of several Republicans who publicly demanded Trump move on and unite the party.