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DATA POINTS
$106.16
The relative value of goods that $100 could buy in Montana compared to the national average price. According to a new breakdown by the
Tax Foundation, the states where $100 is worth the most are Mississippi ($115.34), Arkansas ($114.29), Alabama ($113.90) and South Dakota ($113.64). Montana ranked 23rd best. Hawaii was the worst at $85.62.
“At Glacier, we are in the forever business, always taking that long look forward to where we are headed.”
Glacier National Park Superintendent Je Mow on the Aug. 25 centennial celebration of the National Park Service and the next century of stewardship.
THE GOOD
FAIR
There's something for everyone at the Northwest Montana Fair, which runs Aug. 17-21, including concerts, demo derby, a carnival and much more.
THE BAD
MILL CLOSURES
Seventy years of lumber production will come to end Aug. 19 when the Weyerhaeuser Company starts to shutdown its lumber and plywood mills in Columbia Falls.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED METH USE IN THE FLATHEAD?
DID DONALD TRUMP’S ‘2ND AMENDMENT PEOPLE’ COMMENT HURT HIS PRESIDENTIAL BID?
ARE NATIONAL PARKS BECOMING OVERCROWDED?
TOTAL VOTES
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
176
264
216
88 YES 12 NO 54 YES 46 NO
“Our wildland crews are the best of the best and they courageously suit up and put their lives on the line for our families and communities. As
a nation, we are forever grateful for these heroes and
stand with all
re ghterson
this tragic day.”
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester after Lolo Hotshot Justin Beebe died during re ghting e orts in Nevada.
84 YES
%%%%%%
16 NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
12,667'
The height of Idaho’s highest peak, Borah Peak, where Two Bear Air Rescue, a locally based search and rescue helicopter, saved a Florida combat veteran, who was hypothermic.
995,917
Number of visitors to Yellowstone National Park in July, a new record. Glacier National Park also set an attendance record last month with 818,500 visitors.
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