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NEWS

WORDS
••••
of the Week

AN INDEX OF
RECENT
NEWSMAKERS

BITTER COLD
‘Tis the season for cold
weather. A deep-low pressure

system arrived this week
from British Columbia and
the coast, bringing snow,
wind and potentially sub-zero
temperatures.

RECYCLING

The Flathead County Solid
Waste Board voted to extend
its contract with Valley
Recycling for 13 months.
Instead of 15 locations there
will be eight sites around the
valley.

(STORY, PAGE 8)

NEWLYWED TRIAL
sHUTTERSTOCK PHOTO
Road Kill Salvaging Opens to Popular Demand
A bizarre local saga that has
garnered national attention
is taking another turn on Dec.
9 when 22-year-old Kalispell
resident Jordan Graham Within the irst week, 45 website, fwp.mt.gov.
move fur-bearing animals, upland game
goes on trial for allegedly
murdering her new husband permits issued for taking After the law’s irst week, FWP had al-
birds and migratory birds from being sal-
Cody Lee Johnson in Glacier ready issued 45 permits across the state, vage-worthy.
National Park this summer. home dead animals from according to spokesperson Ron Aasheim. Montana seemed like a natural it con-
Four of those permits were in Flathead sidering the high frequency of deer cross-
(STORY, PAGE 27)
vehicle accidents
County and two in Lincoln County.
ing the roadways. Earlier this year, State
“To me it’s a surprise,” Aasheim said of Farm released its annual report on deer
the high volume of permit requests.
collisions and ranked Montana second in
HEALTHCARE.GOV
Three permits were for dead elk, 13 for the U.S. for the likelihood of an accident.
By DILLON TABISH of the Beacon
The worst of the online mule deer and the rest were for whitetail The odds for Montana drivers are one in
glitches, crashes and Last weekend marked the end of rile deer, Aasheim said. A majority of the deer 65, which is much greater than the nation-
delays that have plagued hunting season, but Montana residents were antlerless females.
al average of one in 174.
the government health care still have a shot at illing a deer or elk tag.
It may seem outlandish, but salvaging “I’m not surprised that the Flathead is
website since it launched A new state law went into efect Nov. road kill is fairly common across the U.S., having a number of people (ile for salvage
two months ago may have 25 that allows the salvage of deer, elk, with more than 14 other states on board permits),” said Lee Anderson, FWP War-
passed, according to federal moose or antelope killed in a motor ve- including Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New den Captain in Region One. “We have a lot
oicials. But time will tell if
the much-maligned system hicle collision. Anyone who salvages road York and Michigan.
of deer on the highway, so the opportunity
will succeed.
kill must obtain a free permit within 24 Representative Steve Lavin (R-Ka- is there.”
hours, either from law enforcement oi- lispell) introduced the House bill last leg-
cers or Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’
islative session and it was tweaked to re-
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