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Headlines: Man sentenced for killing of homeless man, federal funding cuts affect local food banks, and immigration legislation advances in House

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Join Daily Inter Lake reporter Taylor Inman as she goes over the week’s top headlines for our region. 



This week we learn more details about the sentencing of Kaleb Fleck, a Flathead County man who pleaded guilty to the 2023 killing of Scott Bryan, a homeless man living in Kalispell. 

We’ll hear from local food banks about the effects of federal cuts to food assistance programs. 

And we’ll go over the details of House Bill 896, that seeks to criminalize the “harboring” of people with an unknown immigration status, which nonprofits say could put hospitals, churches and community organizations at risk.  


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Flathead man sentenced for 2023 killing of homeless man in Kalispell

Federal funding cuts leave Flathead Valley food banks looking to fill shelves

Immigration legislation advances despite strong opposition from nonprofits


MORE LOCAL AND STATE COVERAGE:

Student-run microgreen business sprouts at Whitefish High School

Settlement paves way for prerelease center in Evergreen

Jurors view body cam footage in Jackson double homicide trial

Glacier National Park faces summer of uncertainty


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