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Headlines: Kalispell elects new mayor, Flathead County jail bond passes, and hunters encounter grizzlies

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Join Daily Inter Lake reporter Taylor Inman as she goes over some of the week’s biggest headlines for Northwest Montana. 

We’ll hear about election results in Flathead County, including the results of the hotly contested Kalispell mayoral race and the jail bond issue. 

We’ll learn about the harsher charges brought against protestors accused of blocking Whitefish Border Patrol vehicles in September. 

And we’ll hear details about two hunters who survived a run-in with grizzlies east of Seely Lake on Wednesday.  


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Ryan Hunter elected as Kalispell's next mayor, Flathead County jail bond passes

City prosecutors file harsher charges against protesters accused of blocking Whitefish Border Patrol vehicles

Hunters survive run-in with grizzlies near Seeley Lake

Judge denies request to temporarily stop Lakeside wastewater project


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