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Headlines: Bear injures hiker in Glacier, woman falls to death from Highline Trail, driver charged in fatal crash, and lower taxes in Flathead County

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Bear injures hiker in Glacier Park, woman falls to death from Highline Trail, driver charged in fatal crash involving teen, and Flathead County budget lowers taxes.

Join Daily Inter Lake reporter Taylor Inman as she goes over some of the week’s top headlines. 

We’ll learn more details about a fall that killed a 73-year-old hiker in Glacier National Park, as well as a separate incident where a bear injured a hiker near Goat Haunt. 

We’ll go over what authorities know about an alleged DUI crash that killed a Flathead Valley teen, and why Flathead County officials decided to lower taxes in this year’s budget.  


READ MORE:

Glacier National Park hiker injured by bear defending cubs

Woman dies after 450-foot fall from Highline Trail

Driver charged in fatal Whitefish crash involving teen

Flathead County budget lowers taxes

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