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Headlines: Roads open in Glacier, path charted for addition to public lands, grant gets Polson closer to ice arena, new results in criminal fraud allegations

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Join Daily Inter Lake reporter Taylor Inman as we go over this week’s biggest headlines for Northwest Montana. 

We’ll hear what roads are open so far in Glacier National Park for the season, how two nonprofits charted a path for a 1,100-acre addition to local public lands. 

How Mission Valley folks received a $1.25 million grant to go toward a future ice arena, what local and state agencies did to address flooding issues in Whitefish caused by beavers.

Learn the details about the latest local osprey monitoring program in the Flathead Valley and more about a court case out of Lincoln County, where an internet romance led to criminal fraud allegations.



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Many Glacier, other roads open for the season

Nonprofits chart path for 1,100-acre addition to public lands near Herron Park

Tourism grant gives ice arena $1.25 million boost

Internet romance results in criminal fraud allegation

Osprey monitoring project takes flight in Northwest Montana

Unique partnership in wildlife urban interface



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