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Headlines: Bats get vaccine, train sparks fire, and court sides with state in wastewater project dispute

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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.

Starting off with an update on a lawsuit filed by local environmental watchdog groups over Lakeside’s wastewater expansion project.

Then we’ll hear details about a criminal case centering a Nevada man with Flathead Valley connections, who is facing a felony charge after allegedly beating a man near Glacier Park International Airport last year.

We’ll hear what National Forest officials believe caused a small fire near Trout Creek on Aug. 11.

And learn what efforts state wildlife officials are making to combat white nose syndrome at the Libby Dam, a deadly fungus for bats that is making its way into Northwest Montana.


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Court sides with state in Lakeside wastewater project dispute

Libby Dam bats get vaccine for deadly fungal disease

Forest officials say train sparked small fire near Trout Creek

Suspect charged in brutal assault near Glacier Park International Airport last year


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