Headlines: Forever chemicals in Flathead waters, Kalispell's population boom, and a felony DUI arrest
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Forever chemicals found in Flathead Lake, convicted drunk driver faces new felony charges, Kalispell is Montana’s fastest growing city, CFAC to pay $57.6 million in cleanup costs and state awards contract to replace battered Libby bridge.
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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 learn what researchers on Flathead Lake have found in their testing for forever chemicals in nearby waterways, how a convicted drunk driver picked up new felony charges after an alleged hit and run in Whitefish and what census data reveals about how quickly Kalispell has grown in recent years.
We’ll also take a look at how much the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. has to pay in cleanup costs to restore their formerly owned superfund site. And we’ll hear about a state- awarded contract to replace a bridge in Libby, which was battered in last winter’s floods.
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Forever chemicals found in Flathead Watershed
Convicted drunk driver facing new charge after alleged hit-and-run in Whitefish
Kalispell is Montana’s fastest-growing city, census data shows
CFAC will pay $57.6M in cleanup costs
State awards Farm to Market Bridge replacement contract
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Headlines: Forever chemicals in Flathead waters, Kalispell's population boom, and a felony DUI arrest
Forever chemicals found in Flathead Lake, convicted drunk driver faces new felony charges, Kalispell is Montana’s fastest growing city, CFAC to pay $57.6 million in cleanup costs and state awards contract to replace battered Libby bridge.
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