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Headlines: ‘Cocaine fairy’ reaches plea deal, avalanche risk, films from Flathead reservation up for award, early candidate filings

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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 get the details of a plea deal for a man who was once called the “Cocaine Fairy” by Flathead County law enforcement, following charges stemming from multiple robberies. 

We’ll learn more about the current avalanche risk in the Whitefish, Swan and Flathead mountain ranges, 

We'll also learn what the Polson Bay Golf course is planning on doing to curb stormwater runoff into Flathead Lake and who has filed to run so far in some of the region’s key races ahead of the June primary. 


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‘Cocaine Fairy’ reaches deal in burglary cases

Avalanche warning issued for Northwest Montana mountain ranges

Two reservation-made documentaries candidates for Big Sky Award

Polson commissioners hear plan for reducing E. coli in Flathead

Man agrees to leave Montana forever as part of deferred prosecution agreement

Early candidate filings prep multiple primaries in Northwest Montana


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