Headlines: Bear attack closes Columbia Falls trail, wildfire determined human-caused, Kalispell debates license plate readers
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Bear attacks dog walker in Columbia Falls, Kalispell residents press council on proposed license plate readers, Deer Creek fire ruled as human caused, man pleads not guilty to setting fires at two Kalispell public schools and men hospitalized after structure fire in Libby.
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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 details on a bear attack that happened in Columbia Falls this week when a woman was walking her dog in the Cedar Flats trail complex.
We’ll hear discussion from Monday night’s town hall meeting in Kalispell, where citizens brought concerns about proposed license plate readers to the city council and mayor.
Go over the newest information about the cause of the Deer Creek Fire, sparked near Happy’s Inn toward the end of August.
Hear about the man suspected of starting two fires at two public schools in Kalispell, who recently pleaded not guilty to a pair of felony arson charges. And we’ll learn about a structure fire in Libby this week that left two men hospitalized.
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Bear attacks dog walker near Columbia Falls
Kalispell residents press city leaders on parking, code enforcement
Deer Creek Fire near Happy's Inn ruled human-caused
Man suspected of setting Kalispell schools afire pleads not guilty
Two Libby men hospitalized in structure fire
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