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Headlines: Bear attack closes Columbia Falls trail, wildfire determined human-caused, Kalispell debates license plate readers

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Watch and Listen to the News Now Podcast by the Daily Inter Lake. We cover Headlines weekly and keep you up to date on the best happenings in Northwest Montana with our Local Events episodes. Find all our podcasts and videos on the Daily Inter Lake You Tube channel. | September 5, 2026 9:10 AM

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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