Headlines: Court upholds murder conviction, tensions flare at Mineral County Commissioners meeting, and plane crash lands at Polson airport
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Court upholds murder conviction in deadly 2022 home invasion, tensions flare at Mineral County Commissioners meeting, GoFundMe set up for grizzly bear mauling victim and plane crash lands at Polson airport.
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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 hear what Montana Supreme Court Justices determined in a 2023 ruling that was ultimately upheld regarding a deadly home invasion that happened in Kalispell.
We'll go over details of a Mineral County Board of Commissioner's meeting, where county officials pressed Sheriff Ryan Funke on missing records from a $350,000 vehicle purchase last year.
We'll learn more about a GoFundMe set up for the victim of a recent grizzly bear attack in Columbia Falls, which led to a local woman being treated for life-altering injuries in Seattle.
And we'll hear what Lake County officials know about a plane that had to crash land at the Polson Airport last week.
READ MORE OF THIS WEEK'S STORIES:
High court upholds murder conviction in deadly 2022 home invasion in Kalispell
Tensions flare in Mineral County over missing $350K purchase records from sheriff
GoFundMe set up for grizzly attack victim
Plane makes dive into Polson Airport field near Highway 93
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