By Dan Testa, 8-03-09
Good morning; on the Beacon today, a recent petition presented to the Whitefish City Council shows that the downtown
business community is overwhelmingly against a streetscape project set to break ground after Labor Day. Whitefish Resort's
Thursday Night Mountain Bike Race League is drawing more than 70 people a week. The stagnant market for upscale homes is leading to the
auction of a Flathead Lake estate originally purchased for $3.2 million. In the midst of an economic downturn, The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Lands are struggling to
find the money to complete the Montana Legacy Project. A 25-year-old Libby man, Joshua Reid, has
died in a weekend motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 2 in Lincoln County.
An administrator in the state auditor's office says she was recently fired after lodging
a complaint against the governor's brother, Walt Schweitzer, who is second in command at the agency. U.S. Sen. Jon
Tester says he toured the Stillwater Mine on Saturday in order to boost morale and gather information after GM canceled its contract. The head of the Montana Highway Patrol says his agency is looking for a way to
outfit troopers with Tasers. New estimates indicate most Montana
homeowners will see increases or decreases of $200 in their state tax bill. A slight printing problem at the Department of Revenue has
delayed the mailing of new tax notices telling people the newly appraised value of their homes. And Lee's Mike Dennison wonders how Montana's
shortage of primary-care doctors could be affected by any new federal health care legislation.
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