Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 20th of October.
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🏘️ Community
Glacier Park International Airport was named one of the nation’s top resort airports in USA Today’s 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards on Oct.
15—its recent upgrades, including new boarding gates that opened in 2024, provide easy access to Kalispell, Whitefish and Glacier National Park’s west entrance.
🎓 Education
The Flathead Valley Community College Board of Trustees approved an employment agreement for Dr. Deborah Kish Stephan, who will serve as the college's next president starting Jan.
1, 2027 (she currently leads Hillsborough College’s Brandon Campus) after an extensive national search with community input.
🌲 Environment
Officials began the Piper Creek Project on Oct.
16 in Swan Valley near Salmon Prairie to treat 2,307 acres, improve forest health, and reduce wildfire risk—work uses both commercial and noncommercial treatments under the Healthy Forest Restoration Act.
🏛️ Government
Parkline Partners, owner of Kalispell Center Mall, has resubmitted a request for Tax Increment Funding of $13.9 million — $3 million less than before.
The funds will help demolish the Herberger’s building, create pad sites, extend Third Avenue West, and improve connectivity near downtown.
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