Hear some of this week's biggest headlines, followed by a chat with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 1 Communication and Education Program Manager Dillon Tabish. He gives us a bear spray demonstration and talks about how to best avoid a bear encounter in the fall--- the season bears are more likely to be in lower elevations looking for food sources.
Taylor chats with Jennifer Cronk with the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce and Job Service Kalispell and Cathy Allard from the Flathead Valley Community College about the upcoming fall Northwest Montana Job and Opportunity Fair. In collaboration with the Daily Inter Lake and other partners, the fair will take place at the Flathead Valley Fairgrounds Trade Center from 2pm to 7pm on Sept. 26. Find out more details at https://workforceflathead.com/job-seekers/nw-mt-jobs-opportunity-fair/
Brendan Hickman, a thru hiker who just beat the fastest known time record on the Continental Divide Trail, stops by the Inter Lake office for a chat. He tells us about his journey from Mexico to Canada, including his extreme hiking schedule that helped him beat the previous 2016 record by three and a half days.
Billings Clinic and Logan Health are officially a new health care organization, visitors to Glacier Park spent nearly $400 million in nearby communities last year and a Croatian backpacking company is offering group hikes in Kalispell towards the end of this month.
Tune in for this week's top headlines and for a discussion with Inter Lake Reporter Kate Heston, who tells us about why local U.S. Forest Service officials are looking to the Coram Experimental Forest to research the effects of wildfire.
