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Montana SNAP Crisis, Meals on Wheels Funding Boost & Martin City Trial Recap

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In this week’s News Now podcast, host Taylor Inman of the Daily Inter Lake breaks down the week’s biggest headlines across northwest Montana. Local food banks in Bigfork and Lakeside are preparing for a surge in demand as SNAP benefits are temporarily halted due to the federal government shutdown, leaving many families uncertain heading into the holidays. We also look at the Flathead County Agency on Aging’s funding boost that helped save the Meals on Wheels program from major cuts — and the Martin City trial involving a man accused of running over his ex-wife.

Read more from this week’s stories:
Bigfork and West Shore food banks prepare for SNAP expiration
State funding boost keeps Flathead Meals on Wheels program moving
First responders testify in trial of man accused of running over his ex-wife in Martin City

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