Flathead locals testify in support of school bus safety bills
A Bigfork school bus equipped with a more than 6-foot-long stop arm is shown in this Dec. 3, 2019 file photo. Columbia Falls, Kalispell and Whitefish scÔhool districts will benefit from a $5,000 Flathead Electric Cooperative Roundup for Safety grant awarded to the Flathead Community Foundation for the purchase of similar extended stop sign arms to equip on buses. (Mackenzie Reiss/Daily Inter Lake)
Two bills aimed at improving the safety of school buses have unanimously passed the Montana House, more than a year after a motorist failed to stop behind a bus and hit a 6-year-old girl north of Whitefish.
House Bills 207 and 267, sponsored by state Rep...
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