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)
May 21, 2020
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Flathead locals testify in support of school bus safety bills
Rep. Neil Duram, R-Eureka, said the legislation was inspired by Jordana Hubble, who has been recovering from a traumatic brain injury since November 2019, when she was hit by a vehicle while getting off a school bus on U.S. 93 near Olney.
Grassroots group takes on bus safety initiatives
A small group of community members have rallied around improving school bus safety one person, elected official and school district at a time in response to the tragedy of six-year-old Jordana Hubble.