Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks with a group of nurses during a tour of a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Flathead County Fairgrounds in Kalispell on Friday, Feb. 12. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
February 12, 2021
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