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Glacier High School sophomores cheer as they ride in a float toward Legends Stadium during the homecoming parade in Kalispell. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

Bigfork 4th of July Parade

Parade-goers lined both sides of Grand Dr. in Bigfork on the 4th of July as parade floats and participants waved and threw candy to them on Wednesday.

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Kellie and Christian Klepper at their home in Whitefish on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. The two will be on the lead float in the Macy's Day Parade on Thanksgiving. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

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Olivia Malchi yells to the crowd as the float goes down First Avenue toward Legends Stadium during the Glacier Homecoming Parade on Friday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

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A bulldog hangs from a fishing line from the Glacier High School freshman float during the school's homecoming parade on Friday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

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A bulldog hangs from a fishing line from the Glacier High School freshman float during the school's homecoming parade on Friday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

Missing plane

This graphic released by the Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency on Wednesday shows the approximate position of objects seen floating in the southern Indian Ocean in the search zone for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Northwest Montana Fair Parade

Madison Lovett, 18, of Kalispell Parks and Rec waves to a float in the Northwest Montana Fair Parade on Friday morning, August 19, in downtown Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

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Bigfork's Miranda Campbell floats a shot over Thompson Falls' Shey Hannum during the District 7B semifinals at Bigfork on Thursday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)

Kalispell Parade

Floats drive past the Flathead County Courthouse Friday night during the Christmas City of the North in downtown Kalispell. Nov. 29, 2013 in Kalispell, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)

Night of Lights

From left, Jessica Muir, Dan Muir, Christiane Hinterman and Cindy Woods roast marshmallows on the U.S. Forest Service float at the Night of Lights parade Friday night in Columbia Falls.

Bigfork prepares for crowds at Fourth parade

In light of the chaos that accompanied last year’s parade, the Bigfork Chamber of Commerce has made some major changes this year in preparation for its annual Fourth of July Parade in downtown Bigfork.

Satellite spots 122 objects in search for missing jetliner

Leaders of the 'Pack

Glacier High junior Zach Matteson "plays" guitar on Glacier's junior float during the school's homecoming parade Friday evening in downtown Kalispell.

Swan Run challenge frivolous

The Flathead National Forest should pull out all the stops to ensure that the Swan Crest 100-Mile Run goes on as planned, making clear to Keith Hammer and his group, the Swan View Coalition, that their opposition to the event is frivolous.

New license requirement worth the hassle

Beginning this month, everyone who recreates on state lands will be required to purchase a Montana Conservation License to access many sites previously open with few restrictions to the public.

Missing airplane sent satellite signals for hours

Men plead not guilty to shooting on river

Two Kalispell men have pleaded not guilty to firing semiautomatic weapons at people floating the Flathead River in July.

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Keeping warm in the Head Start bus before boarding their float, Brandon Roy, left, and Logan Speed watch passersby Saturday afternoon in anticipation of the start of the Whitefish Winter Carnival Grand Parade. (Daily Inter Lake file photo)

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Glacier's Nikki Krueger floats a shot over Flathead's Janae Moon during the second quarter of the Wolfpack's 52-23 crosstown victory. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)