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Our annual Jobs Issue hits newsstands this week, taking a look at the job market in Northwest Montana as we approach the final stages, hopefully, of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Economist Barb Wagner from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry joins the show to talk about some of the biggest challenges facing employers and employees right now and what lingering impacts the COVID-19 pandemic could have on Montana's economy. Later, host Andy Viano runs through the biggest stories from the last seven days, including a record fine for a coal company accused of polluting two Lincoln County waterways, a criminal settlement in the tragic case of a 6-year-old child struck by a car when she exited a bus in 2019, and Flathead County's state-leading supply of short-term rentals. Read more about all of this week's stories and get the latest breaking news at flatheadbeacon.com and sign up for our daily newsletter at flatheadbeacon.com/newsletter. RELATED LINKS March 31 E-Edition Jobs Issue: Rapid Recovery as Tight Job Market Returns Jobs Issue: The Future of the Home Office B.C. Coal Mine Fined Record $60 Million Woman Who Struck Child Getting Off Bus Changes Plea Study: Flathead County Has Most Short-Term Rentals Charges Filed After Drunken Crash Involving Two Cops The music in this this episode is “Thinking Music” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.