Taylor Inman hosts this week's News Now with four of the week's biggest headlines from Northwest Montana. A Lincoln County judge found probable cause to hold a Troy High School student following alleged threats that closed the school. Flathead County Commissioners approved the final plat for the first phase of Territory 1889 near Lakeside in a 2-1 vote. Columbia Falls received an $8.5 million grant for 29 affordable apartments for seniors, and Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves and Nathaniel Rateliff were announced as 2027 Under the Big Sky headliners.

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