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GRASSHOPPER ON the front of a car outside Thompson Falls. (John Dowd/Clark Fork Valley Press)
August 17, 2019
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August 17, 2019 3:28 p.m.
Experts say it could still be a bad year for grasshoppers
Though this year has not yet become a terribly bad year for grasshoppers, and last year was supposedly worse, it is still likely to create conditions to bring a hard time onto locals and farmers.