Kate Heston writes: “A federal grant that allowed the Flathead County (Mont.) Library to loan out internet hotspots dried up this week, and library trustees appear disinclined to continue the program. The hotspots first became available in 2020 via a Digital Competitive Grant from the National Telecommunication and Information Administration [which ended June 30]. Continuing the hotspot program struck Flathead County Library Board Trustee Doug Adams as inappropriate. ‘I am philosophically opposed to expanding welfare programs at any level of government,’ Adams said at the board’s June 26 meeting. ‘That’s exactly what this is.’”