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New York Times
April 13, 2018
A World War II combat veteran who was a large-animal veterinarian and got his start in politics as a small town alderman, Dr. Melcher was 45 when he went to Washington in 1969. He was one of Montana's two United States representatives until January 1977, when he succeeded the retiring Mr. Mansfield,Ãâà...
Courthouse News Service
April 13, 2018
(CN) — The city of Missoula sued the Montana attorney general this week, challenging his opinion that its ordinance requiring background checks on ... to the Montana code concerning the right to keep and bear arms because the statute does not “specifically and expressly apply to cities with self-governingÃâà...
Choteau Acantha
April 12, 2018
But the other thing keeping them from going the way of many small towns is an over-performing school district with test scores that outdo neighbors' and state averages. That's brought its own challenges: Development hasn't kept up. And traditional pieces of a small town — like filled storefronts and localÃâà...
Helena Independent Record
April 8, 2018
The gym is packed, a surprise on a Saturday afternoon during April, although the weather has been poor as of late. But no basketballs are bouncing and no dodgeballs are being whipped around. Everyone is here for something completely different that involves the six barber chairs lined up in the middle ofÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
April 5, 2018
In an earlier interview, she noted it was the city's first time negotiating with the union and that the city's 20-plus employees were a “good group of people.” Davis said the approval was granted after he agreed to drop an unfair labor practice complaint filed in August against Conrad with the MontanaÃâà...
Billings Gazette
March 31, 2018
Hardin City Attorney Jordan Knudsen speaks to members of the Montana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during a panel discussion ... on Civil Rights at Hardin Middle School's auditorium was the second of its kind exploring racism and discrimination in reservation border towns.
Kansas City Star
March 31, 2018
The violations include levels of arsenic and radioactive contaminants that exceeded the limits set by Montana multiple times. Despite those excessive levels, the district failed to monitor for those and other contaminants and failed to make the required disclosures to state regulators and the public, the lawsuitÃâà...
ABC FOX Montana News
March 31, 2018
Two cities in Big Sky Country have entered the running for the best Main street in the nation. Can you guess ... However, with 128 other competitors, the historic Montana towns are up against some stiff competition. ... For others, it's the friendliness of those within the town, that makes it the best in the nation.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
March 31, 2018
According to Mark Haggerty of Headwaters Economics in Bozeman, there is a widening gap between the state's cities and rural areas. He compiled a report for the Montana Legislature's Joint Subcommittee on the changing statewide economy and impacts to the long-term viability of Montana's tax structure.
Great Falls Tribune
March 31, 2018
Steve Bullock entered the fray Thursday over a recent ribbing of Montana by “The Daily Show” by inviting its host, Trevor Noah, to visit the Treasure State. ... The Democratic governor sent a message via Twitter to Noah: “… meanwhile, in the same town and across the state, thousands of students organizedÃâà...
Ravalli Republic
March 31, 2018
First Place finishers are: Grades K-3 – Maggie Meek (Geyser), Mia Schlabach (Stevensville), Olivia Bauscher (Stevensville); Grades 4-6 – Avrye Smith (Eureka), Makenna Monroe (Stevensville), Lina Sturman (Saint Ignatius); Grades 7-9 – Madelaine Patten (Miles City), Jackson Hall (Eureka), CalebÃâà...
Kansas City Star
March 30, 2018
"We have no regulatory authority on this," said Tanya Houston, health officer of the Cascade City-County Health Department. "Because it isn't as cut and dry as one might hope, we turn to the county attorney and the state to help us decide on a situational basis. For an establishment that turns to us and isÃâà...
Belgrade News
March 29, 2018
A statewide audit of a process local governments use to gather taxes for city districts improvements and boost local economic activity should have no ... out of that as affecting our local governments.,” Kelly Lynch, the Deputy Director and General Counsel of the Montana League of Cities and Towns said.
Great Falls Tribune
March 29, 2018
The city only has 10 inches to go by June 30. "We're not closing the book on the season snowfall record yet," said Jim Brusda, lead meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Great Falls. Oh, and more snow is expected Friday and early next week in northcentral Montana. January and FebruaryÃâà...
Tri-City Herald
March 29, 2018
Four years ago, the Montana Legislature's Interim Law and Justice Committee studied a gap in the state's reporting to the national information database that tracks individuals who are prohibited by federal law from buying guns because of criminal convictions or civil court commitments for mental illness thatÃâà...
Montana Standard
March 29, 2018
Despite the fact that Montana Resources has set off 3,128 blasts in the Continental Pit since 1986, most of Butte rarely feels them. Until this ... An earthquake usually has to register around a 6 magnitude before "there's a good chance," of damage to occur for a town within a 15 mile radius, Stickney said.
High Country News
March 29, 2018
Both are college towns (Colorado State, like Montana State, is a land-grant university). Both are located in semi-arid valleys near national forests, mountain ranges and along rivers (the Cache La Poudre meanders through the north side of town). Both are the county seat. Both have a history of ag that'sÃâà...
ksenam
March 28, 2018
We'll find out exactly WHAT city when we kick off Montana History at the Heritage tonight (Tuesday.) I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening to read & share more Montana History. These past couple of weeks, we've been enjoying the book, "Montana High, Wide, and Handsome,"Ãâà...
Montana Standard
March 28, 2018
Anaconda will host an Arbor Day celebration May 11 to commemorate the town being named Montana's Tree City of the Year. ... Cities have to meet a number of requirements to earn the Tree City of the Year title, including having a tree ordinance and a tree board in place, spending $2 per person on urbanÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
March 28, 2018
The safest city in Montana, according to the report, is Dillon in Beaverhead County, followed by Columbia Falls near Kalispell, and Laurel near Billings. Among the seven largest cities in Montana (Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, Bozeman, Kalispell, Helena, and Butte), only Great Falls made the top 10 list,Ãâà...
The Missoulian
March 26, 2018
According to Mark Haggerty of Headwaters Economics in Bozeman, there is a widening gap between the state's cities and rural areas. He compiled a report for the Montana Legislature's Joint Subcommittee on the changing statewide economy and impacts to the long-term viability of Montana's tax structure.
Kansas City Star
March 18, 2018
The Montana Green Party wants a write-in candidate to challenge one of its members who's running for state Legislature but is being denounced for his derogatory comments on immigrants and former President Barack Obama. House District 85 candidate John Gibney, of Hamilton, doesn't represent theÃâà...
The Missoulian
March 18, 2018
The city of Missoula has hired the University of Montana to survey residents ahead of budgeting season, trying to find out which city functions people ... The survey also includes questions about residents' feelings about a local-option sales tax, such as the one used in towns like Whitefish to potentially offsetÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 17, 2018
Charge Dropped Against Miles City-Area Man in Woman's Death. An eastern Montana judge has dismissed a deliberate homicide charge against a Miles City-area man in the death of his girlfriend while investigators continue to look into his self-defense claim. March 16, 2018, at 6:23 p.m.. Charge Dropped Against MilesÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 17, 2018
... as a Service Co., the Rapid City Journal reported . "We just saw that as an opportunity to get in early and establish ourselves as a drone service provider," Plett said. Their Measure franchise covers South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming. Chief pilot Jeff Rizza is based in Missoula, Montana.
Choteau Acantha
March 16, 2018
Dupuyer's story is a familiar one in Montana and the American West, where rural communities are drying up like so many ghost towns. After gold rushes and logging glory days, the West now faces an increasingly urban and technology-focused future. That shift promises to change the character of the ruralÃâà...
KXLF Butte News
March 16, 2018
Seventh grade students in Montana City presented their studies comparing the 2017 fire season in Montana to the Great Fire of 1910 to the public on Wednesday. The middle school students created displays and maps of the more prominent fires of last year such as the Lolo Peak Fire and compared theÃâà...
KTVH
March 15, 2018
MONTANA CITY – 7th grade students in Montana City presented to the public today their studies comparing the 2017 Fire Season in Montana to the Great Fire of 1910. The middle school students created displays and maps of the more prominent fires of last year such as the Lolo Peak Fire and comparedÃâà...
Kansas City Star
March 5, 2018
A Montana judge has dismissed a domestic violence charge against a 35-year-old Bozeman police officer. Nathanael Gaukler was charged with misdemeanor partner family member assault in August after his then-wife told deputies that he had threatened her during an argument. The Bozeman DailyÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
March 5, 2018
Great Falls broke a 100-year-old daily snowfall record for March 4 Sunday as heavy snow blanketed a large portion of Montana. Seasonal snowfall in the city is now almost 3 feet above normal. As of 5 p.m., 5.1 inches of snow had fallen Sunday in the city, breaking the former daily record of 4 inches forÃâà...
Sidney Herald Leader
March 5, 2018
The State Land Board approved the most expensive land purchase in the state's history on Feb. 20, the $11.3 million acquisition of almost 17,000 dryland acres 25 miles northwest of Miles City in Rosebud County. The vote approving the purchase was 4-1 with Secretary of State Corey Stapleton the loneÃâà...
Helena Independent Record
March 3, 2018
Freddie Joe Lawrence and Paul Kenneth Jenkins were convicted in the 1994 murder of Montana City barkeeper Donna Meagher on circumstantial evidence, but new ... Now their case is coming to back to Helena's courts to see if they will be released after years of incarceration in the Montana State Prison.
KXLH Helena News
March 2, 2018
In 1994, Donna Meagher was robbed, kidnapped and beaten to death as she was closing up for the night at the Jackson Creek Saloon in Montana City. Now, DNA tests could mean freedom for Paul Jenkins, 63 years old, and Fred Lawrence, 55, the two men who've spent decades behind bars for theÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 2, 2018
For decades, coal mined just outside the Montana town of Colstrip has produced power for Western Washington. But now Puget Sound Energy — Washington's largest energy utility and the biggest owner of the coal plant seen here in the distance — wants out. As PSE plans its Colstrip phaseout, a smallÃâà...
KTVQ Billings News
February 23, 2018
According to a recent research project, if you live in northeast Montana you're already there. ... Of all towns with more than 1,000 residents, Glasgow, home to 3,363 people in the rolling prairie of northeastern Montana, is farthest — about 4.5 hours in any direction — from any metropolitan area of more thanÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
"Missoula's leaders know we don't have to choose between supporting the rights of law abiding gun owners and closing dangerous gaps in our gun laws, and they have our strong support as they work to prevent gun violence in our great city," said Pamela Owen, a spokeswoman for the group's MontanaÃâà...
Billings Gazette
December 31, 1999
On February 27, 1943, an explosion caused by a buildup of methane gas trapped 74 coal miners inside the Smith Mine near Bearcreek. It's believed that as many as 30 of the miners were killed by the explosion itself, while the rest died as a result of suffocation and injuries. Only three miners who reportedÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
December 31, 1999
Only two cities in Montana have live horse racing. Miles City and Great Falls. Great Falls also hosts the state fair. The River's Edge Trail, obviously. You want to find happy people walking, biking, exercising their dogs or giving their kids fresh air, this is the spot. It is lovely to live along the Missouri River.
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