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Delivery confirmation
Residents at the far south end of the Rodney Street neighborhood will continue receiving mail at their homes, although local U.S. Postal Service officials will be more cautious with deliveries in inclement weather.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (4) Comments
Study says state taxes poor more
Montana low-and middle-income families pay a larger share of their income in state and local taxes, on average, than do the state’s richest households, a new national study concludes.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (3) Comments
Back at the Ranch
Old recipes include strange ingredients, yield tasty rewards
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Area births
Nichole Dreidlein and Patrick Bergan of White Sulphur Springs, a girl on Nov. 11.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Student news
Helena students named as National Merit Semifinalists
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
CR Anderson posts first-quarter honor roll for 2009-10
8th grade, 4.0
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Report: State’s kids healthier than rest of US
First, the good news, and, thankfully, there’s a lot of it:
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (6) Comments
Senate bill gives relief to rural vets
A bill written by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., passed the Senate on a unanimous vote Thursday, keeping what he described as America’s promises to its veterans, particularly those living in rural America.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Leader of the pack
Rita Munson has been training dogs and owners of Helena for 20 years
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Business lobbies take aim at health care reform
Two of Montana’s main business lobbies are taking aim at health care reform before Congress, saying it could drive up costs for businesses by increasing taxes or insurance costs.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Ecologist questions logging as a response to beetles
Author and ecologist George Weurthner told a full house at the University of Montana-Helena Thursday night that if they’re going to do anything about the pine beetle epidemic in the mountains around the city, that they should probably proceed slowly and only in targeted areas around hom…
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (7) Comments
Media panel discusses changing news industry
One of Jim Clarke’s interactions at Wednesday’s annual Great Conversations fundraiser was a fitting lead-in to the next night’s panel discussion as part of the series of community dialogue.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Private land and wildlife council to meet Dec. 8-9
The 15-member Private Land/Public Wildlife Council will meet Dec. 8-9 in Helena to discuss hunting and fishing access, as well as other issues regarding wild animals and private property.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Stimulating dinner-table talk
Some say the art of a good conversation has diminished in today’s society that is so filled with technology.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
'I don't know why'
Sebastian W. Olivares-Coster admitted Wednesday to intentionally shooting and trying to kill three teenage boys in a seemingly unprovoked attack that left one of the boys dead.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | (39) Comments
Scratchgravel Hills closed to motorized use
Appeals mainly by motorized vehicle users to the Bureau of Land Management’s travel plan that covers federal land in the Scratchgravel Hills, the Marysville area, the Spokane Hills, Boulder, Jefferson City and the Upper Big Hole have been dismissed, allowing the agency to move forward w…
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | (16) Comments
Sparky Imeson flew too low, NTSB says
BOZEMAN (AP) — Federal investigators say an airplane that crashed near Townsend in March, killing the pilot, was flying too low.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am
NTSB: Plane in fatal crash near Townsend was flying too low
BOZEMAN - Federal investigators say an airplane that crashed near Townsend in March, killing the pilot, was flying too low.
Nov 18, 2009 | 4:55 pm | (0) Comments
