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Familiar names vie for Libby county commissioner seat
Libby area Republicans will pick between two men with plenty of previous experience as local elected officials to …
Spending bill leaves out money for counties in 2015
Montana counties could lose $20 million — including $9.8 million in Northwest Montana — in federal funding for schools and roads under a spending bill moving through Congress.
Hunters Against Hunger draws fire from activist group
A small donation box available to hunters will have big impacts for many hungry Montanans this year and next, with the Hunters Against Hunger program raising more than $77,000 and generating more than 5,500 pounds …
Rocky Ford protection a decade-long struggle
Soon perhaps Gene Sentz can breathe a sigh of relief. Thirty-seven years ago this month, the former school teacher, forester and wilderness packer from Choteau sat down with a group of like-minded friends to start …
Dress code raises ire
Some Montana lawmakers are critical and social-media posters are having a field day ridiculing a strict new dress code for the floor of the 2015 Montana Legislature.
Historic lands bill could pass
Montana’s Congressional delegation announced last week they have come together on an agreement for a major land-use bill that rolls several pieces of key Montana conservation legislation into a defense spending bil…
Amtrak struggles with delays in NW Montana
Eight months after Amtrak adjusted its schedule through northwest Montana to curb delays, the long-distance passenger train is still struggling to stay on time during trips between Chicago, Seattle and Portland.
Feds say asbestos cleanup is working
A long-delayed risk study released Monday for a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos poisoning concludes cleanup practices now in place are reducing risks to residents.
Parole denied for North Fork killer
An Oklahoma man who brutally murdered a North Fork man in 1979 was denied parole Friday.
Both sides wrong side of tracks in Libby
Kris Erickson grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Libby.
Social worker key component of treatment
For 12 years, Tanis Hernandez has been the go-to employee at the Center for Asbestos Related Disease Clinic in Libby.
New treatment for asbestosis?
A new hypothesis from Dr. Brad Black, the longtime medical director of the Center for Asbestos Related Disease, or CARD Clinic in Libby, could be good news for patients suffering from asbestos disease linked to exp…
Libby program addresses asbestos exposure
The stark reality of life in Libby is that the potential for further exposure to asbestos is an ongoing risk.
Libby: a city with Superfund fatigue
Superfund fatigue.
$400 million and counting spent on Libby Superfund site
Mike Cirian keeps track of a lot of numbers.
Billings woman charged in nun assault
Police have charged a Billings woman for allegedly taking part in a robbery in which two elderly nuns were badly beaten at their residence.