Ingomar Affected Postal Decision to Avert Closure
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The tiny town of Ingomar may be relieved to hear its post office isn't closing, but the state's U.S. senators think more should be done. The Postal Service is abandoning its plan...
View ArticleKalispell Processing Center to be Closed
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service now plans to close its Kalispell sorting center while leaving facilities in Butte, Helena and Wolf Point open. The agency had previously warned of impending...
View ArticleMissoula County Gets Grant Money for Courthouse
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The city of Missoula and Missoula County have won a $679,000 grant to clean up several properties including the county courthouse. Regional administrator Jim Martin of the...
View ArticleMassachusetts Town May Fine Residents for Cursing — Is It Fair?
The residents of Middleborough, Massachusetts will likely be fined $20 for loud, public swearing. It’s a hot-button issue, since it may or may not infringe on free speech, which is protected by the...
View ArticleTentative Pay Raise Negotiated for State Employees
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Brian Schweitzer's administration and labor unions have negotiated a 10 percent pay raise for state workers over the next two years. But there's a catch: The deal must be...
View ArticleMontana Town to be Auctioned on June 27
LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) — A Montana town is scheduled to be sold at auction later this month. The five-acre townsite of Pray in southern Montana has been on the market for $1.4 million for several...
View ArticleNew York City Board of Health Weighing a Ban on Large Movie Popcorn
Look out, New Yorkers — Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Board of Health aren’t just after your large sodas. Now they want your bucket-sized popcorn and jumbo milkshakes, too. Read More|Comment...
View ArticleGroup Seeks Details on Immigration Email Probe
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A human-rights organization is calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release details about its investigation into a racially charged email sent by one of its...
View ArticleCalifornia City Will Be the Largest to Ever Declare Bankruptcy
California has certainly had its share of financial woes, and now the city of Stockton, about 80 miles east of San Francisco, is set to become the largest American municipality to declare bankruptcy....
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds Obama's Health Care Law
The Obama administration got an enormous victory on Thursday when the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the President’s signature achievement: the 2010 health care law. And in a surprise to many court...
View ArticleCritics Says Lake County Police Not Accountable
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Simmering allegations of misconduct against Lake County policing agencies are so far not resulting in any tangible findings. An interim legislative committee even took the unusual...
View ArticleMalmstrom AFB Entrance to Get Facelift
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — The entrance of Malmstrom Air Force Base is getting a facelift in time to mark the 50th anniversary of the installation of the nation's first Minuteman intercontinental...
View ArticleNew Bill Would Force Online Retailers to Collect Sales Tax — Dollars and Sense
Online shoppers often cite the convenience of purchasing items from web retailers like Amazon, but another perk to cyber shopping is that buyers often don’t have to pay sales tax. Thanks to a...
View ArticleGovernor Drops Lawsuit Over F-15 Transfers
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Brian Schweitzer is dropping the state's lawsuit against the Defense Department over plans to move the Montana National Guard's F-15s to California. The move comes after...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Shutters Six Stations in Texas
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A spokesman for the Border Patrol says it is shutting down nine stations, six of them in Texas, and plans to relocate the 41 agents who work at those outposts to positions nearer...
View ArticleNorth West Seeking Federal Help to Fend Off Mussel Scourge
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A power planning group from Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington is pursuing $2 million from Congress to help fend off invasive mussels that have clogged Colorado River reservoirs...
View ArticleSix Openings on the Ravalli County Resource Advisory Panel Need to be Filled
The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee needs six more members. The Bitterroot National Forest has applications available on-line or at any of the Bitterroot National Forest offices in Ravalli...
View ArticleGroup Wants to Illuminate Missoula's Bridges
A group of Missoulians wants to give our cities bridges a luminescent face-lift. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleSenate Votes to Reopen Gov't, Avoid Default
The Senate has voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMissoula City Council Considers Paying For Gender Reassignment Coverage for...
This Wednesday, May 14, the Missoula city council met to discuss the 2015 budget and ended up discussing gender reassignment surgery. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
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