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July 19, 2023 midnight

Montana adds protections for kids in private residential treatment programs

As a teenager attending Chrysalis Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls, a private, alternative therapeutic program in Eureka, Montana, from 2001 to 2004, Meg Appelgate was subjected to emotional abuse and not given medical care for injuries from physical labor such as baling hay, chopping wood, and moving rocks, she said.

July 19, 2023 midnight

Legals for July, 19 2023

Plan to raise Flathead Lake level torpedoed by water management team
July 14, 2023 1 p.m.

Plan to raise Flathead Lake level torpedoed by water management team

A regional water management team on Friday opted not to alleviate Flathead Lake’s low water level by increasing flows out of Hungry Horse Reservoir.

Plan to raise Flathead Lake level torpedoed by water management team
July 14, 2023 1 p.m.

Plan to raise Flathead Lake level torpedoed by water management team

A regional water management team on Friday opted not to alleviate Flathead Lake’s low water level by increasing flows out of Hungry Horse Reservoir.

July 12, 2023 12:05 a.m.

COLUMN: Monkey bars

It started early for me. I’ve always been a scavenger of one sort or another.

July 12, 2023 midnight

Legals for July, 12 2023

July 12, 2023 midnight

Legals for July, 12 2023

First responders hone skills in active-shooter drill
July 12, 2023 midnight

First responders hone skills in active-shooter drill

With increasing social instability creeping through the nation, more doors are being locked, car keys are no longer left dangling from the ignition, and security cameras are being installed nearly everywhere.

Volunteers clear old wire on Hiawatha to help protect wildlife
July 12, 2023 midnight

Volunteers clear old wire on Hiawatha to help protect wildlife

The fourth annual Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation wire-pull on the Montana/Idaho border had fewer volunteers this summer, but the enthusiasm for the project hasn't changed.

Plains horse sculpture discussed by town council
July 12, 2023 midnight

Plains horse sculpture discussed by town council

Few attended the July Plains Town Council meeting scheduled one day before the July 4 holiday. No public comments were made during the meeting.

Reinstalled sign draws visitors to Paradise Legion club
July 12, 2023 midnight

Reinstalled sign draws visitors to Paradise Legion club

Like the phoenix rising from the ashes in literary lore, a piece of Paradise has returned to its perch, symbolically and literally rising from the ashes of past tragedy.

July 12, 2023 midnight

Montana GOP grew government, raised taxes

Less government and lower taxes. You hear that political slogan from Republican candidates early and often while they are campaigning.

Michigan homicide suspect escapes custody in Sanders County
July 9, 2023 midnight

Michigan homicide suspect escapes custody in Sanders County

A Michigan man wanted for a 2011 homicide escaped from custody Sunday morning in the Plains area.

State wants comments on new elk management plan
July 5, 2023 midnight

State wants comments on new elk management plan

Elk hunters who are interested in how the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks manage elk have the opportunity to weigh in on the new draft elk management plan.

New K-12 private school to open near Thompson Falls
July 5, 2023 midnight

New K-12 private school to open near Thompson Falls

It’s not just parents who are dissatisfied with public education these days. There are also teachers who want a better way for their students to learn.

July 5, 2023 midnight

Legals for July, 5 2023

July 5, 2023 midnight

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Asbestos clinic leaders say verdict won’t halt efforts
July 4, 2023 midnight

Asbestos clinic leaders say verdict won’t halt efforts

A federal jury’s decision that the Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby committed fraud has left clinic leadership undeterred.

Patriot Front trials set for July in Coeur d'Alene
July 3, 2023 midnight

Patriot Front trials set for July in Coeur d'Alene

More than a year after their arrest for allegedly planning to violently disrupt a Pride celebration in Coeur d’Alene City Park, six members of white nationalist hate group Patriot Front are expected to stand trial.

Zinke wants water released from Hungry Horse Reservoir to fill Flathead Lake
June 29, 2023 4 p.m.

Zinke wants water released from Hungry Horse Reservoir to fill Flathead Lake

Flathead Lake’s low water level this summer has drawn the attention of Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke, who called the situation an “oncoming crisis.”