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The link for the Montana Sexual and Violent Offender Registry has been updated. The new URL is: http://svor.doj.state.mt.us
Just to let you know.

Here are some helpful hints regarding what not to do when stopped on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. First, and possibly most obviously: do not de-pants yourself and urinate next to your Suburban while the deputy talks to your kids. Second, try not to threaten the deputy with a tennis racket while insisting that his [...]

James Bischoff, accused of deliberate homicide and drug charges was arraigned in District Court on Monday.
Judge Loren Tucker reduced his bail to $150,000, since Bischoff’s seemingly imaginary inheritance didn’t pan out. (Surprise, surprise.)
I found this interesting:

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A Kalispell man was arrested Friday for allegedly attempting to board a commercial airplane with a meth lab.
Steven K. Konopatzke, 43, reportedly carried the components for making methamphetamine in carry-on luggage. Security workers reportedly also found sulfuric acid in Konopatzke’s checked luggage. A law officer with the Northwest Drug Task Force said Konopatzke denied [...]

108-Year-Old Man Starts Smoking Again
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – A 108-year-old man has taken up smoking again, encouraged by gifts of cigars from as far away as London.
He had to quit smoking at 99 years old since he couldn’t afford his cigars anymore. Now remember smoking kills, at 108 it don’t much matter anyway.
Happiness? [...]

Hope none of you mind too much — I just had the urge to tinker with the design. Temporary insanity, perhaps? The previous design was just a bit *too* much beige/tan/brown. Will this design be OK for a little while?

Sarpy Sam, one of our very own Big Sky Bloggers, has a dryly humourous entry containing snippets of “Cowboy Wisdom.” Here’s a few to get you started, but you’ll have to read the whole thing — and then try to figure out which one is your favorite!

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September 26, 1963
President John F. Kennedy visits Great Falls on behalf of the Department of the Interior. The president is also beginning to prepare for the 1964 elections. Crowds estimated at one hundred thousand people jam the streets of downtown Great Falls and Memorial Stadium to catch a glimpse of the president.
On the same day, [...]

Looking for a good read about Montana? Jim Heckel, Director, Great Falls Public Library, pulled this list together by asking Montana librarians what they thought should be included. There are essentially two lists, the first is a top-ten list of books for newcomers to Montana, the second a longer list of essential reading about the [...]

This article sure will open your eyes about agricultural subsidies and the economy in general for the state of Montana.
Fifty percent of the net income in 2003 in Montana was from government subsidies
I am not here to argue the merit to government subsidies for farmers. I personally quit wheat farming a number of years [...]

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