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Remember a few weeks ago there was an entry about blogs in small Montana towns? Emilie told us about the Yahoo! 360 blog devoted to news in Eastern Montana, and now the folks “over there” could use some help:
There’s all kinds of things of exciting things happening in Eastern Montana..from airshows to the millions of [...]

Over at Dustbury there’s a map that illustrates where there are more boys than girls, and vice-versa, across America. There are only two communities in Montana that show up on the map. It looks like Billings has more single gals than single guys, but over on the far side of Montana, there appears to [...]

The Miss Montana 2007 Pageant is going on right now in Glendive. Young ladies from all corners of Montana are competing: Billings, Plentywood, Great Falls, Frenchtown, Dillon, Miles City, Lambert, and more. Here’s a list of all previous Miss Montana winners.
And did you know that Miss Montana 2006, Christie Hageman, has a blog? She documents [...]

While conditions remain good in Montana, winter wheat prices are closing in on $6.00 a bushel, having rallied almost $1.00 a 60-lb. bushel in the last two weeks. The immediate factor is the heavy rains that are delaying the harvest, and may be damaging the Kansas and nearby winter wheat crops as these crops remain [...]

Today, Tuesday, June 12, the Environmental Working Group has made the records available of which individuals in Montana, and in all the other states, are receiving farm subsidy payments.
Until last year, the names of the individuals that received farm subsidy payments were concealed behind farming companies and other ownership structures, but on a new set [...]

In a guest opinion in the Friday, June 8, Billings Gazette, Noah Chertkoff, the Reform student rabbi at Congregation Beth Aaron in Billings, answers others who, in their prior guest opinions, ” … claim that Jews control the government or the media … “.

Two items in the news regarding part-time Montana resident David Letterman: first, the man who was sent to prison for concocting a scheme to kidnap Letterman’s baby son and bilking Dave out of cash escaped from jail a few days ago, and is still on the loose. Second, the free Willie Nelson concert in Choteau [...]

On the “Small Town, Long Streets” podcast the other night, there was a discussion of the size of the various blogging communities in Montana. There was agreement that the large towns in Montana are well-represented – Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, etc – and most of us can think of at least several “name brand” bloggers [...]

Tonight: “Small Town, Long Streets,” the mtpolitics.net podcast! Craig will be live tonight, and among the topics to be discussed: the very topical hot-button Snyder Drug situation; the Presidential candidates; and Craig’s Pokemans (he will show you them). If you would like to participate, you can call, e-mail, or IM – and really, we [...]

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    A restaurant in Kalispell caught fire on Saturday, leaving $250,000 worth of damage in its wake.The Kalispell Fire Department responded to a 911 call at Famous Dave's Restaurant on on U.S. Highway 93 North on Saturday night at 9:41 p.m.Fire officials say that by the time they arrived on scene, everyone had been evacuated. An employee saw smoke in a mech […]
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    In the Helena valley, music brought three middle schools together in harmony this week. The bands from Helena Middle School, C.R. Anderson, and East Valley Middle School joined forces for a music festival, with the 8th-grade students split up into two groups to practice sets of four pieces.Triona Matheson, a percussionist, said, "We all play together as […]
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    Montana's Water Policy Interim Committee is speaking out about the federal government's jurisdiction over Montana's water and has sent a letter to Montana's U.S. Congressional delegation.State law says Montana's water resources are state property and should be used for the people of Montana. Language before the U.S. Congress in the C […]
  • Belgrade resident Wolery sentenced for attempted sexual exploitation of teen
    The United States Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that Rayne Allen Wolery, a 30-year-old resident of Belgrade, was sentenced in a Helena courtroom to a term of 180 months in prison, supervised release for 10 years, and forfeiture of computer and cell phone. Wolery was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to attempted sexual exploitation of ch […]
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    The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased slightly by 0.1 points in January to 6.8% while the national unemployment rate fell from 10% to 9.7% in January."The U.S. economy showed positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the second half of 2009, but employment growth lags behind a recovery in GDP," says Labor Commission […]
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    The National Cancer Institute estimates about 40,000 American women died of breast cancer last year. Saint Peters Hospital in Helena is teaming up with the Lewis & Clark County Health Department to help with early detection by offering free mammograms for uninsured and low-income women.Saint Peters recommends women start getting an annual mammogram when […]
  • Sarah Palin returning to Montana for teen fundraiser
    Former Alaska Governor and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is making another trip to the Treasure State.Palin will be in Missoula on September 12 for a fundraiser for an organization called Teen Challenge;the faith-based organization helps teens deal with life's problems by teaching them Christian values.Money raised during the event will go towar […]
  • Custodian found dead in Butte school
    The body of a 49-year-old man was found at Kennedy Elementary School in Butte on Saturday.The man worked as a custodian for the school district, Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff John Walsh said.The body was found in a classroom by a teacher Saturday morning.The man was identified as Doug Weisenberger.The body was taken to the state crime lab for an autopsy, but it a […]

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