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The final phase of the project that the Murdock Trust is helping to fund is the renovation of the main floor in the library at Carroll College.
Tyler Manning, IR file photo
“Jack Murdock believed in the power of education as a means to create positive change and inspire innovation,” said Dana Miller, senior program dir... | 2022-08-23T00:01:14Z | helenair.com | Carroll College gets $800K from Murdock Trust to complete library renovation | Education | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/carroll-college-gets-800k-from-murdock-trust-to-complete-library-renovation/article_466bb6a6-2d7c-5319-8882-96c6fc1924ea.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/carroll-college-gets-800k-from-murdock-trust-to-complete-library-renovation/article_466bb6a6-2d7c-5319-8882-96c6fc1924ea.html |
The city of Helena on Monday introduced the new director of its department of parks, recreation and open lands.
Doug Smith of Greenbelt, Maryland, will take control of the department Sept. 19.
"To ultimately be offered the position is humbling," Smith told the Helena City Commission during its meeting Monday evening. "... | 2022-08-23T03:18:42Z | helenair.com | Helena names new director of parks and rec. | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/helena-names-new-director-of-parks-and-rec/article_54da5529-1914-57f7-b2dc-72ee7ee87fb8.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/helena-names-new-director-of-parks-and-rec/article_54da5529-1914-57f7-b2dc-72ee7ee87fb8.html |
The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office reported evacuations were occurring as of 11:30 p.m. on Eagle Bay Drive, Osprey Ridge Drive and Rising Moon Road. In a post to social media, the sheriff's office did not indicate if evacuations were mandatory.
Tri-Lakes Volunteer Fire Department requested mutual aid from surr... | 2022-08-23T06:29:50Z | helenair.com | Wildfire reported near Canyon Ferry Dam | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/wildfire-reported-near-canyon-ferry-dam/article_1bbb08f8-5f55-5199-8a56-bcd923f73406.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/wildfire-reported-near-canyon-ferry-dam/article_1bbb08f8-5f55-5199-8a56-bcd923f73406.html |
New C.R. Anderson Middle School Principal Kathleen Prody, left, and new Kessler Elementary School Principal Riley Thatcher are preparing for the upcoming school year.
THOM BRIDGE PHOTOS, Independent Record
As Montana cools down from a hot summer break, Helena Public Schools officials are preparing for the new school ye... | 2022-08-23T12:36:44Z | helenair.com | Helena Public Schools gains two new principals this year | Education | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/helena-public-schools-gains-two-new-principals-this-year/article_3c9a9e8d-249a-5672-9efa-7e3093d19d56.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/helena-public-schools-gains-two-new-principals-this-year/article_3c9a9e8d-249a-5672-9efa-7e3093d19d56.html |
David Colamaria provided this photo of the lightning in Lewis and Clark County Monday night.
David Colamaria photo
In addition to the 200- to 250-acre Rising Moon fire west of Canyon Ferry Reservoir by Yacht Basin Marina, the following fires were reported by the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.
Tamarack fire (ap... | 2022-08-24T00:48:28Z | helenair.com | Lightning starts several fires in Lewis and Clark County | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/lightning-starts-several-fires-in-lewis-and-clark-county/article_76ba8fda-0c56-5ddc-b181-45d9f8519d45.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/lightning-starts-several-fires-in-lewis-and-clark-county/article_76ba8fda-0c56-5ddc-b181-45d9f8519d45.html |
Park Lake boasts a population of Arctic grayling and cutthroat trout.
Park Lake Dam is scheduled to be replaced with work beginning this fall after increased seepage was found during its annual inspection, U.S. Forest Service officials said Tuesday.
“This is not a public safety emergency, but it is a priority," Helena ... | 2022-08-24T00:48:34Z | helenair.com | Park Lake Dam to undergo repairs after increased seepage found | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/park-lake-dam-to-undergo-repairs-after-increased-seepage-found/article_2fffcfed-8ba0-59e7-9ae5-d51876f69423.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/park-lake-dam-to-undergo-repairs-after-increased-seepage-found/article_2fffcfed-8ba0-59e7-9ae5-d51876f69423.html |
Jennifer Esberg
Firefighters respond to the Rising Moon fire near Canyon Ferry Dam Tuesday morning.
Firefighters attack the Rising Moon fire in the Spokane Hills east of Helena on Tuesday morning.
A wildfire that promoted evacuations near Canyon Ferry Dam outside Helena Monday night destroyed one structure and had burn... | 2022-08-24T00:48:40Z | helenair.com | Wildfire prompts evacuations near Canyon Ferry Dam | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/wildfire-prompts-evacuations-near-canyon-ferry-dam/article_1bbb08f8-5f55-5199-8a56-bcd923f73406.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/wildfire-prompts-evacuations-near-canyon-ferry-dam/article_1bbb08f8-5f55-5199-8a56-bcd923f73406.html |
Montana Supreme Court Justice Ingrid Gustafson hears oral arguments in the case of L.B. v. United States at Dennison Theatre on April 15.
Justice Ingrid Gustafson's re-election bid raked in nearly a quarter-million dollars in the last two months, more than twice as much as Public Service Commission president James Brow... | 2022-08-24T00:48:46Z | helenair.com | Gustafson outpaces Brown in new SupCo campaign fundraising report | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gustafson-outpaces-brown-in-new-supco-campaign-fundraising-report/article_3070b1a4-d46f-5fc1-bdf4-c9518c391041.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gustafson-outpaces-brown-in-new-supco-campaign-fundraising-report/article_3070b1a4-d46f-5fc1-bdf4-c9518c391041.html |
Rep. Geraldine Custer, R-Forsyth, during a meeting of the House State Administration Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
A Republican state lawmaker testified in a Billings courtroom Tuesday that her GOP colleagues were motivated when crafting new election laws last year by the perception that “college students tend t... | 2022-08-24T02:18:56Z | helenair.com | GOP lawmaker: Republican election laws tied to concerns that college students vote 'liberal' | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-lawmaker-republican-election-laws-tied-to-concerns-that-college-students-vote-liberal/article_a4e72738-18e6-5e29-9d28-03d5e434e89a.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-lawmaker-republican-election-laws-tied-to-concerns-that-college-students-vote-liberal/article_a4e72738-18e6-5e29-9d28-03d5e434e89a.html |
Jill-Marie Steeley: PureView Health is meeting the challenge of the mental health crisis
JILL-MARIE STEELEY
Montanans are facing an uphill battle to access mental health care. And that was before the COVID pandemic turned up the heat on levels of stress across the state. Statistics hardly tell the whole story, but they... | 2022-08-24T15:16:24Z | helenair.com | Jill-Marie Steeley: PureView Health is meeting the challenge of the mental health crisis | Columnists | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/jill-marie-steeley-pureview-health-is-meeting-the-challenge-of-the-mental-health-crisis/article_7340cddd-5101-5c25-87c0-12fbede58729.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/jill-marie-steeley-pureview-health-is-meeting-the-challenge-of-the-mental-health-crisis/article_7340cddd-5101-5c25-87c0-12fbede58729.html |
Matt Olson will listen to all people
I support Matt Olson as the best candidate for Senate District 42. I have known Matt for 25 years, and over that time have seen him to be an unwavering honest individual with a strong work ethic and a heart for the community of Helena. As a small-business owner (DQ) in Helena for ne... | 2022-08-24T15:16:44Z | helenair.com | Matt Olson will listen to all people | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/matt-olson-will-listen-to-all-people/article_97f54ff0-5af5-5bcd-99f3-2cafa32c269b.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/matt-olson-will-listen-to-all-people/article_97f54ff0-5af5-5bcd-99f3-2cafa32c269b.html |
Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus found in Lewis and Clark County
A mosquito takes blood from a human.
Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been found in some Lewis and Clark County mosquito populations, according to officials from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.
No human or equine... | 2022-08-24T19:27:52Z | helenair.com | Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus found in Lewis and Clark County | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/mosquitoes-carrying-west-nile-virus-found-in-lewis-and-clark-county/article_689dae3c-f3d2-5f02-8578-948a987c6553.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/mosquitoes-carrying-west-nile-virus-found-in-lewis-and-clark-county/article_689dae3c-f3d2-5f02-8578-948a987c6553.html |
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen is partnering with New Meridian, a nonprofit assessment development company, to develop and pilot a next-generation state testing system intended to better align with classroom teaching to support student learning.
“Montana's pilot is a major step forward in th... | 2022-08-24T21:20:04Z | helenair.com | Montana OPI and New Meridian partner for new state testing system | Education | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/montana-opi-and-new-meridian-partner-for-new-state-testing-system/article_1e799d7a-adf3-519b-acd0-6e7feee0c214.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/montana-opi-and-new-meridian-partner-for-new-state-testing-system/article_1e799d7a-adf3-519b-acd0-6e7feee0c214.html |
MATTHEW DALY and TOM KUGLIN Associated Press and Montana State News Bureau
Former Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke speaks at the Montana Republican Party's Winter Kickoff event in Helena in January 2020.
Zinke, now the Republican nominee for a new House seat in western Montana, made statements to investigators "wit... | 2022-08-24T23:11:22Z | helenair.com | Watchdog: Ex-Interior head Zinke lied during casino probe | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watchdog-ex-interior-head-zinke-lied-during-casino-probe/article_475dd837-fba8-5dd6-b195-0e38eb4aacf5.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watchdog-ex-interior-head-zinke-lied-during-casino-probe/article_475dd837-fba8-5dd6-b195-0e38eb4aacf5.html |
Helena police responded 1:24 a.m. to the Holiday Stationstore in the 400 block of Euclid Avenue. A man had entered the store with a firearm and demanded money from an employee.
The male then fled the scene, police said.
Police said there were no injuries and the investigation remains active. There is video surveillance... | 2022-08-25T00:58:19Z | helenair.com | Armed male robs Helena gas station | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/armed-male-robs-helena-gas-station/article_70d74290-d1c1-5b37-87f6-bd7d1212f0ba.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/armed-male-robs-helena-gas-station/article_70d74290-d1c1-5b37-87f6-bd7d1212f0ba.html |
Bozeman Americana act Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs are playing at the Wake the Giant Music Festival this weekend, along with Chance McKinney, Levi Blom and Ten Years Gone.
Wake the Giant Music Festival benefits West Mont
Montana music lovers will be in for a real treat at West Mont's Second Annual Wake the Giant Music F... | 2022-08-25T12:32:43Z | helenair.com | Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published Aug. 25 | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/around-the-town-helena-area-arts-and-entertainment-news-published-aug-25/article_4d2a1eb8-0847-544c-a387-2a0c54b42e42.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/around-the-town-helena-area-arts-and-entertainment-news-published-aug-25/article_4d2a1eb8-0847-544c-a387-2a0c54b42e42.html |
Meet The Bray’s new director Rebecca Harvey
Rebecca Harvey has been named the Archie Bray Foundation's new executive director.
“What happened here blew up the world,” said Rebecca Harvey, the new executive director at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts.
What happens next could prove just as powerful.
She i... | 2022-08-25T15:35:14Z | helenair.com | Meet The Bray’s new director Rebecca Harvey | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/meet-the-bray-s-new-director-rebecca-harvey/article_c22fddf7-890e-5670-ab7e-0e127a282e96.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/meet-the-bray-s-new-director-rebecca-harvey/article_c22fddf7-890e-5670-ab7e-0e127a282e96.html |
Digging in: Paleontologist studies the distant past, and our troubled future
Inside a trench the length of a football field, against the mesmerizing backdrop of the Rocky Mountain Front lay a scattering of granite-hued bone fragments, each exposed for the first time after some 75-80 million years preserved in the Two M... | 2022-08-25T15:35:21Z | helenair.com | Digging in: Paleontologist studies the distant past, and our troubled future | Science | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/science/digging-in-paleontologist-studies-the-distant-past-and-our-troubled-future/article_35e74a2c-5abd-5107-95c5-be789574dea7.html | https://helenair.com/news/science/digging-in-paleontologist-studies-the-distant-past-and-our-troubled-future/article_35e74a2c-5abd-5107-95c5-be789574dea7.html |
Rep. Matt Rosendale reportedly has not committed to any debates. His three opponents for Montana's 2nd Congressional seat, Penny Ronning, Gary Buchanan and Sam Rankin have no such reluctance.
Is it because he takes voters for granted; shaky on his record or just turned shy?
As a voter, I don't take kindly to candidates... | 2022-08-25T15:35:38Z | helenair.com | Debates vital for democracy | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/debates-vital-for-democracy/article_3527c27d-44b4-5e68-bb61-57c2477071ec.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/debates-vital-for-democracy/article_3527c27d-44b4-5e68-bb61-57c2477071ec.html |
Montana’s Republican Party’s efforts to assure a legislative supermajority undermine the principles of a democratic republic. Central is the principle that people are sovereign. Not a particular, narrow group of people, but the people as a whole. In our current partisan frenzy, we seem to have forgotten that popular so... | 2022-08-25T15:35:44Z | helenair.com | Ideal republic | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/ideal-republic/article_9a44467f-d7d1-541a-a0bf-c8b1b28e6088.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/ideal-republic/article_9a44467f-d7d1-541a-a0bf-c8b1b28e6088.html |
Montana Jewish Project reaches goal to buy back Helena's Temple Emanu-El
Officials with the Montana Jewish Project said Thursday they have bought back Helena’s Temple Emanu-El, the oldest synagogue in Montana, returning it for Jewish use for the first time since 1935.
The synagogue, historically referred to as the Temp... | 2022-08-25T18:20:19Z | helenair.com | Montana Jewish Project reaches goal to buy back Helena's Temple Emanu-El | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-jewish-project-reaches-goal-to-buy-back-helenas-temple-emanu-el/article_2245b2d5-219b-5f00-a771-c3bfb1be6d6a.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-jewish-project-reaches-goal-to-buy-back-helenas-temple-emanu-el/article_2245b2d5-219b-5f00-a771-c3bfb1be6d6a.html |
Elisabeth Danielsen stands in front of a pile of coats she donated for children in need of back to school clothes.
Helena’s Angel Fund then helps set up these donations at an elementary school for children to come pick up any clothes they may need.
“When I came over (to America) from Germany at 10 years old, I didn’t h... | 2022-08-25T20:48:02Z | helenair.com | 'She's like an angel': Helena woman spends thousands each year on back-to-school clothes for students | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/shes-like-an-angel-helena-woman-spends-thousands-each-year-on-back-to-school-clothes/article_09a1b08f-b006-5c6a-9ad9-8e726e1eb9e8.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/shes-like-an-angel-helena-woman-spends-thousands-each-year-on-back-to-school-clothes/article_09a1b08f-b006-5c6a-9ad9-8e726e1eb9e8.html |
Joshua Calvin Hughes and Jerod Wade Hughes, of East Helena.
Two brothers from East Helena pleaded guilty Thursday to an obstruction of an official proceeding charge stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Kelly warned the sentencing could be more or less severe than the guidelines in t... | 2022-08-26T01:08:43Z | helenair.com | East Helena brothers plead guilty to Capitol breach charge | Crime & Courts | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/east-helena-brothers-plead-guilty-to-capitol-breach-charge/article_48ff9903-6f2f-55b4-845b-9a79ae4e673c.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/east-helena-brothers-plead-guilty-to-capitol-breach-charge/article_48ff9903-6f2f-55b4-845b-9a79ae4e673c.html |
Montana was on the hook for $90,000 owed to the federal government due to "inadvertent employment" of a Montana State Hospital employee who was unauthorized to work in certain health care settings.
The state's psychiatric hospital in Warm Springs identified and self-reported the issue to the Office of Inspector General... | 2022-08-26T01:08:55Z | helenair.com | State hospital inadvertently employed unauthorized worker, paid $90K to federal gov | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-hospital-inadvertently-employed-unauthorized-worker-paid-90k-to-federal-gov/article_7e752e9f-c793-5eb9-bcf6-16453d69b89e.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-hospital-inadvertently-employed-unauthorized-worker-paid-90k-to-federal-gov/article_7e752e9f-c793-5eb9-bcf6-16453d69b89e.html |
Montana Secretary of State Chief Legal Counsel Austin James, middle, pictured during a 2020 hearing in Lewis and Clark County District Court.
The chief legal counsel for Montana's top elections official referred to claims of election irregularities in Missoula County as a conspiracy theory advanced by “wingnuts” during... | 2022-08-26T03:10:20Z | helenair.com | Secretary of State's office refers to 'wingnuts' pushing Missoula Co. election allegations | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/secretary-of-states-office-refers-to-wingnuts-pushing-missoula-co-election-allegations/article_972f8ad0-1e8f-50dd-bdc2-c346ced8d04e.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/secretary-of-states-office-refers-to-wingnuts-pushing-missoula-co-election-allegations/article_972f8ad0-1e8f-50dd-bdc2-c346ced8d04e.html |
The fire was estimated at 20-30 acres as of about 4:15 p.m. There are multiple resources on scene from different agencies, the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook. Officials said they hoped to have it contained soon.
No structures have been reported burned, nor were any evacuations ordered.
The roa... | 2022-08-26T23:31:08Z | helenair.com | Fire reported Friday at Prospector Gulch and Grizzly Gulch near Helena | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/fire-reported-friday-at-prospector-gulch-and-grizzly-gulch-near-helena/article_74b53a34-8093-52e6-92fe-802d4bf5240b.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/fire-reported-friday-at-prospector-gulch-and-grizzly-gulch-near-helena/article_74b53a34-8093-52e6-92fe-802d4bf5240b.html |
The future of the state-run psychiatric hospital — which has lost its federal certification, is $17 million over budget and operating with 45% of staff positions vacant — remains unclear, the state's top health official said Friday, although an assessment may provide clarity in the coming months.
State lawmakers on Fri... | 2022-08-27T01:11:30Z | helenair.com | Lawmakers press new DPHHS director on state hospital's future | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-press-new-dphhs-director-on-state-hospitals-future/article_7f10c4f1-db66-5d1e-b354-fe5c82bc4dd5.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-press-new-dphhs-director-on-state-hospitals-future/article_7f10c4f1-db66-5d1e-b354-fe5c82bc4dd5.html |
Pictured from left, Julie Bir (a member of the Montana Jewish Project’s board of directors), Bishop Austin Vetter and Rebecca Stanfel (president of the Montana Jewish Project’s board) stand outside Helena's Temple Emanu-El.
Nothing says happy birthday quite like accomplishing a goal a year and a half in the making.
“I ... | 2022-08-27T02:55:19Z | helenair.com | Montana Jewish Project hosts ceremonial signing at former Temple Emanu-El | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-jewish-project-hosts-ceremonial-signing-at-former-temple-emanu-el/article_ef4eebc7-b6f0-5e11-b844-81f0d5b670c7.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-jewish-project-hosts-ceremonial-signing-at-former-temple-emanu-el/article_ef4eebc7-b6f0-5e11-b844-81f0d5b670c7.html |
Governor says state hits record for workers
Gov. Greg Gianforte said Montana’s economy continued its strong growth in July, reaching a record high for the number of Montanans employed.
According to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Montana’s labor force... | 2022-08-28T11:47:36Z | helenair.com | Business Briefcase | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/business/business-briefcase/article_da4de55a-91e3-5601-9702-035be3bd2ada.html | https://helenair.com/business/business-briefcase/article_da4de55a-91e3-5601-9702-035be3bd2ada.html |
Maria Toccafondo-Wisler cuts Shawn Reagor's hair recently at Gent's Dapper Cuts barbershop in Helena.
When you think of a barbershop, you might picture a group of men chatting about recent events as the sound of buzzing razors and the smell of coffee and cologne fill the air.
When you picture a salon, the image might b... | 2022-08-28T15:42:18Z | helenair.com | The binary challenges for non-binary and trans Montanans getting haircuts | Business | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/business/the-binary-challenges-for-non-binary-and-trans-montanans-getting-haircuts/article_d03e8c8b-2f77-53ba-990c-e191ec86643c.html | https://helenair.com/business/the-binary-challenges-for-non-binary-and-trans-montanans-getting-haircuts/article_d03e8c8b-2f77-53ba-990c-e191ec86643c.html |
Capital Transit vehicles are pictured at the transit station.
The city of Helena is considering expanding its Capital Transit services in Lewis and Clark County, possibly into the North Helena Valley and westward after seeing steady growth in passengers and potential elsewhere.
During a joint meeting in July between ci... | 2022-08-28T19:10:57Z | helenair.com | Amid surging ridership, Helena's Capital Transit considers expanding service | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/amid-surging-ridership-helenas-capital-transit-considers-expanding-service/article_76fbbda2-db4a-5f3d-95a0-7fea1c833428.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/amid-surging-ridership-helenas-capital-transit-considers-expanding-service/article_76fbbda2-db4a-5f3d-95a0-7fea1c833428.html |
U.S. Forest officials said they expect the perimeter of the Grizzly Gulch fire to be fully surrounded within the coming days.
U.S. Forest Service / Cody Philpott and Evan Franklin
The most recent containment estimate was from end of shift Saturday, officials with the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest said.
They sa... | 2022-08-28T22:17:50Z | helenair.com | Grizzly Gulch fire south of Helena 75% contained | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/grizzly-gulch-fire-south-of-helena-75-contained/article_635deab7-2511-5533-bf5f-a445ebed1c6a.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/grizzly-gulch-fire-south-of-helena-75-contained/article_635deab7-2511-5533-bf5f-a445ebed1c6a.html |
Helena Fire Chief Jon Campbell said about 4:30 p.m. that fire crews are transitioning to mop up and will remain on-site throughout the night. He said weather remained the wild card, especially if the winds pick up.
A cause of the fire, reported at 12:15 p.m., is under investigation, officials said.
All trails on and le... | 2022-08-29T01:02:48Z | helenair.com | Wildfire on Mount Helena burns 15 acres Sunday | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/wildfire-on-mount-helena-burns-15-acres-sunday/article_addf03e3-5665-5c97-ad97-c950a639e315.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/wildfire-on-mount-helena-burns-15-acres-sunday/article_addf03e3-5665-5c97-ad97-c950a639e315.html |
This photo was included in the U.S. District case involving Jerod Hughes. It shows Jerod and Joshua Hughes being led by Capitol police Officer Eugene Goodman.
U.S. District Court for District of Columbia.
East Helena brothers Jarod and Joshua Hughes both signed a Statement of Offense prior to Thursday’s plea hearing in... | 2022-08-29T16:02:07Z | helenair.com | As part of plea, East Helena brothers admit to actions in Capitol riot | Crime & Courts | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/as-part-of-plea-east-helena-brothers-admit-to-actions-in-capitol-riot/article_36a42774-b8c6-57fb-9622-98d7161ad360.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/as-part-of-plea-east-helena-brothers-admit-to-actions-in-capitol-riot/article_36a42774-b8c6-57fb-9622-98d7161ad360.html |
When the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) became law, we secured a much brighter future for Montana than the one we had previously been facing. The bill marks a historic moment for our public lands, fish and wildlife, and for taxpayers and communities around the state.
That’s because the IRA will deliver much-needed refor... | 2022-08-29T16:02:13Z | helenair.com | Ben Gabriel and Frank Szollosi: Inflation Reduction Act a vital win for Montana | Columnists | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/ben-gabriel-and-frank-szollosi-inflation-reduction-act-a-vital-win-for-montana/article_ba916993-cca4-5a4e-9020-3a0dc939efce.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/ben-gabriel-and-frank-szollosi-inflation-reduction-act-a-vital-win-for-montana/article_ba916993-cca4-5a4e-9020-3a0dc939efce.html |
BOB PYFER
The abortion issue is all about values. What do you value most? Your values are formed by a combination of your individual environmental influences or life experiences, and your own individual cognitive analysis and personal conclusions regarding those experiential inputs.
Parents, teachers, religion, media, ... | 2022-08-29T16:02:19Z | helenair.com | Bob Pyfer: Abortion is a matter of values | Columnists | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/bob-pyfer-abortion-is-a-matter-of-values/article_b9e1e7f5-bdd9-5804-90fd-3d1f211ef044.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/bob-pyfer-abortion-is-a-matter-of-values/article_b9e1e7f5-bdd9-5804-90fd-3d1f211ef044.html |
I am writing to express my support of Gary Buchanan to represent Montana in the U.S. House of Representatives. After 25 years as an elementary school teacher, I've watched our state become very divided in our politics. I love that Buchanan is an independent during this time of hyper partisanship. I think that his moder... | 2022-08-29T16:02:25Z | helenair.com | Gary Buchanan will bring us together rather than divide | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/gary-buchanan-will-bring-us-together-rather-than-divide/article_f6caa070-b1c8-5781-9319-2a4a0b91b98a.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/gary-buchanan-will-bring-us-together-rather-than-divide/article_f6caa070-b1c8-5781-9319-2a4a0b91b98a.html |
A film crew waits between shoots outside the Montana State Capitol while filming the Yellowstone TV series.
Kelly Hunt, the co-background casting director for the series about a Montana ranching dynasty, said 2,000 people applied for 300 spots to appear as an extra in the episode.
“It was a great success,” she said of ... | 2022-08-29T23:46:54Z | helenair.com | 'Yellowstone' returns to Montana Capitol for day of filming | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/yellowstone-returns-to-montana-capitol-for-day-of-filming/article_4c011de7-bf23-580b-80b1-dfbd9a1f7299.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/yellowstone-returns-to-montana-capitol-for-day-of-filming/article_4c011de7-bf23-580b-80b1-dfbd9a1f7299.html |
State lawmakers on Friday approved a draft bill tightening up the circumstances in which children can be removed from their homes, legislation they will introduce to the Montana Legislature come January.
While the bill passed out of the interim committee on Friday on a 6-4 vote, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle c... | 2022-08-29T23:47:01Z | helenair.com | Lawmakers move forward with proposed changes to child removal process | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-move-forward-with-proposed-changes-to-child-removal-process/article_b4744900-c932-5a75-9204-8ebd100c7877.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-move-forward-with-proposed-changes-to-child-removal-process/article_b4744900-c932-5a75-9204-8ebd100c7877.html |
Carson Yahvah
A lawsuit has been filed against Helena Public Schools and a music teacher who was charged with assaulting a 9-year-old student with disabilities in his classroom at Four Georgians Elementary School.
Carson Christman Yahvah was charged on June 6 with felony assault on a minor, following a March 7 incident... | 2022-08-30T02:58:03Z | helenair.com | Helena teacher charged with assaulting 9-year-old student | Crime & Courts | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/helena-teacher-charged-with-assaulting-9-year-old-student/article_0665256f-0179-57b2-90df-4528a8f065ef.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/helena-teacher-charged-with-assaulting-9-year-old-student/article_0665256f-0179-57b2-90df-4528a8f065ef.html |
Prime-time, and obviously well-funded, television ads have, for months, been proclaiming the value and humanness of children of all ages, whether “planned” or not. Viewers are being assaulted with barely-understandable, baby-talking fetuses saying the same thing—"I wasn’t planned, but I am human and I have value.” Bill... | 2022-08-30T12:14:12Z | helenair.com | The best defense is a good offense | Columnists | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/the-best-defense-is-a-good-offense/article_5feacf49-d327-5703-8d89-51de54831e36.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/the-best-defense-is-a-good-offense/article_5feacf49-d327-5703-8d89-51de54831e36.html |
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What a show of force the city, county, state and federal agencies and volunteer fire departments threw at the fire on Mount Helena Sunday! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all these skilled fire fighters for keeping the fire on the mountain and away from nearby residential neighborhoods. An... | 2022-08-30T15:38:20Z | helenair.com | Government agencies saved Helena from fire | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/government-agencies-saved-helena-from-fire/article_3609aeab-992f-5fb1-990e-71bead819733.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/government-agencies-saved-helena-from-fire/article_3609aeab-992f-5fb1-990e-71bead819733.html |
A friend who has a severely compromised immune system just caught COVID. She can’t take Paxlovid (the most common treatment for COVID) because it causes serious (and potentially fatal) interactions with other medications she has to take. So in order to get the treatment she needed, she had to travel to another Montana ... | 2022-08-30T15:38:32Z | helenair.com | Time for St. Peter's to get its act together | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/time-for-st-peters-to-get-its-act-together/article_fd8c50b3-1642-579c-9168-577942d18bde.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/time-for-st-peters-to-get-its-act-together/article_fd8c50b3-1642-579c-9168-577942d18bde.html |
Perla Williams
A 31-year-old woman from Dallas, Texas, is being charged with felony assault with a weapon and two misdemeanor counts of assault after allegedly trying to stab a man in Helena.
On Aug. 27, Helena police dispatch received a call about a woman near the 900 block of Gibbon Street who was sitting on a set of... | 2022-08-30T21:17:56Z | helenair.com | Woman accused of trying to stab man in Helena | | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/woman-accused-of-trying-to-stab-man-in-helena/article_47919483-348c-57c1-a7bd-044c6ccbe5f2.html | https://helenair.com/woman-accused-of-trying-to-stab-man-in-helena/article_47919483-348c-57c1-a7bd-044c6ccbe5f2.html |
On Aug. 15, a deputy received a call from a complainant regarding a possible sexual assault of a teenager under the age of 16 on Aug. 12 in East Helena.
According to charging documents, the minor stated that Joshua Paul Jones took off pieces of the child's clothing and tried to initiate sex. Jones allegedly started to ... | 2022-08-30T23:45:14Z | helenair.com | East Helena man charged with attempted rape of a minor | Crime & Courts | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/east-helena-man-charged-with-attempted-rape-of-a-minor/article_c62f81c8-14a3-56d9-a0b9-1e31d8f6d77e.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/east-helena-man-charged-with-attempted-rape-of-a-minor/article_c62f81c8-14a3-56d9-a0b9-1e31d8f6d77e.html |
Matt Olson is a role model
I believe Matt Olson is the top candidate for Senate District 42. I was one of Matt’s employees for two years when I was in high school, where he became one of my biggest role models. I would always seek him out for advice which has led me to being highly successful in both my college life an... | 2022-08-30T23:45:39Z | helenair.com | Matt Olson is a role model | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/matt-olson-is-a-role-model/article_021668e6-f816-5bb5-80d6-25447778f576.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/matt-olson-is-a-role-model/article_021668e6-f816-5bb5-80d6-25447778f576.html |
A camera crew films while extras walk around the rotunda inside the Montana state Capitol while filming the "Yellowstone" TV series on Monday.
As many Helena-area residents learned this week, television acting can be an exercise in patience.
“My advice if anyone is ever considering doing it is to have a lot of patience... | 2022-08-31T13:21:54Z | helenair.com | 'Yellowstone' filming an exercise in patience, Helena residents say | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/yellowstone-filming-an-exercise-in-patience-helena-residents-say/article_64a5fb1c-7035-58ee-a886-5568c1b59c92.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/yellowstone-filming-an-exercise-in-patience-helena-residents-say/article_64a5fb1c-7035-58ee-a886-5568c1b59c92.html |
When talk of climate change, or global warming as it was called back then, began to appear during the 1980s, I took notice, but not much more than that. My interest was a matter of scientific curiosity rather than concern about the fate of my children. Then the predictions became more serious, and the informed opinions... | 2022-08-31T13:22:00Z | helenair.com | Don Thomas: The head of the ostrich | Columnists | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/don-thomas-the-head-of-the-ostrich/article_43d7ab31-ee34-5dc5-80fb-5eebdad9be72.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/don-thomas-the-head-of-the-ostrich/article_43d7ab31-ee34-5dc5-80fb-5eebdad9be72.html |
Just like clockwork, Montana’s junior senator, Steve Daines, and Rep. Matt Rosendale have repeated the timber industry propaganda on forest management at their recent Western Caucus roundtable in Bozeman. Montanans, however, not only deserve better, they deserve the truth.
By far the vast majority of the Equal Access t... | 2022-08-31T13:22:07Z | helenair.com | Mike Garrity: Daines and Rosendale are timber industry puppets | Columnists | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/mike-garrity-daines-and-rosendale-are-timber-industry-puppets/article_b666cef1-90d7-5588-9e10-676c02a79e2b.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/mike-garrity-daines-and-rosendale-are-timber-industry-puppets/article_b666cef1-90d7-5588-9e10-676c02a79e2b.html |
Knudsen and Arnzten don’t represent sportsmen
Montana’s top five elected officials serve on boards not directly related to their elected positions. Recently the Montana Land Board voted on the proposed 829-acre Willow Creek Acquisition to the Mount Haggin Wildlife Management Area. The acquisition, funded by Pittman-Rob... | 2022-08-31T13:22:13Z | helenair.com | Knudsen and Arnzten don’t represent sportsmen | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/knudsen-and-arnzten-don-t-represent-sportsmen/article_d5430e73-bee4-5e3a-b828-8aad72ace9f5.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/knudsen-and-arnzten-don-t-represent-sportsmen/article_d5430e73-bee4-5e3a-b828-8aad72ace9f5.html |
The Carroll College campus in Helena.
Following concern about the interpretation of a rule related to veterans using the G.I. Bill to pay for college, President Joe Biden has signed a new law clarifying the program.
Last year schools across the country and in Montana raised the red flag about how the U.S. Department of... | 2022-08-31T21:54:40Z | helenair.com | New law aimed at ensuring veterans can use G.I. Bill to attend college | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/new-law-aimed-at-ensuring-veterans-can-use-g-i-bill-to-attend-college/article_d59546b1-a710-5ff9-9425-df60e6425c2a.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/new-law-aimed-at-ensuring-veterans-can-use-g-i-bill-to-attend-college/article_d59546b1-a710-5ff9-9425-df60e6425c2a.html |
Schandelson named director of state public defenders office
Office of the State Public Defender building in Helena.
Brett Schandelson has been picked to lead the state public defender's office, officials announced Wednesday.
Schandelson, 39, has been serving as acting director of the Office of State Public Defender sin... | 2022-08-31T23:47:51Z | helenair.com | Schandelson named director of state public defenders office | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/schandelson-named-director-of-state-public-defenders-office/article_3138bcbf-690b-5b72-809f-2eadb2aa2f58.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/schandelson-named-director-of-state-public-defenders-office/article_3138bcbf-690b-5b72-809f-2eadb2aa2f58.html |
State starts restoration of Montana's oldest standing Capitol building, Stonewall Hall
Stonewall Hall in Virginia City.
State officials recently joined local leaders, residents and members of the LaFever family in Virginia City to mark the beginning of the restoration of Stonewall Hall, which hosted the Territorial Leg... | 2022-08-31T23:47:52Z | helenair.com | State starts restoration of Montana's oldest standing Capitol building, Stonewall Hall | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-starts-restoration-of-montanas-oldest-standing-capitol-building-stonewall-hall/article_14ef6e12-3d0d-5c3a-a62c-4ab1ea2fdeff.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-starts-restoration-of-montanas-oldest-standing-capitol-building-stonewall-hall/article_14ef6e12-3d0d-5c3a-a62c-4ab1ea2fdeff.html |
A scene from the Grandstreet Theatre production of ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ which opens Thursday, Sept. 1, and runs through Sept. 11.
American Sign Language Interpreters, Molly Verseput and Dana Walls, will be performing with the cast of “A Doll's House, Part 2” on Saturday, Sept. 10.
Whatever happened to Nora after sh... | 2022-09-01T14:16:35Z | helenair.com | ‘15 years later, Nora comes back’: ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ opens at Grandstreet | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/15-years-later-nora-comes-back-a-doll-s-house-part-2-opens-at-grandstreet/article_6065e44f-09c5-5444-8c6d-090bf7771f02.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/15-years-later-nora-comes-back-a-doll-s-house-part-2-opens-at-grandstreet/article_6065e44f-09c5-5444-8c6d-090bf7771f02.html |
It might surprise some to learn that Montana’s largest National Wildlife Refuge doesn’t contain a single mountain. Instead, all 1.1 million acres of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, or CMR, consists of sweeping prairie encompassing the massive Fort Peck Reservoir and rugged, impassable badlands that spi... | 2022-09-01T14:16:47Z | helenair.com | Badlands and barbed wire: Conservationists re-wild Montana's prairies and pronghorn | Science | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/science/badlands-and-barbed-wire-conservationists-re-wild-montanas-prairies-and-pronghorn/article_0bd336ab-f3ee-5773-961e-8a5d42741a25.html | https://helenair.com/news/science/badlands-and-barbed-wire-conservationists-re-wild-montanas-prairies-and-pronghorn/article_0bd336ab-f3ee-5773-961e-8a5d42741a25.html |
With some regularity, we read an opinion piece or hear someone speak about the lack of civility and the divisiveness in political and civic dialogue. Observations are made and examples are given to highlight this problem. The writers or speakers scratch their heads and wring their hands wondering what if anything we ca... | 2022-09-01T14:17:12Z | helenair.com | Attacks on city commissioner candidates unwarranted | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/attacks-on-city-commissioner-candidates-unwarranted/article_c99a3d2a-c110-5449-9b15-89c874f39295.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/attacks-on-city-commissioner-candidates-unwarranted/article_c99a3d2a-c110-5449-9b15-89c874f39295.html |
Kudos to Rep. Geraldine Custer for standing up for voting rights in Montana. In Montana and the U.S., there are no conditions on voting other than age, citizenship, and in some cases, a felony conviction or incarceration. We haven’t restricted voting to property owners in a long time. House speaker Wylie Galt needs a r... | 2022-09-01T14:17:18Z | helenair.com | Officials need a refresher on voting rights | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/officials-need-a-refresher-on-voting-rights/article_e0b87f11-c92b-564b-a5d2-79de79db0271.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/officials-need-a-refresher-on-voting-rights/article_e0b87f11-c92b-564b-a5d2-79de79db0271.html |
Good news. The climate crisis is over - or at least in the eyes of the Republican Party.
Perhaps because I am easily identified as a conservative independent, the Republican Party likes to send me stuff like their recent survey. It asked me to check off the five issues "most important to you in deciding who to vote for... | 2022-09-01T14:17:25Z | helenair.com | Republicans must think climate crisis is over | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/republicans-must-think-climate-crisis-is-over/article_9cc74984-f266-53df-9e7b-9041884f64a7.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/republicans-must-think-climate-crisis-is-over/article_9cc74984-f266-53df-9e7b-9041884f64a7.html |
I don’t understand why, with all the conversations, re: abortion that no one has mentioned “safe sex.” There are so many ways to prevent pregnancy. Pills, condoms, diaphragms and the old and most effective way is “no sex.” While the last way is probably the least likely it is the best surefire way. The best preventativ... | 2022-09-01T14:17:31Z | helenair.com | There are many ways to prevent pregnancy | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/there-are-many-ways-to-prevent-pregnancy/article_e296d66c-db7c-5d80-be6b-42445592eded.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/there-are-many-ways-to-prevent-pregnancy/article_e296d66c-db7c-5d80-be6b-42445592eded.html |
The nonprofit ACE Scholarships Montana has given out more than 1,000 scholarships this year, 300 more than last year, to students from low-income families around the state to help them afford private school tuition.
“Parents are looking for different school options for a variety of reasons,” said Jake Penwell, vice pre... | 2022-09-01T17:27:48Z | helenair.com | Ace Montana awards more than 1,000 scholarships for private school tuition | Education | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/ace-montana-awards-more-than-1-000-scholarships-for-private-school-tuition/article_dafa9433-04de-5e31-ac27-0ecb27bc7c59.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/ace-montana-awards-more-than-1-000-scholarships-for-private-school-tuition/article_dafa9433-04de-5e31-ac27-0ecb27bc7c59.html |
The Helena Public Schools Board of Trustees student representatives for 2022-2023 are Keiran Boyle, a senior at Capital High School, left, and Loreley Drees, a senior at Helena High School.
If at first you don’t succeed, try again.
That’s what Loreley Drees did when she applied her junior year to be a student represent... | 2022-09-01T17:27:54Z | helenair.com | Helena school board gets two new student reps | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/helena-school-board-gets-two-new-student-reps/article_8b3afe6d-ea77-5114-b645-c4e61b9aa9d7.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/helena-school-board-gets-two-new-student-reps/article_8b3afe6d-ea77-5114-b645-c4e61b9aa9d7.html |
'It's a big game for sure': Capital readies itself for showdown with Billings West
Helena Capital’s Tom Carter gets taken down after a catch against Billings West Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, at Daylis Stadium in Billings.
Even though the high school football game Friday night between Helena Capital and Billings West won’t c... | 2022-09-02T03:18:45Z | helenair.com | 'It's a big game for sure': Capital readies itself for showdown with Billings West | Prep Football | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/sports/high-school/football/its-a-big-game-for-sure-capital-readies-itself-for-showdown-with-billings-west/article_a90bb6bc-6e69-5043-88f1-b3c5864d8460.html | https://helenair.com/sports/high-school/football/its-a-big-game-for-sure-capital-readies-itself-for-showdown-with-billings-west/article_a90bb6bc-6e69-5043-88f1-b3c5864d8460.html |
Funding for the Montana Alternative Student Testing (MAST) pilot program has been completed by a $2,967,259 Competitive Grant for State Assessments (CGSA) from the federal government, which was the total amount requested for the four-year pilot.
“I am very pleased that the federal government is agreeing with Montana’s ... | 2022-09-02T12:56:43Z | helenair.com | Montana Alternative Student Testing pilot program gets $3M grant | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-alternative-student-testing-pilot-program-gets-3m-grant/article_84ee77f3-930f-59da-82ae-33012a537936.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-alternative-student-testing-pilot-program-gets-3m-grant/article_84ee77f3-930f-59da-82ae-33012a537936.html |
James Holbrook, executive secretary of the Montana AFL-CIO
Out of this desperate situation workers organized and fought for the eight hour workday, the weekend, safety on the job, and basic respect and dignity in their workplaces. They wanted their time back from employers so they could spend more time with their famil... | 2022-09-02T12:57:02Z | helenair.com | Ensure workers are treated with dignity and respect | Columnists | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/ensure-workers-are-treated-with-dignity-and-respect/article_e91afc44-95c1-545a-81e8-fb10f89e24cb.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/ensure-workers-are-treated-with-dignity-and-respect/article_e91afc44-95c1-545a-81e8-fb10f89e24cb.html |
On the Blackfoot reservation, in 2022 alone, 13 people have tragically died from fentanyl. In Montana, the overdose death rate for Indigenous people is twice that of white people. One reason why is that the Indian Health Service is “chronically underfunded.”
The Blackfoot reservation does not have a single treatment fa... | 2022-09-02T16:51:23Z | helenair.com | Kari Hong: We won’t stop fentanyl unless we identify the real problems | Columnists | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/kari-hong-we-won-t-stop-fentanyl-unless-we-identify-the-real-problems/article_9561e6f7-555c-5c90-9aa0-6991ddd332dc.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/kari-hong-we-won-t-stop-fentanyl-unless-we-identify-the-real-problems/article_9561e6f7-555c-5c90-9aa0-6991ddd332dc.html |
The Lyman-Neel Residence is on the National Register of Historic Places.
In many Montana cities, it is not hard to spot the silver signs that mark properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They are full of historic background and information, but have you ever wondered what details have been left o... | 2022-09-02T23:22:32Z | helenair.com | Montana historian reveals details left off National Register signs | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-historian-reveals-details-left-off-national-register-signs/article_cfb278b6-44f3-55be-9814-a4e543d48c9c.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-historian-reveals-details-left-off-national-register-signs/article_cfb278b6-44f3-55be-9814-a4e543d48c9c.html |
Judge Michael Moses presides over a trial over voting rights in Billings.
Political experts who study how and why people vote exchanged academic fire last week, as they took the witness stand in a trial to determine whether several new changes to Montana’s election laws pass constitutional muster.
The trial, which ende... | 2022-09-02T23:22:44Z | helenair.com | Experts spar over impacts of contentious election laws | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/experts-spar-over-impacts-of-contentious-election-laws/article_402be308-6780-5026-bfbf-921fff4fb1d6.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/experts-spar-over-impacts-of-contentious-election-laws/article_402be308-6780-5026-bfbf-921fff4fb1d6.html |
Arthur Clifford Lewis Parent watches over Benefis' construction site with the sun at his back, a near-daily ritual.
If you’ve driven down 11th Avenue in Helena recently, you’ve probably seen him, and he probably put a smile on your face.
Arthur "Art" Clifford Lewis Parent goes out five days a week for a couple of hours... | 2022-09-03T13:03:26Z | helenair.com | 'I'm trying to keep 'em going': Meet the man faithfully watching over Helena construction site | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/im-trying-to-keep-em-going-meet-the-man-faithfully-watching-over-helena-construction-site/article_8a2c814e-a50b-570e-ab23-54cba5ef7af4.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/im-trying-to-keep-em-going-meet-the-man-faithfully-watching-over-helena-construction-site/article_8a2c814e-a50b-570e-ab23-54cba5ef7af4.html |
Sami Pack-Toner column: A rummage sale in the crying room
Sami Pack-Toner
Some of my first memories of church involve me lounging in the choir loft during the sermon.
I knew where the activity sheets were, what markers worked best, and how to position myself out of my mother’s line of sight. My peers and I would color,... | 2022-09-03T14:52:05Z | helenair.com | Sami Pack-Toner column: A rummage sale in the crying room | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/sami-pack-toner-column-a-rummage-sale-in-the-crying-room/article_28506d17-e635-5291-b6ca-14c9651d5b93.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/sami-pack-toner-column-a-rummage-sale-in-the-crying-room/article_28506d17-e635-5291-b6ca-14c9651d5b93.html |
A Helena garbage truck empties a dumpster on Hibbard Way. The Helena City Commission approved a resolution establishing goals to reduce the amount of solid waste transferred from within its borders to the Lewis and Clark County Landfill by 50% by 2040, with an interim goal of 35% reduction by 2030.
Trash is collected i... | 2022-09-03T20:00:39Z | helenair.com | Conservation board pressures Helena to consider waste reduction plan | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/conservation-board-pressures-helena-to-consider-waste-reduction-plan/article_31b911b5-f991-5bae-8535-a679eaa771a1.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/conservation-board-pressures-helena-to-consider-waste-reduction-plan/article_31b911b5-f991-5bae-8535-a679eaa771a1.html |
Charlotte Sanddal
A century ago, just two years after women earned the right to vote in 1920, the U.S. Supreme Courts rebuffed Leser vs. Garnett, a challenge to strike down the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
Also, the USS Langley was commissioned as the first Navy Aircraft Carrier, with pilot Lt. Virgil Griffin la... | 2022-09-04T12:22:56Z | helenair.com | Stories of Honor: WWII vet and centenarian Charlotte Sanddal served as Naval aviation machinist mate | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/stories-of-honor-wwii-vet-and-centenarian-charlotte-sanddal-served-as-naval-aviation-machinist-mate/article_6d322a14-97e0-5b60-ab45-324fe05c699f.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/stories-of-honor-wwii-vet-and-centenarian-charlotte-sanddal-served-as-naval-aviation-machinist-mate/article_6d322a14-97e0-5b60-ab45-324fe05c699f.html |
DENNIS GAUB Historian
Charles Lindbergh sitting in the back seat with Gov. John E. Erickson and Helena Mayor Percy Witmer on Sept. 6, 1927.
L. H. Jorud, O'Connors Drug Store, Helena
Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis hangs on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 27, 2018. Lindb... | 2022-09-04T12:23:02Z | helenair.com | 'It's the colonel!' Lindbergh's ties to Montana remembered on 95th anniversary of historic flight | State & Regional | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/its-the-colonel-lindberghs-ties-to-montana-remembered-on-95th-anniversary-of-historic-flight/article_f28de79c-1fb7-5b8d-ad5a-79ba521935fc.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/its-the-colonel-lindberghs-ties-to-montana-remembered-on-95th-anniversary-of-historic-flight/article_f28de79c-1fb7-5b8d-ad5a-79ba521935fc.html |
Called the Lincoln Backcountry, in the early 1960s the U.S. Forest Service saw opportunity for timber. The agency’s plans called for carving roads to access tens of thousands of acres of saw logs — plans that drew opposition from many locals and early wildland advocates, but would provide a boon of jobs to loggers and ... | 2022-09-04T14:11:21Z | helenair.com | Citizen wilderness: 50 years ago advocates succeeded in protecting the Scapegoat | State & Regional | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/citizen-wilderness-50-years-ago-advocates-succeeded-in-protecting-the-scapegoat/article_8b79b432-cdd1-5ef1-ba0a-05a2c2ff8935.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/citizen-wilderness-50-years-ago-advocates-succeeded-in-protecting-the-scapegoat/article_8b79b432-cdd1-5ef1-ba0a-05a2c2ff8935.html |
Helena Police officers are on duty in this IR file photo.
Police were called to the 1800 block of 11th Avenue at 3:45 p.m. and were told two women had entered the store and one distracted staff while the other began stealing money from the cash register.
When the staff member confronted the suspect, she pushed the staf... | 2022-09-04T19:19:53Z | helenair.com | Attempted robbery results in scuffle in Helena store | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/attempted-robbery-results-in-scuffle-in-helena-store/article_fc992c3b-e0cb-5027-a030-3e0ddadb9b2b.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/attempted-robbery-results-in-scuffle-in-helena-store/article_fc992c3b-e0cb-5027-a030-3e0ddadb9b2b.html |
The Murray fire was reported at 6:53 a.m. and by 1:05 p.m. had burned 55 acres.
A fire started Monday morning northwest of Helena between Drummond and Helmville, officials said, adding it was posing access issues.
The Murray fire was reported at 6:53 a.m. and by 1:05 p.m. had burned 55 acres, according to mtfireinfo.or... | 2022-09-05T21:19:51Z | helenair.com | Fire reported Monday northwest of Helena near Helmville | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/fire-reported-monday-northwest-of-helena-near-helmville/article_6e4b5cb0-d446-58b6-862d-f898e5092a3c.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/fire-reported-monday-northwest-of-helena-near-helmville/article_6e4b5cb0-d446-58b6-862d-f898e5092a3c.html |
Montana VA will have a virtual female veterans town hall at 5 p.m. Friday.
To join the conversation, veterans can call 833-560-2071 or livestream the town hall at www.access.live/MontanaVAWomenVets or from Montana VA’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/VAMontana).
The town hall will spotlight all the services available t... | 2022-09-07T01:25:51Z | helenair.com | Montana VA to host online female veterans town hall Friday | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-va-to-host-online-female-veterans-town-hall-friday/article_baace79a-cc17-57a1-803e-b4b0107ad8a3.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-va-to-host-online-female-veterans-town-hall-friday/article_baace79a-cc17-57a1-803e-b4b0107ad8a3.html |
St. Peter's Health announced Tuesday it purchased Creative Horizons Learning Center, a Helena child care center at 3430 Ptarmigan Lane.
St. Peter's Health said Tuesday it has purchased Creative Horizons Learning Center, a Helena child care facility, to expand its operations and to help more employees in need of child c... | 2022-09-07T01:26:03Z | helenair.com | St. Peter's increases child care capacity with purchase of Creative Horizons | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/st-peters-increases-child-care-capacity-with-purchase-of-creative-horizons/article_e9fca48f-669d-59cf-b28f-6f920d74d36c.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/st-peters-increases-child-care-capacity-with-purchase-of-creative-horizons/article_e9fca48f-669d-59cf-b28f-6f920d74d36c.html |
The Arrastra fire is burning on the west end of the Lincoln Ranger District in the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.
The National Forest reported on social media that the Arrastra fire northwest of Helena was initially called in at 1.5 acres. The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation estimated ... | 2022-09-07T01:26:09Z | helenair.com | Wildfire reported on Lincoln Ranger District northwest of Helena | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/wildfire-reported-on-lincoln-ranger-district-northwest-of-helena/article_49be8372-65c0-5cbd-a31a-cd042a13adbe.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/wildfire-reported-on-lincoln-ranger-district-northwest-of-helena/article_49be8372-65c0-5cbd-a31a-cd042a13adbe.html |
Bill D’Alton poses for a portrait at his office in Billings on Sept. 1.
BILLINGS — Bill D'Alton has not raised a dime in his bid for the Montana Supreme Court, but that's intentional.
This election cycle, candidates squaring off in the premiere state Supreme Court race — which isn't D'Alton's contest — have raised more... | 2022-09-07T01:26:16Z | helenair.com | Billings attorney says SupCo bid aims to bring 'different view' | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/billings-attorney-says-supco-bid-aims-to-bring-different-view/article_90be62b2-59ba-5c15-97d0-9693be56ff6e.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/billings-attorney-says-supco-bid-aims-to-bring-different-view/article_90be62b2-59ba-5c15-97d0-9693be56ff6e.html |
GUY ALSENTZER
Clean water and healthy landscapes are the lifeblood of southwest Montana. Water flows through our wetlands, creeks, reservoirs and rivers, providing drinking water for Montanans and critical habitat for wild trout and arctic grayling. Vibrant, healthy public lands and forests also protect wildlife, suppo... | 2022-09-07T14:49:42Z | helenair.com | Guy Alsentzer: Oil and water don't mix in SW Montana | Columnists | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/guy-alsentzer-oil-and-water-dont-mix-in-sw-montana/article_35ea3a56-4d78-59e4-b7d0-aa62c8f432fa.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/guy-alsentzer-oil-and-water-dont-mix-in-sw-montana/article_35ea3a56-4d78-59e4-b7d0-aa62c8f432fa.html |
I was pleased to see Bob Pyfer's excellent discussion of the values that come to bear in any discussion of abortion. He points out that there is no resolution to the question of which value, divinity of human life, or the importance and obligation of people to make their own reproductive decisions, is the greater, and ... | 2022-09-07T17:56:36Z | helenair.com | Those involved in unwanted pregnancies should decide the outcome | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/those-involved-in-unwanted-pregnancies-should-decide-the-outcome/article_b46fdd9f-4fcc-5378-a390-5cc4078aa28f.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/those-involved-in-unwanted-pregnancies-should-decide-the-outcome/article_b46fdd9f-4fcc-5378-a390-5cc4078aa28f.html |
The driver of the truck that struck and killed a 10-year-old Helena girl on Canyon Ferry Road in June has been charged with misdemeanor careless driving involving death or serious injury.
The Lewis and Clark County Attorney's Office filed the complaint against Brian Lane Robo Tuesday in Lewis and Clark County Justice C... | 2022-09-07T23:18:10Z | helenair.com | Driver charged in death of Helena girl struck by truck in June | Crime & Courts | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/driver-charged-in-death-of-helena-girl-struck-by-truck-in-june/article_975f3870-9436-5aa3-b9b4-c5deaf2de450.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/driver-charged-in-death-of-helena-girl-struck-by-truck-in-june/article_975f3870-9436-5aa3-b9b4-c5deaf2de450.html |
The Ursus fire is burning on the south side of Rapid Creek at the base of Ursus Hill.
Two fires northwest of Helena showed little growth Wednesday, and officials said a lightning-caused fire in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area reported Aug. 25 is now at more than 1,800 acres.
The Ursus fire is burning on the south side... | 2022-09-08T01:37:06Z | helenair.com | Ursus fire roars through Bob Marshall Wilderness in Spotted Bear Ranger District | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/ursus-fire-roars-through-bob-marshall-wilderness-in-spotted-bear-ranger-district/article_14991086-4917-5ce7-a4af-768059de1ef8.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/ursus-fire-roars-through-bob-marshall-wilderness-in-spotted-bear-ranger-district/article_14991086-4917-5ce7-a4af-768059de1ef8.html |
‘East of the East Side’: Tony Leskovar’s journey from peasant to concert bassoonist in Paris and Butte
Tony Leskovar with bassoon, Zubick photographer, circa 1965, Butte
"East of the East Side" book cover
Tony Leskovar in his band uniform, his wife Annie, his sister-in-law Anna, and his sons Eddy and Babe, 1924 at the ... | 2022-09-08T15:00:48Z | helenair.com | ‘East of the East Side’: Tony Leskovar’s journey from peasant to concert bassoonist in Paris and Butte | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/east-of-the-east-side-tony-leskovar-s-journey-from-peasant-to-concert-bassoonist-in/article_c3e1d837-8463-5cb5-8974-bee2459d9d64.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/east-of-the-east-side-tony-leskovar-s-journey-from-peasant-to-concert-bassoonist-in/article_c3e1d837-8463-5cb5-8974-bee2459d9d64.html |
Jadin Van Steenvort, behavior health specialist for St. Peter's Health, poses for a photo with the hospital's crisis response team vehicle.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
St. Peter’s Health Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) has been makin... | 2022-09-08T15:00:55Z | helenair.com | Helena's Mobile Crisis Response Team working to 'decriminalize' mental health response | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/helenas-mobile-crisis-response-team-working-to-decriminalize-mental-health-response/article_ffb8f7c0-c65f-562d-819f-e1792f85f943.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/helenas-mobile-crisis-response-team-working-to-decriminalize-mental-health-response/article_ffb8f7c0-c65f-562d-819f-e1792f85f943.html |
We are faced with important decisions in November as to who will represent us in various government institutions. The ONLY WAY we can project our core values forward is through our elected representatives.
One of the most important political races in this state is for a seat on the Montana Supreme Court - incumbent Ing... | 2022-09-08T15:01:16Z | helenair.com | James Brown is a clear conservative choice | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/james-brown-is-a-clear-conservative-choice/article_7ef2ed19-ce15-5202-a584-6bb2798f45a9.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/james-brown-is-a-clear-conservative-choice/article_7ef2ed19-ce15-5202-a584-6bb2798f45a9.html |
In the early 1960s American automobile manufacturers confronted a challenge to their market share. Small, economic and less expensive vehicles arrived from Germany, Italy, France and Japan. The Big Three automakers pushed back, first by encouraging consumers to “Buy American,” then by reminding consumers to remain loya... | 2022-09-08T15:01:29Z | helenair.com | Republican Party is promoting loyalty to the brand | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/republican-party-is-promoting-loyalty-to-the-brand/article_a45f3c19-2245-5000-a6b4-9b62cd61a7c6.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/republican-party-is-promoting-loyalty-to-the-brand/article_a45f3c19-2245-5000-a6b4-9b62cd61a7c6.html |
The IR recently reported a lawsuit filed against the Public Schools and a teacher about mishandling a student. This emotionally disturbed student was scratching other students in a music class. Responding to correct the behavior, the teacher allowed the situation to escalate enough to have laid hands on the student to ... | 2022-09-08T15:01:37Z | helenair.com | Teacher charged with assault was treated unfairly | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/teacher-charged-with-assault-was-treated-unfairly/article_66404d9a-22b5-513f-98e5-49d9da57d153.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/teacher-charged-with-assault-was-treated-unfairly/article_66404d9a-22b5-513f-98e5-49d9da57d153.html |
This year the Scapegoat Wilderness marks its 50th anniversary. The 240,000-acre wilderness makes up the southern portion of 1.6-million acre Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex and includes some great backcountry hiking and backpacking. Some of the most well-known locations include Scapegoat Mountain, Webb and Heart lakes ... | 2022-09-08T15:01:52Z | helenair.com | 50 years later: The past, present and future of the Scapegoat Wilderness | Montana Untamed | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/outdoors/50-years-later-the-past-present-and-future-of-the-scapegoat-wilderness/article_0bd1fe63-cb4a-5c57-8db1-3981968f596d.html | https://helenair.com/outdoors/50-years-later-the-past-present-and-future-of-the-scapegoat-wilderness/article_0bd1fe63-cb4a-5c57-8db1-3981968f596d.html |
Jason Martinson
A 43-year-old man from Lincoln is being charged with felony burglary and felony tampering with or fabricating physical evidence after allegedly breaking into his partner’s house and breaking her phone.
On Aug. 29, a deputy was dispatched for a report of a possible domestic disturbance.
Jason Michael Mar... | 2022-09-08T18:42:56Z | helenair.com | Lincoln man accused of breaking into home | | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/lincoln-man-accused-of-breaking-into-home/article_56ec9010-91b6-5387-807a-8834a297ae8a.html | https://helenair.com/lincoln-man-accused-of-breaking-into-home/article_56ec9010-91b6-5387-807a-8834a297ae8a.html |
Newly appointed Helena city commissioner aims to 'protect and preserve'
Helena City Commissioner Andy Shirtliff, left, is sworn in by Municipal Court Judge Anne Peterson. Shirtliff was appointed to fill the seat vacated by late City Commissioner Eric Feaver.
"Protect and preserve."
It is a phrase Andy Shirtliff used in... | 2022-09-08T18:42:57Z | helenair.com | Newly appointed Helena city commissioner aims to 'protect and preserve' | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/newly-appointed-helena-city-commissioner-aims-to-protect-and-preserve/article_bfe2e2cd-78e4-5fdb-befc-0520573d85f5.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/newly-appointed-helena-city-commissioner-aims-to-protect-and-preserve/article_bfe2e2cd-78e4-5fdb-befc-0520573d85f5.html |
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The Montana State Hospital is in Warm Springs.
A former employee at the state-run psychiatric hospital used a different name on her job application, meaning a background check that should have raised a red flag on her employment history didn't, according to the state health department.... | 2022-09-08T21:59:28Z | helenair.com | DPHHS: State hospital worker bypassed background check by using different name | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/dphhs-state-hospital-worker-bypassed-background-check-by-using-different-name/article_49bc0ff3-c54d-5f96-a9b2-d8c97ac91527.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/dphhs-state-hospital-worker-bypassed-background-check-by-using-different-name/article_49bc0ff3-c54d-5f96-a9b2-d8c97ac91527.html |
The Colstrip plants are pictured in this file photo.
James Woodcock, for the Independent Record
A proposed committee bill setting up an advisory council to help guide the development of nuclear power in Montana imploded Wednesday, and was replaced by a proposal that critics said added partisanship, was rushed and omitt... | 2022-09-08T21:59:34Z | helenair.com | Montana nuclear power advisory council plan changed at '11th hour' | 406 Politics | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/montana-nuclear-power-advisory-council-plan-changed-at-11th-hour/article_21a9c93a-e173-56e6-b617-e442da13fb81.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/montana-nuclear-power-advisory-council-plan-changed-at-11th-hour/article_21a9c93a-e173-56e6-b617-e442da13fb81.html |
9/11 observance slated for Sunday at Montana Capitol
Shawn Baldwin, AP file
Attorney General Austin Knudsen will be hosting a ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday in the rotunda of the Montana State Capitol to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Knudsen will deliver remarks and the Montana H... | 2022-09-09T00:52:49Z | helenair.com | 9/11 observance slated for Sunday at Montana Capitol | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/9-11-observance-slated-for-sunday-at-montana-capitol/article_a4e2106f-e9a6-5477-8744-c1b02c6d81f1.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/9-11-observance-slated-for-sunday-at-montana-capitol/article_a4e2106f-e9a6-5477-8744-c1b02c6d81f1.html |
Carroll College’s Math in the Mountains class and members of the Montana Department of Commerce’s Research and Information Services Bureau.
Carroll College’s Math and Data Science Department is collaborating with the Montana Department of Commerce's Research and Information Services (RIS) Bureau to address growing issu... | 2022-09-09T00:52:55Z | helenair.com | Carroll partners with state to build housing and population projection models | Education | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/carroll-partners-with-state-to-build-housing-and-population-projection-models/article_d7130cfa-83cb-51f8-a6ab-b79c1469cdb9.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/carroll-partners-with-state-to-build-housing-and-population-projection-models/article_d7130cfa-83cb-51f8-a6ab-b79c1469cdb9.html |
A helicopter drops water on the Murray fire.
The lightning-caused fire started 6 a.m. Sept. 5 in thick brush area that was hard to access. As of Wednesday the fire was reported at 55 acres. On Thursday, officials reported improving access for crews and heavy equipment to the fire.
The fire, on Bureau of Land Management... | 2022-09-09T03:33:43Z | helenair.com | Murray fire now 65 acres, firefighters hope cooler weather helps them get upper hand | Local | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/local/murray-fire-now-65-acres-firefighters-hope-cooler-weather-helps-them-get-upper-hand/article_7c9aeaec-c420-55ec-bfcf-41760cf72505.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/murray-fire-now-65-acres-firefighters-hope-cooler-weather-helps-them-get-upper-hand/article_7c9aeaec-c420-55ec-bfcf-41760cf72505.html |
I served on the Flathead County Board of Health as a member for three appointed terms, as a member, chair of multiple committees, vice chair and chair. Dr. Annie and I overlapped in my last two years. I understand that she tendered her resignation early in her third year.
In the normal course, decision issues were pres... | 2022-09-09T15:52:50Z | helenair.com | Dr. Bukacek not qualified for PSC | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/dr-bukacek-not-qualified-for-psc/article_e1a169fe-5dee-5900-8a67-7cae8e756d7f.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/dr-bukacek-not-qualified-for-psc/article_e1a169fe-5dee-5900-8a67-7cae8e756d7f.html |
As election season is upon us I am writing concerning the race in State Senate District 41, which stretches from south central Helena up through the central valley area to Lincoln Road.
We have an excellent candidate, Dave Galt, who would be a credit to his constituents in our State Legislature. He in now a retired sta... | 2022-09-09T15:52:59Z | helenair.com | Vote for Galt in SD 41 | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/vote-for-galt-in-sd-41/article_9142da8e-c445-5c35-81ce-2f4f3e0b8ee5.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/vote-for-galt-in-sd-41/article_9142da8e-c445-5c35-81ce-2f4f3e0b8ee5.html |
Senator Daines, Governor Gianforte, Attorney Knudsen, and Congressman Rosendale recently held a press conference in Bozeman. Their issue was the trafficking of fentanyl from the “southern border.”
According to them, a total of 96 Montanans have died since 2021 from this illicit drug. This is bad, but worse things shoul... | 2022-09-09T15:53:05Z | helenair.com | Worse things should command leaders' attention | Letters | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/worse-things-should-command-leaders-attention/article_80ee7c51-0023-5819-b7cf-c80d63bd11b7.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/worse-things-should-command-leaders-attention/article_80ee7c51-0023-5819-b7cf-c80d63bd11b7.html |
A 61-year-old Helena man is being charged with felony tampering with physical evidence and misdemeanor theft after he allegedly stole wood panels and painted over their identifying stamps.
On Sept. 1, a deputy was dispatched for a report of tampering with evidence. It was reported that Thomas Charles Byrne had painted ... | 2022-09-09T22:36:37Z | helenair.com | Helena man accused of stealing wood panels | | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/helena-man-accused-of-stealing-wood-panels/article_9735d6a5-16ec-53f9-b703-87ec5834127f.html | https://helenair.com/helena-man-accused-of-stealing-wood-panels/article_9735d6a5-16ec-53f9-b703-87ec5834127f.html |
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