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HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by opponents of Medicaid expansion and Attorney General Tim Fox to rewrite the language of a proposed ballot initiative and void all the signed petitions that backers have gathered to date. The justices said in a unanimous decision that delaying signature-gathering for further court proceedings would have the effect of ruling for the plaintiffs because the sponsors have only until June 20 to gather 24,175 voter signatures to place Initiative 70 on N... Full story
Thomas Murphy Walker Jr., 28, of Harlem, passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Wake services will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 18, 2014, at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap, and will continue until his funeral service, which shall be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2014. Interment will be in the Pony Hill Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements, and you can... Full story
A flurry of legal documents have been flying into federal court — including requests that the judge dismiss charges — in yet another case alleging fraud, bribery and embezzlement at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Shad Huston’s attorney, Michael Sherwood of Missoula, filed a motion Tuesday, which U.S. District Judge Brian Morris granted Wednesday, to continue a hearing on pretrial motions filed for Huston. Wednesday’s filing was the 103rd document filed for Huston in the case, with 15 filed Monday and 77 filed between April 1... Full story
BILLINGS AP) — One of the brothers of a man who was shot by Billings police Monday night has been arrested. Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Rod Ostermiller tells The Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/1pdtv0v) that members of the Montana Violent Offender Task Force and the Yellowstone County sheriff's office found Jason Ramirez in Lockwood on Wednesday. Richard Ramirez was shot to death Monday night by a police officer investigating an earlier shooting. Police Chief Rich St. John has declined to identify the officer involved, c... Full story
BILLINGS — Gov. Steve Bullock proposed a $45 million grant program Thursday to ease strains on water and sewer systems in eastern Montana towns that have struggled to keep pace with the demands of the fast-growing Bakken oil patch. The proposal needs approval from the 2015 Legislature. It would be paid for with state bonds — an aspect that's likely to run into opposition from some lawmakers. The Democratic governor last year vetoed a broader, Republican-sponsored measure that would have set aside money from mineral rev... Full story
It was never a question whether or not Chinook's Zach Molyneaux was going to play college football. It was simply a waiting game, as college coaches and fans patiently awaited his final destination for the next four years. That decision has been made, and it is safe to say that the NAIA, Frontier Conference Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears have gotten a little bit better this offseason. Molyneaux is currently a senior for the Chinook Sugarbeeters, but he turned in four standout... Full story
The Havre High tennis teams have already played in Cut Bank this season. But the Blue Ponies are about to go back there for an even bigger challenge. Friday and Saturday, the Pony netters will be on the Cut Bank courts for the annual Class A Duals. It's a meet in which HHS gets to see plenty of Class A competition, and one that head coach George Ferguson says is very important to the Ponies' season. "This is our first big meet of the year," Ferguson said. "Usually, we have... Full story
Feels good to be back in Montana in the springtime. One thing for certain, spring in eastern Montana is reliably brown. Other places, other climes, daffodils are popping up their cheery heads, lilacs are readying up to perfume the countryside, trees are greening. We, who identify with this north country, appreciate brown hills with intermittent bluffs of gray. Modest glaciers of white bury the north slope coulees. The calendar may declare spring. We know better. Winter will... Full story
As we observe National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April — and especially Childhood Exposure to Violence Week this week — I am particularly mindful of the lifelong cost of child abuse. In 2012, researchers released a landmark study about the dollars-and-cents cost of child abuse, revealing that the average nonfatal case of child maltreatment costs society more than $200,000: a cost which rivals other public health concerns such as stroke, $160,000 per case, or Type 2 diabetes, $180,000 per case. Some of this cost is pai... Full story
Pam Tillis, perhaps best known for her hits "Maybe it was Memphis" and "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)," walked onstage to perform an acoustic set at Montana State University-Northern Wednesday night. With two back-up singers who played the fiddle and piano, Tillis played older hits and new songs, closing the night with a song made popular by her father, Mel Tillis. She also played an upbeat, countrified version of the Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and Patsy Cline's "Walki... Full story
The border crossings north of Havre will have new welcoming looks starting Friday. Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Debbie Vandeberg said new “Welcome to Montana” signs will go up Friday at the border at the ports of Wild Horse and Willow Creek. The signs are part of a program announced in January to put up signs with images of wildlife or scenery in Montana welcoming people to the state. The state is producing 11 different signs, with an image of the Upper Missouri River Breaks on the signs for north of Havr...
