MHP Trooper Wade Palmer regains consciousness

Havre Daily News staff

Montana Highway Patrol reported Tuesday that Trooper Wade Palmer, hospitalized after receiving multiple gunshot wounds March 15, has regained consciousness and that his condition has been upgraded from critical to stable condition.

"We are immensely grateful for Trooper Palmer's progress," Col. Tom Butler, chief of the Montana Highway Patrol, said in a release issued this afternoon. "We remain hopeful as we see Wade continue to heal and make positive strides, however, we are fully aware that he has a long journey ahead of him. "We will be with him and his family every st...