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Thursday Jun 25 | Flathead Beacon

Lincoln County Group Works to Recall Sheriff

A group of Eureka citizens have started a petition to recall Lincoln County Sheriff Daryl Anderson, accusing him of failing to fully investigate several alleged rapes.

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Related Topix: Eureka, MT

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Flathead Beacon

Wednesday: Clean Energy, City Manager Offer, Funeral Pot Bust

Good morning; on the Beacon today, H2 Pure Power is launching a business retrofitting vehicles with clean hydrogen power - an example of some of the small businesses around the valley trying to cash in on the demand for alternative energy.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Kalispell, MT

Mon Jun 22, 2009

KPAX

Libby murder trial begins

Jury selection is underway in the trial of an 18-year old man accused of shooting a former solider at a remote Lincoln County campground.

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Related Topix: Libby, MT, Life, Self Defense

The Boston Globe

Public health emergency declared in Mont. towns

The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday declared its first-ever "public health emergency,'' saying the federal government will funnel $6 million to provide medical care for people sickened by asbestos from a mine in a section of northwest Montana.

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Related Topix: Jon Tester, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Healthcare Law

Sat Jun 20, 2009

NewWest

Neglected Libby Gets Government Notice, and Needed Money, at Last

The former Grace vermiculite mine above Libby. Photo courtesy EPA. Details and relief are arriving in Libby in the wake of the the Environmental Protection Agency's decision this week to declare the town a federal public health emergency, paving the way for millions of dollars of long-needed health and cleanup funds to arrive.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Thu Jun 18, 2009

New York Times

U.S. Cites Emergency in Asbestos-Poisoned Town

The Environmental Protection Agency declared a public health emergency on Wednesday in and near Libby, Mont., where over the course of decades asbestos contamination in a vermiculite mine has left hundreds of people dead or sickened from lung diseases.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Libby, MT, Healthcare Law

Thu May 21, 2009

Flathead Beacon

People Accused of Funneling Meth to the Flathead Plead Guilty

Five people who funneled methamphetamine from Spokane, Wash., to northwestern Montana have pleaded guilty to federal narcotics charges.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Flathead County, MT, Missoula, MT, Missoula Metro, Kalispell, MT

Fri May 15, 2009

Flathead Beacon

Tapping the Last Keg at America's Most Remote Brewery

Click the image above or use the arrows to see more photos from the Lang Creek Brewery.

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Related Topix: Marion, MT, Beer, Drink, Missoula Metro, Missoula, MT

Wed May 13, 2009

Great Falls Tribune

Forest thinning jobs keep loggers working

KALISPELL - Forest thinning projects aimed at reducing wildfire risk are keeping loggers and log haulers at work during the housing slump.

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Related Topix: Kalispell, MT, Montana, Libby, MT, Sanders County, MT, Lake County, MT

Wed May 06, 2009

Headwaters News

Judge: Montana case against W.R. Grace Co. will go to jury today

An officer of Credit Suisse, the international investment banker that loaned the Yellowstone Club in Montana $375 million was in the witness chair Tuesday in the federal court trial on alleged fraudulent misdealings on the loan and the subsequent financial collapse of the exclusive resort.

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Related Topix: Montana, Missoula, MT, Libby, MT, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Mon Apr 20, 2009

KXMB-TV Bismarck

Shopkeeper accused of placing cameras in rooms

The operator of a clothing store in far northwestern Montana is accused of placing hidden cameras in dressing rooms and restrooms at the business.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Fri Apr 17, 2009

KPAX

Western MT unemployment flattening out

It' not a marked improvement, but the latest unemployment report from the state shows the first glimmer of good news in several months on the Western Montana job front.

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Related Topix: Missoula County, MT, Kalispell, MT, Ravalli, MT, Mineral County, MT, Sanders County, MT

Sat Apr 11, 2009

KPAX

10 arrested in Flathead meth bust

Flathead Detectives arrest 10 people and seized several pounds of methamphetamine as they shutdown a major drug connection between Northwest Montana and Spokane.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Flathead County, MT, Prison, Missoula, MT

Fri Mar 27, 2009

KULR

State unemployment increases, again

The state Labor Department says Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 6% in February.

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Related Topix: Sanders County, MT, Big Horn County, MT, Lake County, MT

Thu Mar 19, 2009

Tacoma News Tribune

99 Bottles ... and a lot more

Co-owner Tiffany Adamowksi sorts bottles from a recent shipment to 99 Bottles, a specialty shop in Federal Way that features more than 900 beers.

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Related Topix: Beer, Drink

Tue Mar 17, 2009

Flathead Beacon

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Folds, and with it, a Watchdog of Western Asbestos Reporting

First, the Rocky Mountain News , now the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Two of the West's oldest daily newspapers have folded.

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Related Topix: Libby, MT

Fri Mar 13, 2009

Flathead Beacon

Flathead Unemployment Hits Double Digits

Flathead County's unemployment rate rose to 11.3 percent in January, up from 8.7 percent in December, according to the state Department of Labor.

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Related Topix: Flathead County, MT, Montana, Lake County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Mineral County, MT

Wed Mar 04, 2009

Flathead Beacon

Columbia Falls Man Dies of Apparent Suicide After Traffic Stop

A 62-year-old Columbia Falls man is believed to have committed suicide after being stopped for a traffic violation over the weekend.

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Related Topix: Columbia Falls, MT, Suicide, Flathead County, MT

Sat Jan 10, 2009

Daily Inter Lake

Surprise donation boosts Lincoln County libraries

A surprise donation brought extra money to Lincoln County libraries. Roger Barenz presented a $20,000 gift in mid-December - $10,000 to the Lincoln County Library in Libby and $5,000 each to the Libby and Troy ...

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Related Topix: Libraries, Libby, MT, Troy, MT

Thu Jan 08, 2009

Daily Inter Lake

Agencies receive new grants for food, shelter

The Daily Inter Lake Northwest Montana counties have been awarded $95,260 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program, the local United Way office has announced.

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Related Topix: Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT, Sanders County, MT

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