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Gianforte celebrates expanded public access at Mount Haggin WMA
MISSOULA, Mont. — Gov. Greg Gianforte visited the Mount Haggin Wildlife Management Area to celebrate its recent expansion. The governor is the chair of the Montana Land Board and helped expand an 829-acre parcel known as the Willow Creek addition in August 2022. The governor's office sent out the...
A million reasons to celebrate: Tester's office helps secure local funding
It didn’t seem fair or right to the two local government chiefs. Danette Gleason alerted J. P. Gallagher. He advised Bill Everett. And before long the two men reached out to the office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. On Monday, both Gallagher, chief executive of Butte-Silver Bow County,...
In the huddle or riding the pine
The Montana Standard printed a letter from Koby Martin (July 29) which endorsed the candidacy of Jesse Mullen, the Democratic candidate in Senate District 39 which includes Deer Lodge, Granite, and portions of Powell and Silver Bow Counties. The letter was titled "Jesse Mullen will fight for the workers". That...
Vuckovich helped guide Anaconda-Deer Lodge County through tough times
Connie Ternes-Daniels felt skeptical about Gene Vuckovich when he came on as the new chief executive officer for Anaconda-Deer Lodge County. Yet Ternes-Daniels, as a young county commissioner, gradually became one of Vuckovich’s biggest supporters. “He wasn’t afraid to take ahold of the reins and guide Anaconda-Deer Lodge County...
Anaconda woman dead after Deer Lodge Co. crash
MISSOULA, Mont. — A 31-year-old Anaconda woman is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Deer Lodge County Saturday afternoon. The driver, a 38-year-old man from Deer Lodge, was headed west on Waste Water Road when he lost control on a sharp curve. The car spun and overturned, ejecting the...
Anaconda Woman Killed in Crash
ANACONDA, Mont. (NMB) – The Montana Highway Patrol reports that a 31-year-old Anaconda woman was killed and a 38-year-old Anaconda man was injured when a side-by-side crashed in Deer Lodge County on Saturday afternoon. The crash occurred at 2:42 on Waste Water Road, when the man was driving the...
Succor, solace and gratitude in a CDT Gateway Community
The young woman and her fiancé launched their northbound trek of the Continental Divide Trail apparently wed to the hope of a happy future. But he soon chafed at his merely beloved’s slower pace and eventually abandoned her. It seems beauty and heartache sometimes walk hand-in-hand on the...
Wicks tapped to fill vacant Sweeney Senate seat; Mullen to be Democrat nominee in fall
Commissioners from four counties filled the District 39 Montana Senate seat left vacant with the recent death of Democrat Mark Sweeney of Philipsburg, appointing Teamsters business agent Jessica Wicks of Anaconda on Tuesday. Wicks will serve the district for the next several months but fellow Democrat Jesse Mullen of Deer...
Opportunity man charged with youth sex crimes
Prosecutors have charged a man from Opportunity with two felonies for allegedly kissing an 11-year-old girl on the mouth and having nude photos of a developmentally delayed teenage girl on his cellphone. They charged 48-year-old Christopher Michael Gursky with one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual abuse...
Slag dust woes yield agreement for an accelerated launch of covering the material
ANACONDA — The bulldozer resembled a child’s Tonka toy in juxtaposition with the massive heap of black slag atop which the heavy equipment operator toiled last week. The task ahead appears daunting. The Atlantic Richfield Co. and the EPA agreed to accelerate efforts to cover a portion of...
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