If Mr. T could feel pity, he'd pity the fool who tries to make
more baskets than him.
But Mr. T does not feel pity. He is a pitiless robot brought to
life through machinery, electricity, hydraulics, r
The future of the 95-year-old Foresters' Ball rests on the
ability of University of Montana forestry students to outline
changes that will make the traditionally raucous party more of an
educational a
A sheen of transmission fluid on the Clark Fork River near the
Higgins Avenue Bridge late Tuesday afternoon probably came from a
leaking vehicle a block away, according to Missoula City-County
Health
HELENA - The fledgling Montana Health Cooperative on Tuesday
became one of the first co-ops in the nation to win a federal loan,
which will provide $58 million toward setting up the new,
member-owned
In a strongly worded letter, some 1,000 Montanans are asking
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, Sen. Jon Tester and Rep. Dennis Rehberg to
throw their support behind biking, walking and mass transit.
Someone pinch Tyler Tschida.
"uot;I almost couldn't believe it was happening,"uot; said the
19-year-old University of Montana freshman. "uot;I thought this was a
sick, twisted dream that I would eventually wake u
Sports teams in the Bitterroot Valley brought home a lot of
hardware in 2011, so it's no surprise that two local coaches have
been named by their peers as the best of the best.
Corvallis took second place overall at the Hamilton Invitational
wrestling tournament on Saturday with 163.5 points, behind
first-place Salmon, Idaho, with 172. The Blue Devils had 10
grapplers place
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The state Education Department is making sure
Wyoming school districts are meeting a new state law that requires
them to have policies on how to handle junior high and high school
ath
It's been exactly 14 days since Jaime Gilden last donned her
Libby Loggers softball jersey.
It's been 99 days since the last time she laced up her
basketball shoes and a whopping 245 days since her la
HELENA - The Montana High School Association says the state
Class B-C softball tournament is being moved from Glendive to Great
Falls because the fields are saturated and more rain is
forecast.
HELENA - Paul Verdon, 85, a longtime Montana newspaper editor
and former researcher at the state Legislative Council, died
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena. He
suffered from Pa
LOON LAKE, Wash. - Neils (Corky) Hansen, born to Neils and Joyce
Hansen, April 2, 1958, passed away Feb. 9 from cancer. In his teens
he moved to Montana. He enjoyed camping, fishing and spending time
Drunken driving is such a lethal problem that sentences in such
cases must not only punish the crime, but also send a message to
society, Missoula County District Judge John Larson said
Thursday.
Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg has asked a Roundup
lawmaker to introduce a bill that would override Missoula County's
2006 initiative making marijuana the lowest priority of law
enforcem
A powerful bomb discovered along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day
parade route in Spokane last week heightened concerns about the
resurgence of white nationalist and anti-government groups in a
region wit
State Sen. Jim Shockley of Victor, who heads the panel hearing
bills to crack down on drunken driving, was cited Friday for an
open container after an off-duty sheriff's deputy saw him drinking
a beer
When Patrick Sayers received a 30-year sentence for killing
Michael Mickelson, it was held up as proof that the system is
finally taking driving under the influence seriously.
Convicted burglar Joshua Jeremy Peltier never was fitted with an
electronic ankle monitor when he went into the Department of
Corrections' Intensive Supervision Program back in October.
Part of the Missoula County Detention Center housing state
inmates headed for community programs would return to its original
purpose as a regional state prison, under a proposal by the Montana
Depart
Jason Christ can continue to travel to Helena, where he lobbies
the Montana Legislature on medical marijuana issues, while his
felony intimidation case plays out in Missoula County District
Court.
I am writing to encourage all registered voters of Montana to
write to their senators and congressman to support the Respect for
Rights of Conscience Act and help enact it into law.
Fred Carl Sr. writes an interesting letter (Feb. 5) but not a
very convincing one at all. He asks which political party wants
less government, less spending and lower taxes. From what I've seen
as a n
Mark Twain once famously said, "uot;Get your facts first, and then
you can distort them as much as you please."uot; This quote illustrates
that there is a subtle difference between facts and truth. For
exampl
Say that the Knights of Columbus are against abortion because it
involves a loss of residence for a soul. And say that the soul is
immortal. It is pretty obvious that abortion cannot harm the
soul.
In Thursday's (Feb. 16) Outdoor section, Greg Tollefson laments
all the things he's bought at auction that are now sitting in
storage. Just below his column was the WestSlope Chapter of Trout
Unlimite
Well folks, hold on to your purses! Commodities traders (aka the
1 percent) are going to add $3 or $4 to the price of a gallon of
gas in the next seven or eight months, probably peaking right
before t
After all the clouds of words, both on the right and on the
left, Kurt Wilson's photograph on the front page of Sunday's (Feb.
12) Missoulian, of a homeless man's single tear of grief for his
dead fri
