Transgender speaker canceled at Butte library First Friday
A Billings writer Adria Jawort was set to speak on Montana LGBTQ history at the Butte Public Library but the event was canceled amid concerns about a new state law HB 359. Library staff voiced support for free speech while county leadership cited legal limits on sexually oriented performances in state funded venues.
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BLM allocates 26.9 million for Montana habitat restoration
The Bureau of Land Management will spend 9.54 million on the Blackfoot Clark Fork landscape 6.76 million on the Hi Line Sagebrush Anchor and 9.98 million on the Missouri Headwaters landscape. Total across 21 landscape projects in 11 western states reaches 161 million.
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Trial opens in 2011 killing of Birdseye man Ford charged
In Lewis and Clark County the 2011 disappearance and homicide of John Michael Crites is being tried with Leon Ford charged with deliberate homicide and evidence tampering. Prosecutor Leo Gallagher outlined the case using a PowerPoint as the jury learned Ford arrived from Washington the day Crites vanished. Crites was last seen June 25 2011 and his remains were found in two locations including near MacDonald Pass and west of Elliston in 2012.
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Mike” Crites
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Tester backs debt deal in Senate vote split Montana context
Montana Senator Jon Tester votes to raise the debt ceiling as the Senate approves the bipartisan package 63 to 36 after a House tally of 314 in favor and 117 opposed. Tester cites avoiding default and protecting veterans health care, while criticizing process and military spending limits. Republican Steve Daines opposes the deal, warning of national debt and inflation.
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