Fireballer Coughlin Leads Copperheads Softball Squad
Copperheads field a youthful lineup behind fireballer Coughlin as they open the season with strong pitching and solid defense. Coach remarks on growth, team chemistry, and upcoming schedule amid high expectations for the young roster.
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Fireballer Coughlin
Young Copperheads
Montana governor signs two Medicaid eligibility bills
Gov. Greg Gianforte signed HB 687 and another measure to renew Medicaid expansion, removing its sunset and extending the community engagement requirement for expansion enrollees to age 62. Rep. Bill Mercer says the change aligns with retirement and current workforce realities for Montanans.
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Greg Gianforte
Bill Mercer
Billings
Joint Health Budget Subcommittee
Gianforte
Montana
Mercer
Trout numbers rebound in southwest Montana but questions linger
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and Montana State University present a 52 page interim report on trout health life cycles and mortality in southwest Montana. The executive summary notes brown and rainbow trout have declined to near historic lows in many upper Missouri River Basin sections though Beaverhead River shows brown trout increases since 2024. Fisheries biologists use electrofishing to estimate numbers, weigh, measure and tag caught fish. Mike Duncan of FWP notes spring estimates show a mixed trend across Ruby Big Hole and Beaverhead rivers.
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Joseph Scheller
Montana Standard
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Lucas Bateman
Lance Breen
Anthony Zenga
Big Hole
Jerry Creek
Duncan Adams Dunn
Adams
Mtstandard
Montana
FWP
Montana State University
U.S
Missouri River
Ruby
Beaverhead
Mike Duncan
Alley Rally returns for summer 2025 in Butte
Butte Silver Bow county officials reopen the Alley Rally garbage drop-off program starting this week at East Iron Street below Shields Avenue. The site opens 10 a.m. Tuesday and runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday until August 10, with closures on July 3 and July 4. Commissioners renewed a $35,000 contract with Community Counseling and Correctional Service Inc. for the project.
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Butte-Silver Bow
Butte
Community, Counseling and Correctional Service
Plans to Sell Public Lands Set Off Debate
Fernley Nevada near Reno becomes focal point as a 33-page Republican amendment proposes selling thousands of acres of federal lands in Nevada and Utah. Critics led by Erik Molvar of Western Watersheds Project condemn the move as a backroom deal with no public process or environmental review. Representative Mark Amodei, a Nevada Republican, co sponsored the amendment arguing the sales would boost the state.
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Brett French
Billingsgazette
Fernley
Nevada
Reno
Utah
Erik Molvar
Western Watersheds Project
Mark Amadei
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