What's eating the elk?

Folks in the Bitterroot know the answer is wolves. State biologists aren't so sure.

Julie Fillingham was standing stock-still and quiet in the dense undergrowth of the Bitterroot River’s West Fork during hunting season last year, waiting for a bull elk to pass by, when something on the forest floor caught her attention. At first Fillingham thought it was a stump. Lifting her binoculars for a closer look might have spooked the elk, so she just watched; whatever it was, it was squat, black and motionless against the pre-dawn brush, and it was just 40 yards away. Only when she saw the tracks later did she realize she’d been staring at a wolf.

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Lake County Undersheriff Karey Reynolds resigns

Lake County Undersheriff Karey Reynolds, the subject of a perjury investigation in the state department of justice, announced his resignation today.

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The Rockies Today, Jan. 27

Top news links, courtesy of Headwaters News.

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Now there's a frosting video

Missoula's new favorite winter fad has a video.

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We suspect Missoula Street Superintendent Brian Hensel agreed to an interview only because it offered a brief respite from the chaos around his department's building, which was ground zero for coordinating snow removal following the seventh biggest snowstorm—about 16 inches fell between last Tuesday and Thursday—in Missoula's recorded history.

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Dems divided

Obama decision on Keystone XL splits party

The Keystone XL pipeline has been a hot topic of debate since it was first proposed by the Canadian oil giant TransCanada last year.

(Ochenski)  

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Pity the Sacketts?

Pity the Sacketts?

The EPA takes on dream-home builders

It's hard not to feel for Mike and Chantell Sackett, the Idaho couple who saw their plans for a dream home on a remote Idaho lake kiboshed by the EPA in 2007.

(Range)  

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What's eating the elk?

What's eating the elk?

Folks in the Bitterroot know the answer is wolves. State biologists aren't so sure.

Julie Fillingham was standing stock-still and quiet in the dense undergrowth of the Bitterroot River’s West Fork during hunting season last year, waiting for a bull elk to pass by, when something on the forest floor caught her attention. At first Fillingham thought it was a stump. Lifting her binoculars for a closer look might have spooked the elk, so she just watched; whatever it was, it was squat, black and motionless against the pre-dawn brush, and it was just 40 yards away. Only when she saw the tracks later did she realize she’d been staring at a wolf.

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Sexual assault

UM and Title IX

About a year ago, Missoula police told University of Montana head football coach Robin Pflugrad that a woman had filed a criminal sexual assault complaint against UM athletes.

(Info)  

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Unincorporated power

Citizens United protestors taking fight to legislature

On Friday, Jan. 20, a day before the second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, drumming and chanting protestors trudged through snow-socked downtown Missoula and assembled in front of the federal courthouse.

(Up Front)  

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Mountain High

Words are significant things.

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Health

Filling the void

Patty Kent doesn't see western Montana as underserved when it comes to inpatient treatment for addiction.

(Info)  

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Snowpocalypse

A series of warm, moisture-laden storms charged into western Montana last week, bringing a white wave that left skiers rejoicing and shovelers cursing.

(Up Front)  

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Marijuana

Damn Supremacy Clause!

After federal agents raided 26 medical marijuana facilities around Montana in March 2011, some caregivers, who found themselves potentially facing federal drug charges even though they were operating under state law, went on the offensive.

(Info)  

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Politics

Elephants in the room

President Obama stood before the nation Tuesday night, Jan. 24, in a red dotted tie.

(Info)  

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Viewfinder

Three-year-old Henry Erickson and his sister Beatrice keep an eye on their dad, George, as he skates in a game pitting Bayern Brewery against the Silver Slipper Bar and Grill at Missoula’s Glacier Ice Rink on Sunday, Jan. 22.

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Funny ha-ha

Funny ha-ha

From setup to punchline at Homegrown Comedy

Contrary to popular belief, Homegrown Comedy is not a new strain of sativa, though local comedians all agree it's twice as addictive as a bowl of Purple Diesel and three times more fun.

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KARP lives!

Doc pays tribute to a beloved band

Initially K.A.R.P (Kill All Redneck Pricks) was a photocopied newsletter scattered throughout the hallways of Tumwater High in Washington.

(Film Features)  

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Gravitational force

UM's Doubt deserves more tension

In the opening scene of Doubt, Father Brendan Flynn delivers a sermon with such confidence and zeal that we immediately like himquite the accomplishment given the uneasy undercurrent of the sermon's subject.

(Performing Arts)  

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Juveniles

Take One

A summer or three ago, I happened upon one of the Juveniles' initial shows at The Badlander.

(Noise)  

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Cat Heaven

The Litterbox Sessions

The newest project featuring Tyson Ballew does sloppy pop punk just right.

(Noise)  

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Sandrider

Sandrider

I'll never forget that moment at Total Fest a few years back.

(Noise)  

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Oneohtrix Point Never

Replica

You can do all sorts of things with Replica, the new album of eerie moodscapes from Oneohtrix Point Never.

(Noise)  

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    Two weeks ago, Missoula Police apprehended two runaways from Pinehaven Christian Children's Ranch in St. Ignatius, bringing to six the total number of teenagers who have fled the private youth home for troubled kids since July 15.

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