Green rush
Getting a grip on Montana's budding medical marijuana industry
Not too long ago any talk of a "green" business had something to do with the environment or climate change.
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A recent Missoula Chamber of Commerce e-mail that encouraged its members to sponsor the chamber's upcoming Agri-Business Banquet left a funny taste in our mouths—a taste similar to, say, downing a soggy, three-day-old Big Mac after it's been zapped in the microwave.
Mountain High
Willie Wier is a man who knows how to get a lot of mileage out of two wheels.
In search of a connection
Angela Killion brought her resume—all six pages of it—with her to the fourth annual Project Homeless Connect in Missoula on January 28.
(Info)
Viewfinder
A packed crowd cheers on performances by the kings and queens of drag during the 2010 Panty Rock Drag Show at the Palace Jan. 29.
Topographic tell-all
Studying the ups and downs of climate change
One thing I love about the West is that so many people know their elevations.
(Range)
Trailer teaching
Record enrollment, limited funds challenge COT
University of Montana College of Technology (COT) professor Joe Crepeau affectionately calls the doublewide trailer he shares with another tenured professor and an army of adjuncts "the math shack."
(Up Front)
Maclay goes it alone
The Bitterroot Resort answered two weeks ago to its lender's attempt to foreclose on the sprawling ranch below Lolo Peak, the second step in a legal back-and-forth in Missoula District Court that could last years—and eventually determine the fate of Tom Maclay's grand vision for a four-season resort south of Missoula.
(Info)
Stabilizing service
Mental health crisis center heals old wounds
In spring 2005, three inmates at a Ravalli County detention center committed suicide in a span of only two months as a result of mental illness. Public officials pinned blame on the community's lack of adequate crisis facilities. That stands to change, finally, this year.
(Up Front)
Feeling abandoned
Mine Program among Obama's proposed "savings"
If Abandoned Mine money is diverted to other uses, cash-strapped states will be forced to pass their polluted mine sites on to future generations, just as they were irresponsibly passed on to us.
(Ochenski)
Local team nabs new space
Last Sunday, Feruqi's bar brimmed with Hellgate Rollergirls donning a red-themed mixture of spiky high heels, Converse sneakers, striped leggings, short skirts and girly-yet-badass punk accessories.
(Info)
Budget handcuffs cops
As tax dollars dwindle and city coffers contract, Missoula's municipal money managers are calling for across-the-board belt tightening.
(Info)
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The long road to victory
After 14 years of litigation, Elouise Cobell recounts the challenges of taking on the United States government in the name of Indian Country.
On Dec. 8, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia settled one of the largest class-action lawsuits in the nation’s history. Cobell v. Salazar was fought for nearly 14 years in federal courts prior to the $3.4 billion settlement, and is now considered the greatest victory people in Indian Country have ever witnessed. We sit down with lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell, a Montana native and member of the Blackfeet Tribe, to discuss her historic victory.
Jan 28, 2010
The Price of Poaching
For most, hunting season ended in November. But a troubling number of illegal hunters are stretching Montana game wardens to the brink
Ten years ago, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks uncovered only a handful of cases involving poaching and illegal commercial outfitting in Montana annually. Now those activities dominate much of what the agency’s law enforcement division does on a daily basis, with game wardens investigating nearly 40 such cases a year.
Jan 21, 2010
To catch a predator
Both online and in the courts, local officials wrestle with how to handle the alarming rise in child pornography cases.
Since its inception in 1998, the federally funded Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has expanded into every state in the nation and dealt with an increasing number of child pornography cases. In Montana alone, federal prosecutors convicted 34 individuals on child pornography charges in 2008, up from only two in 2003.
Jan 14, 2010
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Feeling abandoned
Mine Program among Obama's proposed "savings"
If Abandoned Mine money is diverted to other uses, cash-strapped states will be forced to pass their polluted mine sites on to future generations, just as they were irresponsibly passed on to us.
(Ochenski)
Cut off
Accessibility issues raise questions at AmVets
Tess Raunig claims the popular gay bar discriminates against people with disabilities. The owner says he's done nothing wrong, and adds, "We're not a gay bar."
(Up Front) Jan 28, 2010
Growing Up Fast
Nearly five years after Montanans voted to legalize medical marijuana, patients and caregivers say it’s high time state law provided them better access to their medicine
Duke Martin rolled up to the mercantile in a gold 1979 Chevy pickup.
(Features) Apr 9, 2009
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