Dennis Bragg
Cabinet Mountains: Judge pulls permit for Montanore mine, citing environmental risks
There’s another legal setback to report in Hecla Mining Company’s efforts to develop the Montanore Mine in the Cabinet Mountains.
Missoula carousel closed indefinitely after bearing fails
A main bearing failure is idling one of Missoula’s top attractions, forcing A Carousel for Missoula to close indefinitely.
Male grizzly bear moves onto Bitterroot Front near Stevensville
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is reporting a new bear wearing a radio collar was tracked into the Bitterroot National Forest about 15-miles west of Stevensville earlier this week, before moving back into the Idaho backcountry.
Neo-Nazi publisher ordered to pay $14M in Whitefish harassment case
A federal magistrate judge is ordering the publisher of a major neo-Nazi website to pay a Whitefish woman more than $14 million in damages following threats made on the “Daily Stormer” page two years ago. Tanya Gersh filed the federal lawsuit in April 2017, claiming Andrew Anglin had used his site to launch a “troll storm” against her.
Ravalli County expresses anger over Trump changes at Trapper Creek Job Corps
Ravalli County commissioners are angered by a federal decision to change operations at the Trapper Creek Job Center, saying it not only threatens a resource for dealing with fires and other emergencies, but jeopardizes opportunities for young adults.
Missoula City Council partakes in electric scooter demonstration
While this is the year for city council races, it was transportation, not politics, that had council members zipping around downtown, getting a personal demonstration of the electric scooters, which could be coming here soon.
75th anniversary of D-Day: Miss Montana warship greeted by grateful nations
The planes and the paratroopers are older, but when the skies over the French coastal plane filled with the sounds and sights of parachutes falling through the cloudy skies, thousands cheered. Right in the middle of the commemoration of the epic D-Day invasion is Miss Montana after more than a year of hard work and dreams — and that’s exactly what the volunteer crew was hoping for.
VIDEO: Miss Montana drops smokejumpers over Normandy during D-Day commemoration
Parachutes filled the skies over the French coast on Wednesday as Miss Montana and other historical aircraft ferried dozens of paratrooper re-enactors as part of 75th anniversary commemorations marking D-Day in 1944.
Miss Montana to cross English Channel today, rehearsing D-Day flyover
“Miss Montana” is poised to cross the English Channel Wednesday for a final parachute drop before the commemoration of the WWII D-Day invasion on June 6.
Missoula district administrator for MDT heads to the private sector
Missoula District Administrator Ed Toavs is retiring from the Montana Department of Transportation, moving into the private sector. But he says that just opens new horizons for problem solving.