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NEWS

W•O•R•D•S

of the Week

AN INDEX OF Sen. Max Bau-
RECENT cus speaks at
the Center for
NEWSMAKERS
Asbestos Re-
lated Disease in
Libby on Feb. 1.
NAMED
GREG LINDSTROM
Two the the top 10 best cheap FLATHEAD BEACON
ski resorts in the U.S., Blacktail
Mountain in Lakeside and Turner
Mountain outside of Libby.
The list was compiled by MSN
Money.

PIPELINE DECISION

From the Obama administration
on whether to approve the
Keystone XL pipeline, expected
within roughly 90 days after the
environmental review for the
project was released last week.
(STORY, PAGE 9)

BANKRUPTCY

Planned to be iled by the Roman
Catholic Diocese in Helena as
part of a proposed $15 million
settlement with victims sexual
abuse. The diocese’s territory
covers all or part of 23 counties
in western Montana.
(STORY, PAGE 25)
Baucus Delivers Expanded Coverage

OLYMPICS
to Libby Asbestos Victims

Begin this week in Sochi, Russia
and features three Montanans,
including Whiteish freeskier
Maggie Voisin.
(STORY, PAGE 64)
Pilot program to cover an surfaced that asbestos had sickened and ter for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD),
additional 18 counties in killed scores of residents. On every trip, Baucus announced that a pilot program to
he vows that his work isn’t done, that he provide medical and other services to vic-
western Montana, Idaho won’t forget the beleaguered town.
tims of asbestos exposure was expanding
ROUTED
Last week, on what will almost cer- to include 18 additional counties in Mon-
and Washington
tainly be his inal visit as a United States tana, Idaho and Washington.
The Denver Broncos, which lost senator, Baucus made good on another The program ofers home assistance,
Super Bowl XVLIII to the Seattle
Seahawks 43-8, the third- By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Beacon
vow, and the tiny community responded mileage reimbursements for medical trav-
largest blowout in Super Bowl by honoring the senator’s 14 years of work el and other beneits to people with asbes-
history.
LIBBY — Sen. Max Baucus has vis- in Libby.
tos-related disease as a result of the now-
ited this remote corner of the state more Greeted by an emotional crowd of
than 20 times since 1999, when news irst
board members and providers at the Cen-
See Baucus PAGE 24

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