Good morning; on the Beacon today, the new NedNorth Urgent Care Clinic in north Kalispell is designed for patients who have an injury or illness that requires immediate care but isn’t serious enough to warrant a visit to an emergency room. Flathead County once again had the deadliest roads in the state in 2008. Flathead Valley Community College trustees have instituted a tuition freeze, but are raising student fees slightly. Some Whitefish residents have hired an attorney to test for contaminants after BNSF offered to buy up their land.
Wolves come off the endangered species list in Montana and other parts of the West, opening the door for a hunting season this fall. The Billings Gazette’s Ed Kemmick has a fascinating four-part series underway documenting the how a well-known paleontologist, now charged with fossil theft, got into trouble. It remains to be seen whether Gov. Brian Schweitzer will veto legislation aimed at improving how the state permits gravel pits. A Bozeman old timer explained how one of the downtown buildings destroyed in the March explosion was a brothel. And Butte cycling legend Levi Leipheimer beat teammate Lance Armstrong in a New Mexico race, and now heads to Italy.