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Wednesday: Dane Clark, Griz Rules, Huge Steer

By Beacon Staff

Good morning; on the Beacon today, Montana’s open primaries draw some unorthodox candidates, as evidenced by a conservative former Republican running for House District 8 as a Democrat. ZaneRay Group is a full-service Web development company on First Street East in Whitefish, boasting a client list that includes Patagonia, Nixon Watches, Horny Toad and Competitive Cyclist. Glacier National Park administrators want to make it easier to take action against problem grizzly bears following last year’s shooting of a popular but trouble-making bear. The Montana Highway Patrol says a trucker from Washington state was killed in a crash involving two semi tractor-trailers in a construction zone near Hot Springs in western Montana. Montana’s medical board wants to curb the practice of mass screenings and remote doctor teleconferences to certify new medical marijuana patients in a state where the number of registered users has boomed from 800 to 12,000 in about two years. And business columnist Mark Riffey talks about how to launch a business: Wash, rinse repeat.

President Barack Obama said Tuesday Washington must urgently confront unpleasant truths about deficits, while the Federal Reserve chairman said failure to mop up red-ink spending would “ultimately do great damage” to the country. A Bozeman group has sued the Gallatin National Forest over an interim winter-use plan that restricts snowmobiling in the Gallatin Mountains. Americans’ confidence in the economy rose in April to its highest level since September 2008, just as the financial crisis escalated, according to a private research group. The Montana Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a Heron man convicted of an infamous and disturbing incest and abuse case. Two of Montana’s three members of Congress, Democrat Jon Tester and Republican Denny Rehberg, said Tuesday they have sponsored legislation to ensure that District of Columbia residents enjoy the same protections and freedoms in the Second Amendment as other Americans. And the Montana Standard reports on the sale of Cletus, one huge Hereford.