Good morning; on the Beacon today, an organization called Biz to Biz Network Inc. provides a forum for representatives from all sorts of different industries to meet up regularly to exchange business cards, strategies and pleasantries. Glacier head coach Grady Bennett said No. 1 Bozeman, undefeated at 10-0, is a “little bit above” the rest of the field, but any team in the tournament could realistically win it all. Kalispell’s Hockaday Museum of Art has a busy November planned, with an upcoming exhibit featuring the artistic talents of the museum’s own members and a fundraising gala featuring several prominent local artists. The state wildlife agency has eliminated the position of wolf coordinator and plans to assign other duties to Carolyn Sime, who held the post for the past decade.
Gov. Brian Schweitzer says Montana will be featured in the January issue of Sky magazine — Delta Air Lines’ in-flight publication. A man involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist on Highway 83 near Seeley Lake struck a deal Thursday and pleaded no contest to several reduced charges. The president of a Florida retirement community and his family are among eight people who have been charged with poaching in Montana, state wildlife officials said Thursday. Rep. Ken Peterson, R-Billings, said Thursday he is running for the job of House majority leader in the 2011 Legislature. Several environmental groups are calling for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to excuse herself from the review of a $7 billion oil pipeline project because of comments she made last month suggesting support for it. You have to go back more than 70 years to find an election year that compares to 2010, a Montana State University professor said Thursday.