Good morning; on the Beacon today, the trial for Evergreen teenager Justine Winter has been delayed again, to be rescheduled for a currently unknown date. Bigfork has proven it can light up the scoreboard on the football field this year, but in the second round of the Class B state tournament the Vikings also proved they can grind out a victory. Nomad Global Communication Solutions, a firm located on U.S. Highway 2 near Glacier Park International Airport, has delivered the first three of 12 emergency command and communication vehicles specially designed for the Army Corps of Engineers’ Deployable Tactical Operations System. A state senator charged with driving a boat while drunk and crashing into the rocky shoreline of Flathead Lake is close to a plea agreement.
Montana sued more than a dozen online travel companies on Monday, claiming the companies shortchange the state on hotel taxes. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set a Jan. 10 hearing date on Montana’s claim that farmers in Wyoming are taking too much of the region’s scarce water supply. A high-profile race for a state Senate seat representing Billings has tightened to an eight-vote margin after a tally of provisional ballots. Chuck Johnson puts a historical perspective on state Republicans’ election night victories, noting you have to go back 46 years, to find a bigger shellacking administered by one Montana political party in the House races here. Sen. Dave Lewis, R-Helena, a retired longtime state employee and budget director, is having a bill drafted to ask voters to limit the pay and benefits of state workers. Tourists taking advantage of mild fall weather are adding to the already record number of people who have visited Yellowstone National Park this year.