Faced with revised counting methodology that dramatically reduces the state’s estimated wolf population, commissioners approved a scaled-down quota of 300 wolves in Montana
The Democrat’s Monday pledge to remain in the race offered a final word on the dropout question, eliciting a mixed response from left-leaning voters in the Flathead as the divide clears a path for Republican Kurt Alme to hold onto Montana's open Senate seat.
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease has served as the small town’s screening clinic for more than two decades, offering care during one of the largest public health disasters in U.S. history. After filing for bankruptcy and losing a federal grant to continue funding its services, the clinic will close permanently at the end of August.
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