HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A 32-year-old Helena man who was critically injured in a fight outside a bar has died of his injuries.
Travis Ehret died Tuesday morning at St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, according to Lewis and Clark County Coroner Mickey Nelson.
Ehret was injured in a fight at a west end bar on June 19.
Sheriff Leo Dutton says Ehret got mad when he arrived at the bar and found his girlfriend playing pool with another man. Ehret challenged others to fight.
Ehret, 30-year-old Jesse Surburgg and others fought twice in the parking lot. Surburgg was arrested on a probation violation on June 20, but Dutton says no further charges have been filed.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Fewer Montana high school students are smoking and more are wearing seat belts in motor vehicles, according to a spring survey of 1,800 high school students in the state.
The 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey also found a smaller percentage of Montana students trying marijuana and methamphetamine than in the past.
The survey was conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which oversees surveys in all 50 states. The Montana Office of Public Instruction released the results this week.
The survey showed a drop in the percentage of students drinking alcoholic beverages, although it remains high. The percentage of high school students who said they have had sex increased slightly.
And in a new category this year, 18 students reported being victims of "cyber-bullying" through e-mail, chat rooms and text-messaging over the past 12 months.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- State officials are taking public comment on a proposal to reduce the reclamation bond posted by operators of a talc mine near Ennis, in southwestern Montana.
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality reviewed the bond for the Yellowstone Mine operated by Luzenac America Inc., and decided the sum should be reduced to $8.3 million. The current bond is $13.4 million.
DEQ says there are several reasons for a reduction. They include a review of mine monitoring data for a 20-year span, correction of an error in an earlier bond calculation and changes in the inflation factor used to calculate the bond.
July 13 is the deadline for public comment.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Long time Montana weekly newspaper publisher Stanley Tichenor has died at the age of 72.
Tichenor died of cancer Tuesday at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena, his family said. Services are pending.
Tichenor most recently owned the River Press in Fort Benton from
1994-1999. He and his wife, Ester, owned the Townsend Star from 1976-1994 and the Big Timber Pioneer from 1969-1974.
Tichenor was born on March 28, 1937 in Glasgow, graduated from Big Sandy High School in 1956 and married Ester Berg on March 28,
1957. He took over operations at the Judith Basin Press in Stanford in
1964.
After selling the River Press, the couple moved to Helena where Tichenor founded Print Mementos, a working print museum.
Tichenor is survived by his wife of 52 years, Ester; four children and eight grandchildren.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Here are the results of Wednesday's Montana Lottery drawings: JACKPOTS WON: A ticket sold at the Express Lane convenience
store in Butte won the $30,000 Montana Cash jackpot.
MAJOR PRIZES WON IN MONTANA: A ticket sold at the Montana City
Store in Montana City won a $200,000 prize in Powerball. The winning numbers drawn: Montana Cash: 01, 04, 12, 15, 25 Wild Card: 05, 06, 10, 23, 26. Wild Card Jack of Diamonds.
Hot Lotto: 15, 17, 19, 22, 34. Hot Ball 07. Hot Lotto Sizzler Three Powerball: 09, 32, 38, 52, 53. Powerball 15. Power Play 02.
ESTIMATED JACKPOTS FOR NEXT DRAWINGS: Montana Cash: $20,000
Wild Card: $460,000
Hot Lotto: $10.88 million
Powerball: $25 million.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The Montana ProLife Coalition is proposing three ballot measures that would effectively ban abortion in the state.
Each proposed constitutional initiative would define a person as
a human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human.
The proposals were submitted for review Wednesday -- the first step toward qualifying any of them for the 2010 ballot. The coalition also must gather more than 48,000 signatures of
registered voters.
Backers say similar efforts are underway in Colorado, Oregon and
Mississippi.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's chief official for the Milltown Dam project near Missoula says he will retire at month's end.
Environmental engineer Russ Forba says his 33-year career with EPA will conclude on July 31.
The Superfund project at Milltown has included removing a decades-old dam near the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers, and hauling away trainloads of contaminated mud that
accumulated behind the dam. With the dam gone and trains having transported 90 percent of the mud targeted for removal, Forba says most of the work remaining involves river restoration. He says that will be overseen by state officials.
Forba started working on the Milltown project in late 1996. In
late 2007, trains began transporting the mud for disposal near Anaconda.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The Commander of the Montana Air National Guard's 120th Fighter Wing has accepted a job in Washington, D.C.
Col. Mike McDonald will become the commander of the Air National Guard Readiness Center in August.
McDonald has been the 120th's wing commander since June 2007. He oversaw 900 personnel while ensuring the unit met its flying and training missions. He also was responsible for aircraft and assets worth more than $750 million, much of it based in Great Falls.
McDonald received his bachelor of science degree from the Air
Force Academy in 1978. He attended F-16 basic training in 1980 and has since logged more than 4,400 hours in the aircraft.
McDonald's replacement has not been selected.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The Montana Office of Public Instruction says a program teaching film production to teenagers has been awarded $575,000 in grants.
The money going to the MAPS Media Institute, based in Hamilton, was selected for five years worth of $115,000 annual grants that are federally funded and routed through the Montana Office of Public Instruction. MAPS founder Peter Rosten says the first grant will partially fund the program for the coming school year, and he continues to seek other support.
Rosten, a retired Hollywood film producer, approached school administrators about starting MAPS at the Bitterroot Valley's Corvallis High School in 2004. The program subsequently expanded to Darby High School, and now Rosten is preparing to teach students from all five high schools in Ravalli County.
He idled MAPS last year to run for the Legislature, unsuccessfully.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Helena city officials have closed one of two new slides at the Last Chance Splash Water Park and Pool after three children were injured.
Parks and Recreation Director Amy Teegarden says the kids struck their heads on the end of the slide in three separate incidents Thursday, Friday and Sunday. One boy was treated and released for a cut on his head; the other two boys were transported by ambulance and treated for possible concussions.
She says all three kids were taller than the minimum height requirement and went down feet first, following the rules.
Officials decided to close the slide on Sunday until its installation could be reviewed by the manufacturer.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- A Great Falls man has been arrested on suspicion of selling methadone to a 42-year-old woman who died of an overdose on June 10.
Cascade County Attorney John Parker says David Beverly was arrested late Thursday afternoon and faces a negligent homicide charge.
Parker says Beverly also faces two counts of criminal
distribution of dangerous drugs and one count of witness tampering.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Work resumed on a construction project at the Port of Piegan (PEE'-gun) after Blackfeet compliance officers shut down the project for 24 hours.
Lead compliance officer Emerald Grant said Wednesday that six workers were cited for failing to comply with tribal paperwork.
Three electricians, two construction workers and a supervisor were each cited for not having a tribal work permit. Their three companies were fined $500 each for failing to obtain business licenses.
Grant said the companies bought business licenses, filed compliance plans, and were allowed to continue the project as of 2 p.m. Wednesday.
The director of service ports for the Department of Homeland Security, Francis Brown, said the workers were enhancing security measures at the port.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Officials with the Great Falls Development Authority are hoping to create a $1.5 million revolving loan fund to spur projects revitalizing downtown.
The authority already administers some loan funds, but those programs don't allow the organization to work on mixed-use buildings.
The organization's senior vice president Sheldon Bartel said the
fund would be based on a similar program in Billings.
The Great Falls Development Authority plans to take the proposal
to city commissioners this summer.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- The Montana Highway Patrol says a pedestrian was the victim of an apparent hit-and-run on Fox Farm Road on the southwest side of Great Falls.
Trooper Vern Wise says the female victim was found after a driver reported hitting her at about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday.
Wise says officers are investigating how the woman might have ended up in the road and says she could have been struck by another vehicle earlier.
The victim's name has not been released.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- The wheels of justice grind slowly, but this may be a record.
In Montana's Toole County, retired District Judge Ronald McPhillips this week issued a ruling in a lawsuit that was left hanging for nearly a quarter-century.
The judge ruled against Milan Ayers, who contended that former partner James Rubow swindled him out of his share of a natural gas field.
The lawsuit was filed March 31, 1983. The last entry in the clerk's register was in March 1985. Then the file disappeared from the clerk's office.
After the Great Falls Tribune wrote about it, McPhillips found the case documents in an old briefcase at home. The state Supreme Court said McPhillips could rule on the case, and on Monday he ruled that Rubow did not breach his agreement with Ayers.
Ayers says he's uncertain whether he'll appeal.
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- A Bigfork man already faces 110 years in federal prison for sex crimes; and now he's pleaded guilty to molesting two young sisters in Flathead County.
Ralph Fox pleaded guilty this week to felony sexual assault and failure to register as a sex offender. He also entered an Alford plea of guilty to a second count of felony sexual assault. That means the defendant does not admit guilt, but does acknowledge enough evidence exists to convict him.
Prosecutors believe 50-year-old Fox inappropriately touched a 6-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister between June 2005 and December 2006. It's also alleged he took pictures of them in various stages of undress.
He's to be sentenced July 30.
In October 2008 Fox was sentenced to 110 years in federal prison after being convicted of sexual exploitation of children and receipt and possession of child pornography.
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- A Lakeside man accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend with an ax has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with 10 years suspended.
Jesse Sheridan was charged with assault with a weapon after the April 2008 attack on Marvin Saloway. Investigators say Sheridan broke into Saloway's home and attacked him as he slept.
Saloway lost his left eye, the tip of his finger, and suffered several bruises and scratches. He says he doesn't remember being hit by an ax, but an eye doctor testified that something stronger than a fist was probably used.
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BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- A 27-year-old man faces a felony charge stemming from the botched robbery of a fast food restaurant in Butte.
Cameron McBryde is accused of trying to rob a Burger King on March 29 with 25-year-old Dennis Schadler.
Prosecutors say the men were wearing ski masks and used heavy flashlights to hit employees. Court records say the workers fought back, and Schadler was either hit or tripped as he fled the scene.
Police found him unconscious in the parking lot.
Police say McBryde was arrested Wednesday for a parole violation. He remains jailed on $100,000 bail.
Schadler pleaded not guilty in April to felony robbery and is still in custody.
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- A Kalispell man has pleaded guilty to negligent arson for a fire that destroyed several units in an apartment building.
David Bernach was accused of using gasoline to ignite wood in his fireplace on Nov. 21 after several previous attempts to get the fire started with other methods failed. Some of the gas spilled out of the fireplace and spread flames into the apartment. The blaze destroyed 10 units in the building.
No one was injured, except Bernach, who suffered minor burns to his face and hands while trying to smother the fire with a comforter.
Bernach denied the arson charge in December, but struck a plea deal that calls for a 10-year suspended sentence and restitution.
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- A retired Kalispell doctor who pleaded no contest to aggravated cruelty to animals for abandoning 12 puppies at a dump site in Somers has been given a six-month deferred sentence.
John L. Heine learned his sentence Thursday in Flathead County District Court.
The puppies, only two of which survived, were found Aug. 21 in a garbage bag at a dump site. The 75-year-old Heine, a retired obstetrician who breeds dogs, has said he tried to drown the puppies because they were an unwanted litter and he feared they might contract parvovirus after two puppies he had shipped from
Texas died from the disease.
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BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- Recent Butte High graduate Jake Richards won the Skills USA national championship for carpentry.
The contest, held June 24 in Kansas City, Mo., included a 50-question written evaluation and several building projects.
He won thousands of dollars worth of tools, a medal and a scholarship.
Richards plans to major in civil engineering at Montana Tech with an emphasis on construction and welding.
Richards won the state Skills USA carpentry championship all four years in high school and finished fourth in the national competition as a junior.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Greg Mortenson of Bozeman was to be honored by the National Education Association for his work building schools and promoting education for girls in Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
Mortenson was to receive the Mary Hatwood Futrell Award, named in honor of a former NEA president, in San Diego, Calif., on Thursday.
Mortenson, 51, founded the Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization that has established more than 90 schools since 1993.
He is also the co-author of "Three Cups of Tea," the best-selling account of how promoting education became his life's work.
Mortenson's humanitarian work grew out of his gratitude to members of Pakistan's Korphe village, who nursed him back to health after he nearly died during a 1993 attempt to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain.
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WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) -- Idaho Timber of Montana says it will close its plant in Whitefish with the loss of 26 jobs.
Sixteen workers lost their jobs last week; and the company says the 10 remaining workers will be let go within the next three months.
Idaho Timber of Montana has operated in Whitefish since 1979.
The facility sorted, trimmed, and cut No. 2 grade boards of one-inch thickness, usually from pine, cedar, and spruce. The company then supplied boards to stores such as Lowe's and Home Depot.
Annual capacity was 40 million board feet.
The company says employees will receive one week severance pay
plus any vacation they had left.
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HAVRE, Mont. (AP) -- The Hill County Sheriff's Office says the Tuesday morning fire that burned down the Havre Jaycees' fireworks stand was set intentionally.
The fire destroyed the stand and its contents, which are sold to pay for the citywide Fourth of July fireworks show.
The club estimates their losses at $29,000.
People and businesses rushed to help with donations of cash and materials, to help the Jaycees recover from the blaze.
The state fire marshal and sheriff's office are investigating the fire, including interviewing witnesses and reviewing videotape shot of the Holiday Village Mall parking lot, where the stand sits.
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WORDEN, Mont. (AP) -- Voters in the Huntley Project school district will be asked to approve a $9.75 million bond to build a new junior and senior high school.
The mail ballot is scheduled for Sept. 1. Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the bond resolution and the design for a new combined school, which is estimated to cost $17.2 million. The district expects to receive a $7.6 million insurance settlement after the high school was
destroyed by an arson fire last fall.
Trustees decided it would be better to include a junior high in the new building rather than spend money bringing the aging middle school up to health, safety and access requirements.
The bond proposal also includes money to pay for remodeling the
elementary school and purchasing up to five acres of land adjacent to the school property for future expansion.
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- The 25 Siberian huskies seized from a filthy Evergreen trailer last week are multiplying, and Flathead County officials are searching for people to take in the dogs.
Two of the huskies have since had litters, raising the total number of animals to 41. Another dog is pregnant.
Shelter director Kirsten Holland says the shelter didn't have a
disaster plan in place to deal with that many animals. The dogs are
being temporarily housed in a horse barn at the county fairgrounds.
Sixty-six-year-old Juanita McGranor has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty in the case.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A national survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that fewer Montana teens are using methamphetamine.
The 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey is given to students in grades eight, 10 and 12. Just over 3 percent of students reported using meth at least once. That's down from 4.6 percent in 2007 and 8.3 percent in 2005.
The survey is conducted every two years.
Attorney General Steve Bullock's office released additional statistics on meth use in the state showing a 62 percent drop in meth-related crime between 2005 and 2008.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Fifteen community health centers in Montana will share $6.7 million in federal stimulus grants.
The money will go toward upgrading equipment and facilities. Among the clinics receiving grants are RiverStone Health in Billings, which was awarded $952,000 for dental equipment, and the
Community Health Care Center in Great Falls which is receiving about $438,000.
The grants are part of a third round of funding for the nation's community health centers.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A PPL Montana spokesman says the company
made minor repairs to two waste ponds at the utility's power plant in Colstrip following an inspection by federal regulators.
A coal ash pond at Colstrip was among 44 such sites nationwide recently identified as potential threats to nearby residents. The sites were flagged for inspections after the collapse of a pond in Tennessee last year sent 5 million cubic yards of ash and sludge into a neighborhood.
PPL spokesman David Hoffman says federal regulators in early June inspected three ponds at Colstrip, including the "high hazard" pond above a neighborhood.
The company later added dirt to level off slight dips in the top
of the high hazard pond. It also fixed a leak in a pond that stores wastewater.
Hoffman says no structural problems were found.
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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- A 78-year-old Polson man who died in a head-on car crash on U.S. 93 near Arlee was best known publicly for his familiar baritone voice while announcing Frenchtown Bronc football games.
Police say Lyle Bagnell was headed north toward Polson on Monday evening when an oncoming vehicle crossed the centerline and collided with his vehicle. Bagnell was pronounced dead at the scene, and a woman in the other vehicle was hospitalized.
Bagnell and his wife raised five boys and a girl, but the couple mentored and fostered many children in the Frenchtown Valley over the years. Through his love of children, football and community, he found his way into the announcer's box in 1983.
Tim Racicot is a former Frenchtown High School football coach.
He says Bagnell "touched a lot of people over the microphone" and
was "the voice of the Broncs" and "the ambassador of the Frenchtown Valley."
Funeral services will be held at Frenchtown High School on Tuesday.
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MILES CITY, Mont. (AP) -- A longtime Miles City ob/gyn, who was placed on leave two months ago, is no longer an employee of the Billings Clinic, Billings Clinic Foundation officials said.
When Dr. Randall Rauh was placed on leave on May 1, patients and other supporters complained that they were not informed. Some learned when arriving for appointments with Rauh.
Billings Clinic spokesman Jim Duncan says the clinic will not comment on why Rauh was placed on leave or let go.
Rauh has been providing obstetrics and gynecology care in Miles City for about 25 years. He joined Billings Clinic in Miles City when it added a wing for women's services about four years ago.
There is no phone listing for Rauh in Miles City besides the clinic number.
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