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Freeze-resistant diesel elusive
Subzero temperatures from Billings to Minot, N.D., have sparked a run on high-grade diesel fuel, with some rural areas going without. Demand for No. 1 diesel, the kind that still flows at minus-20 degrees and cooler, surged in December as extremely co ...
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Subzero temperatures from Billings to Minot, N.D., have sparked a run on high-grade diesel fuel, with some rural areas going without. Demand for No. 1 diesel, the kind that still flows at minus-20 degrees and cooler, surged in December as extremely co ...
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For those with online access, Legislature details a click away
HELENA - If you care in the least about the Montana Legislature, modern technology has made it easier than ever to follow things down to the grittiest detail - and to contact your legislators and weigh in on issues you care about. Want to track all bi ...
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HELENA - If you care in the least about the Montana Legislature, modern technology has made it easier than ever to follow things down to the grittiest detail - and to contact your legislators and weigh in on issues you care about. Want to track all bi ...
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Bison activists plan march, rally
HELENA - Activists in the Montana bison controversy plan a march and rally in Helena on Monday, the day Gov. Brian Schweitzer will be sworn in for a second term and the Montana Legislature will start its biennial session. The Buffalo Field Campaign an ...
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HELENA - Activists in the Montana bison controversy plan a march and rally in Helena on Monday, the day Gov. Brian Schweitzer will be sworn in for a second term and the Montana Legislature will start its biennial session. The Buffalo Field Campaign an ...
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The language of dying puts debate in perspective
To talk about the issue of physician-assisted suicide, the first thing you have to do is sort through the words and phrases used in the debate - starting with "physician-assisted suicide." The Rev. Milous "Mike" Repka doesn't care for the term. "I thi ...
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To talk about the issue of physician-assisted suicide, the first thing you have to do is sort through the words and phrases used in the debate - starting with "physician-assisted suicide." The Rev. Milous "Mike" Repka doesn't care for the term. "I thi ...
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Montana's growth outpaces that of U.S.
It doesn't seem like a lot, but Montana's 1.13 percent population growth last year made it the 14th-fastest growing state in the nation. Utah led the population race, with a 2.7 percent increase between July 1, 2007, and July 1, 2008, according to the ...
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It doesn't seem like a lot, but Montana's 1.13 percent population growth last year made it the 14th-fastest growing state in the nation. Utah led the population race, with a 2.7 percent increase between July 1, 2007, and July 1, 2008, according to the ...
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Ranchers oppose bison relocation
Plans to relocate Yellowstone Park bison to Eastern Montana are drawing fire from ranchers worried about the animals' history of carrying brucellosis. "There isn't anyone up here who wants it. It's a cockamamie idea, and it's an experimental deal," sa ...
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Plans to relocate Yellowstone Park bison to Eastern Montana are drawing fire from ranchers worried about the animals' history of carrying brucellosis. "There isn't anyone up here who wants it. It's a cockamamie idea, and it's an experimental deal," sa ...
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Incoming House speaker knows how to fight fires
HELENA - Incoming House Speaker Bob Bergren believes the skills he learned as a Havre firefighter may prove handy in presiding over a chamber deadlocked with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans. Bergren, 45, who retired in December 2006 after 22 years as ...
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HELENA - Incoming House Speaker Bob Bergren believes the skills he learned as a Havre firefighter may prove handy in presiding over a chamber deadlocked with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans. Bergren, 45, who retired in December 2006 after 22 years as ...
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Senate leader Story called a pragmatist
HELENA - As the incoming leader of the Republican majority in the Montana Senate, Sen. Bob Story might be seen as partisan point man to Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer. But the unassuming Story doesn't quite see it that way. ...
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HELENA - As the incoming leader of the Republican majority in the Montana Senate, Sen. Bob Story might be seen as partisan point man to Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer. But the unassuming Story doesn't quite see it that way. ...
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Ethicists, ministers, doctors debate issues associated with assisted suicide
David Karnos retired last year after teaching philosophy for 31 years at Montana State University Billings. Every year, he taught a class on death and dying, exploring end-of-life subjects including euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. If we thi ...
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David Karnos retired last year after teaching philosophy for 31 years at Montana State University Billings. Every year, he taught a class on death and dying, exploring end-of-life subjects including euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. If we thi ...
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Murderer blocked from entering boundary dispute
CHEYENNE - A federal magistrate has denied a request from a tribal member serving time on a murder conviction to intervene in the Northern Arapaho Tribe's federal lawsuit against the state of Wyoming and Fremont County over a longstanding boundary dis ...
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CHEYENNE - A federal magistrate has denied a request from a tribal member serving time on a murder conviction to intervene in the Northern Arapaho Tribe's federal lawsuit against the state of Wyoming and Fremont County over a longstanding boundary dis ...
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