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The Lowdown: May 2013
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News and notes from the Montana capital. Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Montana Supreme Court rules to send Barry Beach back to prison. In a 4-3 decision, the Montana Supreme Court today reversed a lower court’s ruling granting Barry Beach, the man convicted in 1984 of a murder he says he didn’t commit, a new trial. Beach was convicted in 1984 of the 1979 murder of Poplar teenager Kimberly Nees and sentenced to 100 years in prison. After an initial District Court ruling denying Beach’s petition for post-co...
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The Lowdown: October 2013
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News and notes from the Montana capital. Thursday, October 10, 2013. When do violent gun threats become acts of terrorism? Perhaps never in Montana…. In Sept. 2009 comedian Joe Lipari. Returned to his New York apartment after spending several hours at a nearby Apple Store. Lipari went to the store to get his malfunctioning iPhone fixed, but when the concierges ignored him for hours, the frustrated Lipari returned home and flipped on the tube. As Lipari tells the story. On the copy machine. I bring it up ...
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The Lowdown: April 2013
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News and notes from the Montana capital. Thursday, April 25, 2013. Eleven applicants vie for Commissioner of Political Practices post. Eight men and three women have submitted applications to become the next commissioner of political practices. Current commissioner Jim Murry’s last day was Wednesday. Former Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer appointed Murry to the post last year after the previous commissioner, Dave Gallik, resigned. That he used his office for private law practice work. A selection commit...
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Why We’re Here. Speaking (of) volumes, unread and otherwise. Laquo; the Townes we left behind. May 6, 2012 by bradtyer. On the 150th anniversary of the death of Henry David Thoreau (which was yesterday; I was fishing), Beacon Press asked me to write a little sumthin about about what Thoreau “meant to me as a writer.” Here’s what I came up with, or you can read it in context on Beacon’s blog, the Beacon Broadside, here. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). You a...
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The Lowdown: Lummi Totem Pole multimedia
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News and notes from the Montana capital. Thursday, September 26, 2013. Lummi Totem Pole multimedia. Editor’s note: this post contains the recently published story on the Northern Cheyenne and Lummi Indians’ fight against coal, including video and a 360° interactive panoramic photograph of the Otter Creek Valley.). The Lummi brought with them a 22-foot totem pole hand-carved from a 300-year-old Western redcedar tree so that Medicine Bull could offer it a blessing. The Lummi people have created a tradi...
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The Lowdown: December 2013
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News and notes from the Montana capital. Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Schweitzer revs 2016 presidential bid buzz with trip to Iowa. Brian Schweitzer speaks at the Harkin Steak Fry in 2008. Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer doesn’t like to be out of the national headlines for very long. For a guy who claims he’s simply content to run Stillwater Mining Co. and enjoy the view from his Georgetown Lake home. Schweitzer sure seems intent on fueling speculation that his sights are set on the White House. Found that...
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The Lowdown: When do violent gun threats become acts of terrorism? Perhaps never in Montana…
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News and notes from the Montana capital. Thursday, October 10, 2013. When do violent gun threats become acts of terrorism? Perhaps never in Montana…. In Sept. 2009 comedian Joe Lipari. Returned to his New York apartment after spending several hours at a nearby Apple Store. Lipari went to the store to get his malfunctioning iPhone fixed, but when the concierges ignored him for hours, the frustrated Lipari returned home and flipped on the tube. As Lipari tells the story. On the copy machine. I bring it up ...
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The Lowdown: February 2014
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News and notes from the Montana capital. Friday, February 14, 2014. Sen John Walsh’s military records. A few weeks ago then-Lt. Gov. John Walsh’s campaign released 378 pages of Walsh’s military record. From his time in the Montana National Guard. The files were not available electronically but were given to reporters in hard copy. In the interest of providing this information in its entirety to the public, I scanned all 378 pages and posted them here. Posted by John Adams. Links to this post. 8220;…...
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The Lowdown: September 2013
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News and notes from the Montana capital. Thursday, September 26, 2013. Lummi Totem Pole multimedia. Editor’s note: this post contains the recently published story on the Northern Cheyenne and Lummi Indians’ fight against coal, including video and a 360° interactive panoramic photograph of the Otter Creek Valley.). The Lummi brought with them a 22-foot totem pole hand-carved from a 300-year-old Western redcedar tree so that Medicine Bull could offer it a blessing. The Lummi people have created a tradi...
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