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MontanaGREAT FALLSEnergy West gets 83 percent of Cut Bank utility
Energy West Inc., a natural gas and energy marketing company in Great Falls, has bought 83 percent of the outstanding shares of Cut Bank Gas Co., a natural gas utility serving Cut Bank.The deal, which was announced Thursday, was approved earlier in the week by the Montana Public Service Commission.
BOZEMANIts 'Mother' dead, doomsday sect's future in doubt
Members of a Montana-based sect whose influence expanded as it prepared for a nuclear holocaust that never came, now search for new directions after the death of Elizabeth Clare Prophet - "Mother" to her thousands of followers.The Church Universal and Triumphant still keeps its 750-person underground shelters stocked with food - "insurance," its leaders say, against possible dark days ahead.
BOZEMANIts `Mother' dead, doomsday sect's future in doubt
It wasn't long ago that thousands of members of the Church Universal and Triumphant followed their leader's call to donate their life savings to build underground shelters against a coming nuclear apocalypse.Yet Armageddon never came, and after a decade-long decline caused by Alzheimer's disease, Elizabeth Clare Prophet - "Mother" to her followers - died last month at age 70.
BILLINGSWanted Billings, Mont., bus driver caught in Wash.
A former Montana school bus driver accused of hitting a teenager in a crosswalk while driving drunk has been caught by the Washington State Patrol.KULR-TV reports that Tim Whalen was taken into custody Wednesday after a traffic stop in the northeast Washington town of Republic.
MISSOULAStudent may not get $10,000 prize for field goal
A University of Montana student who kicked a field goal to win a $10,000 prize likely won't get the money because he hadn't been away from the sport long enough.Matthew Brenner, a sophomore, kicked a 45-yard field goal during UM's "Kick for Cash" contest on Saturday.
BILLINGSFeds pledge overhaul of tribal recognition system
With some American Indian groups waiting decades for formal recognition from the U.S. government, federal officials Wednesday pledged to overhaul the cumbersome process but cautioned the changes could take two years to go into effect.Federal recognition renders tribes eligible for economic assistance, land, housing grants and other government benefits.
HELENAMont. political, ag leaders react to BNSF purchase
Montana political and agricultural leaders hope Berkshire Hathaway's planned purchase of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad will lead to lower shipping costs in Montana, but they doubt much will change.Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a farmer and rancher, said Tuesday he had spoken to both Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and Matthew Rose, BNSF's chairman, president and CEO.
HELENAMont. high court: Retirees can lose workers' comp
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off workers' compensation payments for those suffering permanent total disability when the disabled party is eligible for Social Security retirement benefits.The 5-2 ruling Tuesday said workers' compensation benefits for permanently and totally disabled workers are meant to assist them for their "work life," and not into retirement.
HELENAScientists look for Yellowstone's hidden species
Scientists searching for Yellowstone National Park's lesser-known life forms - beyond its famed bison, bears and wolves - found more than 1,200 species, including several never known before to exist in the park.A one-day study of the park in late August found microscopic worms, mushrooms, a bluish-green lichen, a slender grass and a colorful tiger beetle, among other creatures, in about two square miles of Yellowstone, according to initial results released this week.
WHITEFISHFrontier Conference players of week named
Players from Carroll College, Eastern Oregon and Montana Tech were named Frontier Conference football players of the week.Junior quarterback Gary Wagner of Carroll College was named offensive player of the week. Wagner went 21 of 30 passing for 238 yards and three touchdowns in Carroll's 26-10 win over Montana Western.
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