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MontanaGREAT FALLSUGF signs Washington marathon runner
University of Great Falls cross-country and track-and-field coach Jim Brewer has announced the signing of Christina Bruce to an NAIA/Frontier Conference Letter of Intent for the 2009-10 season.Bruce competed at Sequim (skwim) High School in Sequim, Wash. She was a state championship qualifier for all four years of high school and was named All-Peninsula Female Runner of the Year.
MISSOULABody recovered in Clark Fork River
A man whose body was found in the Clark Fork River east of Missoula has been identified as a 29-year-old from Bellevue, Wash.Missoula County Sheriff Mike McMeekin says rafters spotted the body of Quoc Hong Tuesday afternoon on a gravel bar about six miles downstream from the Rock Creek Lodge. An abandoned vehicle found at the lodge belonged to Hong.
GREAT FALLSMont. Judge rules on case _ 24 years later
The wheels of justice grind slowly, but this is pushing the envelope. In Montana's Toole County, retired District Judge Ronald McPhillips ruled this week in a lawsuit that was left hanging for nearly a quarter-century. The judge ruled in Great Falls against Milan Ayers, who contended that former partner James Rubow swindled him out of his share of a natural gas field, with leases potentially worth millions of dollars.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.
HAVREMontana fireworks booth catches fire
An early morning fire Tuesday destroyed a fireworks booth in north-central Montana, jeopardizing funding for the city of Havre's annual fireworks display.The Jaycees use proceeds from the fireworks sales to pay for the city's Independence Day display. They ordered around $5,300 worth of fireworks for the city display, but they don't pay for them until after the 4th of July, using proceeds from the fireworks booth, said Jason Murri, who oversees the display.
CASCADEEnduro champion chases record far from limelight
Eight-time national motorcycle enduro champion Mike Lafferty is chasing a record ninth series win far from the limelight, running down fellow racers on twisty trails deep in the woods of places most people have never heard about.Lafferty regularly claimed the points championship ever since taking his first series championship in 1997. But now, the 33-year-old New Jersey native faces the most serious challenge to his dominance yet - from a much younger racer who is also his teammate with motorcycle maker KTM of Austria.
BILLINGSSage grouse endangered decision delayed 'til 2010
Federal officials are again delaying a decision on whether to list sage grouse in 11 Western states as threatened or endangered, leaving in limbo until at least 2010 a spate of industries that face sweeping restrictions if the bird is protected.The chicken-sized grouse ranges from Montana to Nevada and California to Colorado, living alongside livestock grazing, oil and gas drilling and an increasing number of wind power turbines.
GREAT FALLSMont. man elected to head National Barley Growers
A Montana barley producer, Dave Henderson, was elected president of the National Barley Growers Association at their recent summer board meeting in Milwaukee.Henderson will represent barley growers from across the U.S. for the next two years.
KALISPELLDayton assistant city manager accepts MT job
An Ohio woman has accepted an offer to become Kalispell's new city manager.Jane Howington, an assistant city manager for operations in Dayton, Ohio, signed a contract with the city of Kalispell Friday. Howington agreed to a salary of $112,500, along with $5,000 annually to be placed into a retirement fund.
HELENA8 states ask FedEx to reclassify drivers
Attorneys general from Montana and seven other states Thursday asked FedEx Corp. to ensure that FedEx Ground properly classifies its drivers to comply with state employee protection laws.Thirty states are investigating FedEx Ground to determine if the company is misclassifying FedEx drivers as independent contractors through its owner-operator model. And more than 45 class-action lawsuits have been filed in state and federal courts against the company's classification of drivers.
GREAT FALLSMontana dino hunter gets probation in theft case
Renowned dinosaur hunter Nathan Murphy was sentenced Wednesday to four months in a halfway house and three years probation after pleading guilty to stealing fossils.Murphy was accused of stealing 13 dinosaur bones from central Montana's Hell Creek badlands in 2006. He pleaded guilty in April to theft of government property.
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