Ray Fredette

The Alberton School District board of trustees Tuesday night voted to lay off its technology and music teachers, citing a “budget cliff.” It’s a familiar story that’s played out in schools large and small across the state as public schools face a funding crisis. MTPR’s Austin Amestoy takes us to a board meeting in Alberton.

A hunter unloading a gun accidentally shot his 56-year-old companion in the Brown's Gulch area north of Butte last weekend.Montana Fish, Wildlife and…