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Tim Fox

Nurses Fight To Expand Abortion Access In Montana

By • Oct 3, 2018
Nicky Ouellet

If you lived in the Flathead Valley and wanted or needed to abort a pregnancy in the past four years, the closest clinic was more than 100 miles away in Missoula, Great Falls, Helena or Billings.

Uber To Pay Montana Half A Million For Data Breach

By • Sep 26, 2018
Uber's ride-request app.
Courtesy Uber

Uber has agreed to pay Montana half-a-million dollars as part of a multi-state settlement over a data breach within the ride-sharing company of driver’s personal information.

Montana Politicians Rally Behind Locked-Out Mill Workers

By • Aug 24, 2018
ocked-out Imerys America employees at the talc mill in Three Forks, MT, August 24, 2018.
Montana AFL-CIO


A labor dispute continues at a Montana talc-milling company.

The state’s top elected officials are rallying behind the 35 unionized workers now locked out of their Three Forks plant.

Senate President Wants Opinion On Legality Of Conservation Easement

By Associated Press • Aug 22, 2018
Montana Senate President Scott Sales.
Mike Albans

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The president of the Montana Senate is asking the attorney general for an opinion on whether Gov. Steve Bullock illegally allowed the state to purchase a $6.1 million conservation easement on an eastern Montana ranch without approval from the state Land Board.

State law requires the Land Board to approve "land acquisitions" worth more than $100,000.

Montana Law Enforcement Targets Meth-Related Crime

By • Jul 19, 2018
Kirsten Pabst at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Missoula on July 19, 2018.
Maxine Speier

Last year the city of Missoula had 324 violent crimes, an increase of nearly 50 percent since 2011. Law enforcement say the meth epidemic is to blame, and Thursday announced that they’re addressing it with a local, state and federal partnership.

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