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Prosecutor Recommending 10 Years for Former Medical Marijuana Provider
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A prosecutor is recommending 10 years in prison for a former medical marijuana provider who struck a plea deal after he was convicted on eight drug and weapons charges. A sentencing memo that Chris Williams should serve consecutive five-year sentences for the two charges to which he pleaded guilty
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13 Year Old Great Falls Boy Found Safe
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A 13-year-old Great Falls boy who was reported as a runaway in September has been found safe in Great Falls. Cascade County Sheriff deputies say Daniel Christensen was found at a home last night
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We Meet Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Thursday, marks the day for our next Advisory Board Meeting for the Center 4 Mental Health here in Shelby. Advisory Board members are reminded that it is important that everyone try to attend so that a Quorum is in attendance to conduct official business
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It Rhymes With My Last Name
Puff here & I AM a train "buff". I enjoy railroading & have since I've been a kid & my father used to take me down to the Great Northern & Milwaukee Depots in Great Falls to watch the trains come in. I recall both
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Decisions, Decisions
I'll be going back up to the Marias Heritage Center this evening (Tuesday) at 6 to read more "Montana History". Tonight, we'll be finishing up the final 15 pages of Kareen Bratt's spectacular read, "My Home's In Montana", & then we'll be beginning another Montana History book. I
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Keeping Up With Those Custom Cutters
I received a report over the weekend from one of the custom cutter guys who lives up north in Alberta, "Talkative Todd, who comes here to the Golden Triangle for harvest every year. "Tall" Todd reports that he had touched base with Ken Adderholt down south last Friday & that Ken reported that a 2 day rain had dumped from 3/4 of an inch to 1
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Nichols Faces Sentencing in Montana Cannabis Case
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The past is catching up to a former medical marijuana dispensary security guard who is better known for kidnapping a world-class athlete in the 1980s to make her his mountain bride
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Sniff, Sniff, Is That The Refinery
No, no, It's all that Lutefisk wafting it's way over from Chester! There's going to be one of those infamous "Lutefisk & Swedish Meatball Dinners on the platter tomorrow, Sunday, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church from 11 AM until 2 in the afternoon. No
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Miss America Crowned TONIGHT!
As I'm sure you are all well aware, North Central Montana has a special interest in the Miss America Pageant this year. Cut Bank resident, Alexis Wineman will be among the 53 women competing for the crown this evening at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip
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Standard Inceases to State Budget Axed
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican-led legislative budget panels are axing the standard inflationary increases normally used as a starting point for spending bills. The joint appropriations committees instead voted yesterday to start all agency budgets at 2012 levels
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Former Grizzly Player Sentenced
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former University of Montana football player to 30 years in prison with 20 years suspended for raping a female friend in his apartment. Beau Donaldson pleaded guilty in September to sexual intercourse without consent after admitting to the 2010 rape in a phone call monitored by police