Daily News Roundup
February 16, 2014
Beware of Quickly Changing Visibility While Driving Tonight Through Tomorrow Morning
By Denise Rivette The Billings Office of the National Weather Service predicts breezy southwest to west winds will develop along the foothills tonight resulting in localized blowing and drifting snow. Travel could be impacted on parts of I-90 from Billings to Big Timber, US-191 from Big Timber to Harlowton, and US-212 from Roberts to Laurel. Stay alert if you will be traveling for sudden changes in visibility.
Cocaine Bust At Red Lodge Vape Shop
By Denise Rivette Kalin Jacob Roberts (42), the owner of Mountain Vape and Glass on Broadway Avenue North in Red Lodge, was charged on February 12 with two felony counts of distributing cocaine from his business. If found guilty of Count 1: Felony Criminal Distribution of Dangerous Drugs, he faces a maximum of five years imprisonment in the state prison or a fine not to exceed $5,000 or both. If found guilty of Count 2: Felony Criminal Possession of Dangerous Drugs with Intent to Distribute, he faces a maximum of 20 years imprisonment in the state prison or a fine in an amount not to exceed $50,000 or both.
Patients See First Savings From Biden’s Drug Price Push, as Pharma Lines Up Its Lawyers
By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News The drugs have kept his cancer at bay. But their rapidly increasing costs so infuriated Mitchell that he was inspired to create an advocacy movement. Patients for Affordable Drugs, which he founded in 2016, was instrumental in getting drug price reforms into the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Those changes are kicking in now, and Mitchell, 73, is an early beneficiary.
Broadwater County Judge Rules Against Developers in ‘Landmark’ Water Ruling
by Amanda Eggert for Montana Free Press A Broadwater County judge ruled this week in favor of a small coalition of landowners and water rights holders who challenged a subdivision proposed for an area already grappling with water supply and quality issues.
Rosendale Drops US Senate Bid Days After Announcing Run
By: Blair Miller for the Daily Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale speaks at the Montana GOP’s 2024 kickoff event on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, in Helena a day after announcing his U.S. Senate campaign. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan) Just days after