Daily News Roundup
july 12, 2024
Fire Season Has Arrived - Fire Danger is "High" in Carbon County
By Denise Rivette Fire season has arrived! The Billings Office of the National Weather Service predicts a hot and dry weather pattern will lead to increasing fire danger over the next several days. Please avoid sparking a fire! There is potential for high-based thunderstorms in the afternoons and evenings with gusty winds and spotty rainfall through the weekend. These storms may produce fires caused by lightning strikes. Be aware and be prepared.
Why It Takes a Crisis to Trigger Funding for Montana’s Largest Irrigation Project
by Tom Lutey for Montana Free Press The rivets were still popping from the seams of the St. Mary siphon when Jennifer Patrick started crunching the numbers for repairing the century-old system that 18,000 residents of Montana’s Hi-Line depend on for water.
Human Rights Group Says Montana Tech Should Fire ‘White Supremacist’
By Darrell Ehrlick for the Daily Montanan The Montana Human Rights Network is calling on the Montana University System to fire a Montana Tech postdoctoral fellow it says is a prolific white nationalist running for the Legislature, who espouses a wide variety of views, ranging from exterminating Jews and members of the LGBTQ+ community, to learning how to suture a wound for an upcoming collapse of society.
State Hospital Shuffles Top Leadership, Again
by Mara Silvers for Montana Free Press Roughly six months before its goal of applying for federal certification of the Montana State Hospital, the state health department is again juggling turnover in key leadership positions at the state’s only public adult psychiatric facility.
Smoke Forecast for July 12, 2024
From the Montana Department of Environmental Quality website Current Conditions Air quality has improved slightly from yesterday as transport winds have cleared some of the smoke across the state. Light smoke from wildfires in Washington and Oregon continue to affect air quality primarily in Northwest and Eastern Montana on Friday morning. The heaviest smoke impacts are between Helena and Bozeman; this smoke is largely due to the 10,000-acre Horse Gulch Fire that continues to burn near Canyon Ferry.