Daily News Roundup
June 7, 2024
REMINDER: This Saturday, June 8, Is Bear Awareness Day at Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary - Special Exhibition at 11:00 a.m.
By Denise Rivette It’s bear season! Do you know where your bear spray is? Do you know how and when to use it? Do you remember the physical and behavioral differences between black bears and grizzlies? On Saturday, June 8, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM., Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary (YWS) in partnership with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is observing Bear Awareness Day as they do every year by providing an enjoyable day with the animals while providing education through a variety of optional activities that are included with the price of admission.
Snowmelt Has Rivers Running High, Peak Flows Expected Over The Next Ten days
At 12:16 p.m. today, the Billings office of the National Weather Service put out the following notification to the public: Sunny skies and warm temperatures over the past week have enhanced snowmelt in the mountains, resulting in high flows on area waterways. While flooding is not imminent on larger rivers and streams, many smaller streams in the foothills will be near bankfull over the next 7 to 10 days, and minor flooding can not be ruled out.
Carbon County Elections Administrator Reacts to New York Times Article
By Denise Rivette I sent a New York Times article about an election administrator in Nevada to Crystal Roascio, Carbon County Elections Administrator, for her review and comment. The Nevada county discussed in the article has similar demographics to our own. She sent the following in response:
To Tanner Smith's Supporters: Let's Get Your Montana Back
During this general election season, Montana Independent News will print opinions from candidates that include critiques of their opponents’ qualifications and track records (without personal attacks), but also invite the opposing candidates to present their own opinion pieces in an effort to offer the voting public as fair a view of all the candidates as possible. That said, I cannot force candidates to respond or present their views. I will send the opinion piece below to the Gianforte/Juras team with a request for them to provide a similar or complementary piece.
Daughter Who Stole More Than $700,000 From Elderly Mother In Lewistown While Serving As Caregiver Sentenced To Four And One-Half Years In Prison
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Press Release GREAT FALLS — A woman who forged checks to steal more than $700,000 from her elderly mother in Lewistown while purporting to serve as her caregiver was sentenced today to four and one-half years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Knudsen Calls Montana’s Campaign Laws ‘Silly’ And Says Comments Were Proof Of ‘Transparency’
By Darrell Ehrlick for the Daily Montanan Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen appears to have doubled down on his comments from a meeting in Dillon last month in which he told an audience that he had recruited a fellow Republican to run against him for attorney general so that he could raise more money.
Montana Department of Transportation, DEQ, To Be Under New Leadership
By Daily Montanan Staff Governor Greg Gianforte announced Thursday the appointments of Chris Dorrington as director of the Montana Department of Transportation and of Sonja Nowakowski as director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.