Daily News Roundup
May 28 and 29, 2024
Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary Dedicates June 1, 2024, as 'Clare Witcomb Day'
Press Release from Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary, Red Lodge Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary (YWS) Emeritus Board Member and beloved friend Clare Witcomb, 90, passed away at her home in Red Lodge on April 12, 2024. Her contributions to Beartooth Nature Center (BNC)/Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary (YWS) were immeasurable, starting with the support she and her husband, Dick, gave to BNC Executive Director Ruth Brown. In tribute, YWS has designated June 1, 2024, as “Clare Witcomb Day”.
Otjen and Steffensen Release Book on Harrowing Experience, Resilience and Recovery
By Denise Rivette On sale today is AJ Otjen’s new book on Red Lodge firefighter Dan Steffensen, Burned Over: The Survival of Montana Fireman Dan Steffensen. It will be available after 1:00 p.m. at Beartooth Books in Red Lodge and area retailers. It is also available online through Amazon and at other bookstores nationwide.
ELKS CANDIDATE FORUM THIS THURSDAY 6:00 PM
Video of event is planned and will be shared on the Montana Independent News website and through the Beartooth Elks Lodge.
Stay Weather And Water Aware This Week
Stay weather and water aware this week, especially if you have plans along waterways. For the latest stream/river observations and forecasts, visit water.noaa.gov.Montana Independent News is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Construction Beginning on Montana Highway 72 South of Belfry
Montana Department of Transportation Press Release BELFRY, Montana - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and its partner Riverside Contracting will begin construction on the Belfry South project on Monday, June 3, weather and other unforeseen factors permitting. The project is located on Montana Highway 72 (MT 72), beginning at the Montana/Wyoming boarder, and extends for approximately 10 miles, ending just south of Belfry, at mile marker 10.3.
Complaint: Department of Justice’s Montana Highway Patrol Fired Trooper in Retaliation
By Keila Szpaller for the Daily Montanan The Montana Highway Patrol fired a trooper and union president in retaliation after she provided a workplace climate survey summary to union staff, according to allegations in an unfair labor practice complaint.
Attorney General Knudsen’s Legal Team Asks for Delay in Disciplinary Hearing
By Darrell Ehrlick for the Daily Montanan Attorneys defending Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen before the state’s Commission on Practice, which disciplines and regulates the legal profession, said they need more time to prepare a defense for Knudsen, who faces
New Help For Dealing With Aggression In People With Dementia Without Drugs
By Judith Graham for KFF Health News Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, develop paranoia or hallucinations, engage in inappropriate or repetitive behaviors, or refuse to let caregivers help them.
Largest School District In Montana Raises Pay, Still Behind Wyoming
By Keila Szpaller for the Daily Montanan Billings Public Schools, the largest district in Montana, used to get a flood of applications when it posted a teaching job. Now, Superintendent Erwin Garcia said it’s getting one application for every 10 positions, roughly a reverse of the 10 applications to one single job it used to get.
World Health Organization Overturns Dogma On Airborne Diseases, But The CDC May Not Act On It
By Amy Maxmen for KFF Health News The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands respiratory infections like COVID-19, influenza and measles. Motivated by grave missteps in the pandemic, the WHO convened about 50 experts in virology, epidemiology, aerosol science, and bioengineering, among other specialties, who spent two years poring through the evidence on how airborne viruses and bacteria spread.