Daily News Roundup
March 1, 2024
A moist Pacific flow will bring periods of heavy snowfall to the Beartooth/Absaroka Mountains through Saturday, heaviest on the southwest aspects including the mountains near Cooke City. Some snow will also spread to the Crazy and Bighorn Mountains. Outdoor recreation will be greatly affected by difficult wintry conditions, and the threat of avalanches will increase.
Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary Welcomes New Resident
By Denise Rivette Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary (YWS) announced in a press release that it is proud to announce a new resident to the community. In mid-January, the YWS Animal Care team completed an overnight drive from Oregon to bring him home to Red Lodge.
United States to Begin Airdrops of Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Strip
By Denise Rivette Today in the Oval Office, President Joe Biden announced, as he stood next to Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, that the United States will soon begin airdropping humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. This comes just a day after more than 100 Palestinians were killed trying to access an aid convoy in northern Gaza. Israeli officials admitted troops fired towards some in the crowd they believed posed a threat.
Montana Highway Patrol Commissions 12 New Troopers
PRESS RELEASE FROM MONTANA HIGHWAY PATROL: HELENA - The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) commissioned 12 new troopers at a graduation ceremony at the Civic Center in Helena Friday. Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Sager addressed the new troopers prior to their badge pinning and taking the oath of office.
COMMENTARY: Denying Montana’s Heritage One Drop of Blood at a Time
By Russell Rowland for the Daily Montanan Fresh off winning the Golden Globe for her incredible performance in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Lily Gladstone met with the press, and the first question someone asked was about speaking the Blackfeet language in her acceptance speech. Gladstone responded by citing Robert Hall for coaching her in her native language. Hall, who lives and teaches on the Blackfeet reservation, has been working for years to not only retain the Blackfeet language, but also to create a written record of the language, something that has never been officially completed.
Health Department Under Corrective Plan for Delayed SNAP Applications
by Mara Silvers for Montana Free Press Federal officials have required Montana to implement a corrective action plan to improve what they call “unacceptable” delays in processing food assistance applications, a problem that the state health department has attributed to the strain that
Judge Strikes Down a Trio of Abortion Laws Passed in 2021 as Unconstitutional
By: Darrell Ehrlick for the Daily Montanan In a ruling deeply critical of restrictions placed on abortion by the 2021 Montana Legislature, Yellowstone County District Court Judge Kurt Krueger struck down three laws that he said placed unreasonable and unconstitutional limits on abortions in Montana.
How a Friend’s Death Turned Colorado Teens Into Anti-Overdose Activists
By Rae Ellen Bichell for KFF Health News Gavinn McKinney loved Nike shoes, fireworks, and sushi. He was studying Potawatomi, one of the languages of his Native American heritage. McKinney was part of the Thunder Clan of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. He also had Kickapoo and Assiniboine heritage. He loved holding his niece and smelling her baby smell. On his 15th birthday, the Durango, Colorado, teen spent a cold December afternoon chopping wood to help neighbors who couldn’t afford to heat their homes.
With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help
By Noam N. Levey for KFF Health News When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he said the new agency had one priority: “looking out for people, not big banks, not lenders, not investment houses.”