Australia blocks Kirin's $430M sale of business to Chinese

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's government announced on Tuesday it proposed to block Kirin Holdings Co.'s 45.6 billion yen ($430 million) sale of its Australian beverage unit to a Chinese company in a development likely to increase strain on Chinese-Australian relations.

Australia blocks Kirin's $430M sale of business to Chinese

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's government announced on Tuesday it proposed to block Kirin Holdings Co.'s 45.6 billion yen ($430 million) sale of its Australian beverage unit to a Chinese company in a development likely to increase strain on Chinese-Australian relations.

A big year for snow

November totals have already passed number for all of last year

COEUR d'ALENE - Storms dumped 19.5 inches of snow on the Coeur d'Alene area over the past week, an accumulation that has already eclipsed last winter's total snowfall of 18.4 inches.

LETTER: Water bottling plant should not be allowed

I have lived in Creston for several years. It has recently come to my attention that Montana Artesian Water Company wants to open and operate a water bottling plant in the Creston area. I find this very disturbing. I chose to live in Montana because of its healthy, nature-rich environment, and now the powers that be are willing to allow this environment to be at risk of air pollution from hundreds of large trucks on the road, water pollution by the dumping of 35,000 gallons of “waste water” into Flathead Lake, and lessening the quality of life for many citizens of the community through restrictions in well capacity and the dust stirred by the aforementioned vehicles (approximately 200 pounds of dust stirred each day on the dirt roads in the dry season.)

Mine threatens Montana's good health

Montana is a very special unique place. Its gift to all of us is the place just being itself. The proposed Rock Creek Mine in the northwest corner of the state is threatening the state's good health. The negative impacts caused by this proposed mine would be horrible in every direction. It involves tearing into the side of the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness Area - an irreplaceable spectacular place. Weren't residents and visitors of this area promised it would never be touched by anything but our foot prints?

Dog shooter leaves an empty hole in family's hearts

To the Editor:

Talkin' trash

KELLOGG — The city of Kellogg has a made a serious move toward efficiency with its most recent purchase of a new garbage truck.

Winter marches on

Monday's snowfall breaks 107-year-old record

An unexpected storm dumped 5.7 inches of snow on Coeur d’Alene as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, and more was falling.

Northwest Montana mountain snowpack rebounds in May

High-elevation snowpack in the Swan Range has remained near or above historical averages for most of May thanks to a series of cold storms that dumped snow and rain across the region.

Law roundup: Discarded clothes cause traffic hangup

Looking to dispose of old threads, but apparently too busy to make it to either the donation box or dump, someone dropped off “a huge pile of clothes” in the middle of Ninth Street, according to a worried passerby who phoned the Columbia Falls Police Department to report the errant garments.

Police Calls: Spectacles left in the porta-potty

The driver of a red Mini Cooper was said to have gone around a line of cars into oncoming traffic on Highway 93 and almost caused a head-on collision with a dump truck.

Pottsville Seven host successful park clean-up

Under the guidance of Jim See, the leader of the Pottsville Seven, the team of volunteers met June 11 to make sure that the park was ready for visitors during the 2023 summer season.

Revett'Äôs proposed copper mine

Should we hide Yellowstone? Is this area’Äôs Ross Creek Cedar Grove in danger of being clear cut? Some of our last, best remaining protected places are being threatened. Some people view any part of our planet as another place to make money. They interpret protection as failure. The rest of us call pristine ground a gift for our souls, a blessing, and proof of good accomplishments.

Mine threatens Montana's good health

Montana is a very special unique place. Its gift to all of us is the place just being itself. The proposed Rock Creek Mine in the northwest corner of the state is threatening the state's good health. The negative impacts caused by this proposed mine would be horrible in every direction. It involves tearing into the side of the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness Area - an irreplaceable spectacular place. Weren't residents and visitors of this area promised it would never be touched by anything but our foot prints?

Mine threatens Montana's good health

Montana is a very special unique place. Its gift to all of us is the place just being itself. The proposed Rock Creek Mine in the northwest corner of the state is threatening the state's good health. The negative impacts caused by this proposed mine would be horrible in every direction. It involves tearing into the side of the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness Area - an irreplaceable spectacular place. Weren't residents and visitors of this area promised it would never be touched by anything but our foot prints?

Body of Pakistani reporter found hours after he went missing

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The body of a slain Pakistani journalist was found dumped in a canal just hours after he went missing while on his way to work, police said Monday. His family said he was brutally killed but that they have no idea who was behind the slaying.

The problem with pot

It seems each time we open a newspaper we are assailed with stories of marijuana’s ability to rescue state economies and its power to heal. But little if any data is included about what actually is happening in states that have legalized the drug. Idahoans deserve to know what outcomes this social experiment has produced so far.

Florida governor OK's stricter thresholds on ballot measures

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a slate of bills into law Wednesday, including one that would make it more difficult to place citizen initiatives on the ballot and another that would extend the life of the agency that promotes tourism in a state already hard-hit by the

Thespians best in state, again

February 2, 2016