Friday, November 15, 2024

ARTICLES BY MATT VOLZ

COVID plans put to test as firefighters crowd camps

HELENA — Jon Paul was leery entering his first wildfire camp of the year late last month to fight three lightning-caused fires scorching parts of a Northern California forest that hadn’t burned in 40 years.
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

COVID plans put to test as firefighters crowd camps for peak wildfire season

HELENA — Jon Paul was leery entering his first wildfire camp of the year late last month to fight three lightning-caused fires scorching parts of a Northern California forest that hadn’t burned in 40 years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Tiny Montana school to be among first in US to reopen

A tiny public school in Montana will be among the first in the U.S. to resume classroom teaching this week after being closed for nearly two months due to the coronavirus pandemic
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

77-year-old retired teacher first Montana coronavirus death

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The first person in Montana to die of a coronavirus-related illness was a high school biology teacher from Washington state who had retired about a decade ago to a lakeside home near the Cabinet Mountains.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to run for Senate against Daines

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Monday he will run against first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines, giving Democrats a boost in their effort to take control of the Senate in November.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Bullock to run for Senate against Daines

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will file Monday to run against first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines, giving Democrats a boost in their effort to take control of the Senate in November.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP sources: Montana Gov. Bullock considering Senate race

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Steve Bullock, the Montana governor who has insisted he won’t run for the Senate, is poised to do just that, according to two people familiar with his plans.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Montana Gov. Bullock considering Senate race

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Steve Bullock, the Montana governor who has insisted he won’t run for the Senate, is poised to do just that, according to two people familiar with his plans.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Montana Gov. Bullock considering Senate race

Montana's governor, Steve Bullock, is poised to run for the U.S. Senate
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Bullock squashes talk of Senate run after presidential bid

HELENA — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Wednesday that he doesn’t know what’s next for him after his longshot presidential bid fizzled, but he knows one thing for sure: He’s not running for Senate.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Krakauer: Court ruling on privacy hurts right to know

HELENA — Author Jon Krakauer said he feels “a moral obligation” to fight a recent court ruling against him as he tries to obtain records detailing how the expulsion of a University of Montana quarterback over a rape allegation was overturned.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Krakauer: Court ruling on privacy hurts right to know

HELENA — Author Jon Krakauer said he feels “a moral obligation” to fight a recent court ruling against him as he tries to obtain records detailing how the expulsion of a University of Montana quarterback over a rape allegation was overturned.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Author Krakauer denied records on rape case against player

HELENA — Author Jon Krakauer’s five-year quest to find out how and why Montana’s top higher education official intervened to prevent a star college quarterback’s expulsion over a rape accusation stalled Wednesday when the state Supreme Court denied him access to those records.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Author Krakauer denied records on rape case against player

HELENA — Author Jon Krakauer’s five-year quest to find out how and why Montana’s top higher education official intervened to prevent a star college quarterback’s expulsion over a rape accusation stalled Wednesday when the state Supreme Court denied him access to those records.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Deal lets luxury ski club keeps its liquor licenses

HELENA — Montana officials won’t pull the liquor licenses of an ultra-exclusive ski resort that counts Bill Gates and Justin Timberlake among its members as part of a $370,000 settlement agreement with Yellowstone Club owners and executives, including one who is a major campaign donor to Gov. Steve Bullock.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

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