Saturday, November 16, 2024

Supplies ferried into flooded Montana

BILLINGS, Mont. - Emergency workers ferried supplies to more than 300 people cut off Friday by flooding that has overwhelmed Montana towns and caused an estimated $8.6 million in damages to date.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Flooded Montana towns prepare for more water

HELENA, Mont. - Crews and residents frustrated by a week of major flooding across Montana cleared debris from roadways and some muddied homes on Saturday, even as they braced for more heavy rainfall expected over the Memorial Day weekend.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Hale's speech rankles activists

HELENA, Mont. - A lawmaker's speech railing against drunken driving reform - mocked mercilessly by political opponents - is no laughing matter to activists who say it perpetuates the state's dangerous boozy culture.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO