On the Beacon today, Plum Creek is cautiously optimistic as it reopens its Columbia Falls sawmill. Glacier High Senior guard Ben Cutler and junior forward Shay Smithwick-Hann have been selected all-state for boys, while senior Emilee Hashley got the nod for girls. In the Grace trial, a former chemist for the company says he oversaw a 1976 experiment where mice died after being injected with asbestos-laced vermiculite from Libby. An Mark Riffey writes about how to see your business through a catastrophe.
Authorities are searching for a small plane that dropped off of the radar north of Bozeman. A new report on wolves in Montana shows that their population continues to grow, but expansion is slowing. A UM professor wants $25 million in stimulus funds to create a rocket-powered transit system between Hamilton and Missoula. The Flathead Land Trust received a $1-million grant for wetlands conservation. Gov. Brian Schweitzer has yet to submit his cabinet appointees to the Republican-controlled Senate for confirmation.
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