By Dan Testa, 3-18-09
Good morning and happy birthday to
late, amazing, John Updike.
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 r
ocket-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.
And finally, check out the
world's longest sausage in Serbia. Have a great day.
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