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Montana Daily Dispatch News

• Students learn river rescue skills on Alberton Gorge May 20, 2019
  On an unusually warm, 70-degree spring day in early May, around 20 students clad in wetsuits and drysuits willingly submerged into the still freezing Alberton Gorge on the Clark Fork River. With waters already past flood stage at 20,000 cubic feet per second — a unit used to determine river flow — students enrolled in […]
• Miles City officials want to put firefighters and police under the same roof May 19, 2019
  The Miles City Fire Department is planning the construction a new building that would house firefighters, police, and EMS. Since January, the Miles City Fire Department has been operating out of temporary trailers after the fire station was deemed structurally unsafe. Even longer, the Miles City Police Department hasn’t had a home in about a […]
• Havre: Fire Departments unite for controlled burn May 16, 2019
  The Havre Fire Department held a controlled burn and training session in conjunction with Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department, Chinook Volunteer Fire Department and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Wednesday at US Bank Park across from Montana State University-Northern. Around 20 firefighters from the different departments spent the afternoon training and going […]
• Follow Up: York Fire District expanded to help respond faster to calls May 16, 2019
  The York Volunteer Fire Department’s emergency response area expanded this week following a vote of the Lewis and Clark County Commission. Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to allow annexation of land north and east of York’s previous service area – a move proposed by local firefighters to better respond to emergency calls. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 […]