Legislation

Montana Daily Dispatch News

• Kayakers pull woman to safety from Clark Fork River May 29, 2020
  Missoula police say two kayakers managed to reach the woman and pull her to safety. Officers say the woman was alive and talking to crews when she was pulled to safety from the Clark Fork River after she reportedly jumped off the Higgins Street Bridge in downtown Missoula. Emergency crews took her to the hospital. […]
• Man mauled by grizzly bear near Spanish Peaks in critical, stable condition May 29, 2020
  A grizzly bear has mauled a mountain biker on a trail near the Spanish Peaks Mountain Club in southern Montana, causing severe injuries to his face and neck. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported that 61-year-old Peter Scherfig was biking alone on his birthday Monday when he was attacked. Authorities say he was taken by ambulance […]
• Billings City Council moves forward with 'repeal and replace' public safety levy May 29, 2020
  Billings City Council will likely seek additional funding from taxpayers for the city's public safety services after a 10-1 vote at a second council meeting Wednesday night. In all, the city has spent over nine hours over the last two days discussing its budget with talk of the mill levy coming late Wednesday night. - […]
• Montana State Fund offering PPE grants to policyholders May 28, 2020
  The state's largest workers' compensation organization is offering some policyholders grants in the form of personal protective equipment. Montana State Fund, the quasi public-private program, said about 2,000 eligible policyholders including firefighters, EMTs, police, physician offices, hospitals, nursing homes, grocery and drug stores, social services organizations and group homes, will be able to apply. - […]