April 2017

County agenda

The Park County Commission has published its agenda for the the commission’s regularly scheduled meeting set for 9 a.m. Thursday in the commission’s chambers.

Among items on the agenda are:

• Discussion/decision to approve plans for displaying the county’s Civil War cannon at the City-County Complex.

• Discussion of the 2017 MACo (Montana Association of Counties) renewal rates approved by the Health Trust Board

• County department updates.

In other commission-related meetings:

ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: Slow down, use caution in road construction zones

Some say that orange traffic cones are perhaps the official Montana state flower. 

Briefs April 26

• Join Montana Aquatic Resources Services and the Trout Unlimited Montana Water Project for a two-day symposium Thursday, April 27 and Friday, April 28 at the Livingston Depot discussing the state of the Upper Yellowstone River and future threats to its vitality. Open to all, this event will bring together community members, agricultural producers, business owners, guides and outfitters, and local experts to discuss the social, ecological and economic impacts tied to the Yellowstone River’s health. For more information call 904-710-0187.

Calendar April 26, 27

WEDNESDAY

• Federation of Fly Fishers Museum, 5237 U.S. Highway 89 South, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Communication Skills Group, Peer Solutions Drop-In Center, 104 W. Clark St., 4-5 p.m. Call 222-3332.

• Happy Hour AA meeting, Vince Grant Hall, 1306 E. Park St., 5 p.m.

• Al-Anon, Vince Grant Hall, 1306 E. Park St., 5 p.m.

• Adult Basketball Open gym, Civic Center, 5-8 p.m.

• The Knit-Wits knitting club, Livingston-Park County Public Library, 6-8 p.m.

• City of Livingston Parks and Trails Committee, Livingston Civic Center, 6 p.m.

Wyoming wolf hunt could return after court order

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A court on Tuesday formally lifted endangered species protection for wolves in Wyoming and put the state back in charge of their management, clearing the way for the animals to once again be hunted south and east of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

The order of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia follows a March ruling by a three-judge panel of the court that federal officials adequately responded to concerns about Wyoming's wolf-management plan. Environmental groups declined to appeal.

Montana governor grants clemency to man convicted of rape

GREAT FALLS (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has granted clemency to a man who was convicted of raping his girlfriend when she was 15 and he was 19.

The Great Falls Tribune reports 41-year-old Russell "Delano" Foster was granted clemency Tuesday, but details of the decision weren't immediately available.

Delano Foster, who couldn't be reached for comment, was convicted in 1996 after he and Amber Foster had consensual sex. The couple married in 2000 after he was released from prison, and they now have four children.

Repeat offender sentenced to Montana prison for DUI

BELGRADE, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man who killed his passenger in a drunken crash more than 15 years ago has been sent back to prison after being convicted of driving drunk again.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports  51-year-old Bryan Lane Prather was sentenced Monday to five years in prison with his suspended sentence on a felony negligent homicide conviction revoked.

Prather crashed his truck into a semi-trailer in 2001, killing 32-year-old Joe Riggs. He pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and had been sentenced to 20 years in prison with five of the years suspended.

In tense political times, NBA heading to Israel this summer

As the NBA prepares to bring its Basketball Without Borders program to Israel this summer, league officials hope that the first trip to the country can help bring children together during a time of increasing tension.

Basketball Without Borders has visited countries across the globe since 2001, using the sport to promote cultural understanding and active living. The first camp was held in Italy, but brought together Vlade Divac and Toni Kukoc, teammates on the former Yugoslavian national team that grew estranged during the political turmoil that ensued as the country fractured.

Shutdown showdown — again

WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump approaches the 100-day marker of his first year in office, he has defined himself not as the Dealmaker in Chief but as The Backdown President.

What a deliciously strange irony that until Monday night he set the stage for a government shutdown over, of all things, his campaign centerpiece — The Wall. 

France says analysis shows Syrian regime behind sarin attack

PARIS (AP) — France's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the chemical analysis of samples taken from a deadly sarin gas attack in Syria earlier this month "bears the signature" of President Bashar Assad's government and shows it was responsible for the deadly assault.

According to Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, France came to this conclusion after comparing samples from a sarin attack in Syria from 2013 that matched the new ones. The findings came in a 6-page report published Wednesday.