August 2019

Porchfest

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:43pm
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The party started at 2 p.m. and didn’t slow until after sunset.

Under the cast of an orange glow of street lights, live music kept the crowd going, with dancing and fellowship in the streets and lawns Sunday night. 

The second annual Porchfest was “stellar,” said event creator Nadia Grebiner.

Nearly two dozen bands performed at the free event on six Livingston porches  and on a flatbed trailer stage in the residential area of the 200 and 300 block of West Callender and West Clark Street. 

Work on bridge in Gardiner starts soon

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:38pm
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The Montana Department of Transportation will start rehabilitation work on the Yellowstone River Bridge in Gardiner on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

This first phase of work is scheduled to be completed in November 2019, the MDT announced Monday.

According to the National Park Service, at the height of tourist season as many as 60,000 vehicles per month drive over the bridge in Gardiner to enter Yellowstone National Park through the iconic Roosevelt Arch. 

Bullock tries to find middle ground on guns

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:35pm
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As a Democratic politician in deep-red Montana, Steve Bullock has long searched for a middle ground on guns. Now a presidential candidate in a party pushing hard for new gun-control laws, he still is.

CALENDAR

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:31pm

Monday

• Couple’s League, Livingston Golf Course, 5:30 p.m., 222-1100.

• Park County Al-Anon meeting — 12 step and 12 traditions, Vince Grant Hall, 1306 E. Park St., 5:30 p.m., Call 223-4856.

• Livingston Women’s Group AA Big Book Study, Vince Grant Hall,1306 E. Park St., 6 p.m.

• Pinochle, Park County Senior Center, 6:45 p.m.

• Duplicate Bridge, Livingston-Park County Library, Bev Steveson Room, call Loraine at 686-4498

• Al-Anon, St. William’s Catholic Church in Gardiner, 7 p.m.

BRIEFS

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:31pm

• Wednesday, Aug. 21 is Eat Local Day at the Farmers Market. Join Western Sustainability Exchange in welcoming and supporting local farmers and ranchers. Ranchers and produce vendors get a free booth. Live music will be by RAVEN ROSHI, which creates an original, ethereal indie folk sound.

 

Kids’ cooking camp sponsors recognized

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:29pm
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A collection of custom made, fanciful bronze trophies were created this year by the Food Resource Center camp staff to recognize some of their community supporters for this year’s Kids’ Cooking Camp. 

Kids learned about kitchen and food safety, healthy eating and how to make simple healthy snacks and meals such as banana sushi and spaghetti squash with marinara, said Kelsey Tanner, of the Food Resource Center.

LHC gets ‘Pediatric Prepared Facility’ recognition

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:27pm

Livingston HealthCare was recognized this summer as a Pediatric Prepared Facility by the Montana Emergency Medical Services for Children program at the Montana Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS). 

Out of 48 Critical Access Hospitals in Montana, Livingston HealthCare is only the second to receive this recognition, and the 12th to receive it out of all Montana hospitals, an LHC news release said.

Far-right and antifa groups both claim victory at Portland

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:24pm
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With both the left and the right declaring victory following a long-hyped rally that had Portland, Oregon, on edge it seems the liberal city will continue to be a flashpoint in an increasingly divided country.

City officials were mostly relieved that a downtown gathering Saturday of more than 1,000 far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators wasn’t as violent as feared.

“I’m grateful this was largely a peaceful event,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said. “We were preparing for and planning for a worst-case scenario.”

Wildlife roam where US once made nuclear and chemical arm

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:23pm
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DENVER (AP) — From a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife.

An astonishing array of animals and habitats flourished on six obsolete weapons complexes — mostly for nuclear or chemical arms — because the sites banned the public and other intrusions for decades.

Open-pit phosphate mines approved in Idaho with safeguards

Published on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 4:22pm

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials have approved two open-pit phosphate mines in eastern Idaho that include environmental protections intended to prevent the type of pollution caused by past phosphate mining in the area.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Thursday it approved the Caldwell Canyon Mine project in Caribou County about 13 miles northeast of Soda Springs.

Bayer subsidiary P4 Production will develop the mines on three phosphate leases. Bayer acquired agricultural giant Monsanto, which previously mined the area, for $63 billion last year.