July 2021

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Published on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 4:53pm
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Family members, dignitaries pay their respects at B-47 Ridge

Published on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 4:47pm
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 About three dozen people trekked four hours and climbed 3,000 vertical feet up the side of Emigrant Peak on Saturday to visit what’s now known as B-47 Ridge.

 The ridge was renamed last October when President Donald Trump signed the B-47 Ridge Designation Act into law. The act honored four U.S. airmen killed in 1962 when the B-47 Stratojet Strategic Air Command bomber they were flying crashed into the side of Emigrant Peak.

Detention Center prisoner escapes from law enforcement custody

Published on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 2:13pm

A Park County Detention Center prisoner who escaped from law enforcement custody is considered armed and dangerous, the Park County Sheriff’s Office said Monday morning. 

Park County inmate Jordon Earl Linde, 34, overpowered a Park County Detention officer, taking his sidearm and vehicle keys to a Park County Detention minivan, which he escaped in just before 11 p.m. Sunday, the Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. 

The van has since been found abandoned. 

Detention Center prisoner escapes from law enforcement custody

Published on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 8:13am
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     A man has escaped from the Park County Detention Center and is considered armed and dangerous, the Park County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday morning. 
    Park County inmate Jordon Earl Linde overpowered a Park County Detention officer, taking his sidearm and vehicle keys to a Park County Detention minivan, which has since been found abandoned, the Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. 
    News of the escape was announced in a 4:09 a.m. notification from Nixle, the Park County emergency alert system.

Russia edges Japan, China for gold in men’s gymnastics

Published on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:00am
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TOKYO (AP) — Nikita Nagornyy huddled with the rest of the Russian men’s gymnastics team, stared at the scoreboard and waited.

CALENDAR

Published on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:00am

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Vaccine maker BioNTech to use mRNA tech to target malaria

Published on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:00am

BERLIN (AP) — Pharmaceutical company BioNTech said Monday that it wants to use the mRNA technology behind its coronavirus vaccine to target malaria.

Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US

Published on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:00am
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Although the pandemic disrupted family life across the U.S. since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for one consequence: They’re now opting to homeschool their children, even as schools plan to resume in-person classes.

European agency clears Moderna vaccine for children ages 12 to 17

Published on Fri, 07/23/2021 - 5:13pm
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LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended authorizing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17, the first time the shot has been authorized for people under 18.

The EU drug regulator said research in more than 3,700 children aged 12 to 17 showed that the Moderna vaccine — already given the OK for adults across Europe — produced a comparable antibody response. 

Until now, the vaccine made by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech has been the only option for children as young as 12 in North America and Europe. 

Livingston out of tourney

Published on Fri, 07/23/2021 - 4:58pm
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The Livingston Braves lost their second game this morning, taking them out of the American Legion Baseball tournament, which began Thursday with four games in Livingston.  

The Braves lost to the Belgrade Bandits on Thursday, and again Friday to the Helena Reps in the end-of-season tournament for Class A South. The tournament is being played at Jack Weimer Park and the championship games will be played Sunday.

The Braves lost their second game 7-6 in the double-elimination tournament.