Montana/Region

MT defies order on transgender birth certificates

Published on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 12:00am

BILLINGS (AP) — Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the Republican-run state on Thursday said it would defy the order.

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Montana judge blocks trans birth certificate rule

Published on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 12:00am

BILLINGS (AP) — A Montana judge blocked health officials on Thursday from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate.

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Oregon confirms new wolves in northern Cascade Mountains

Published on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 12:00am

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials said Tuesday they have identified a new family of wolves in the northern Cascade Mountains, bringing the total number of known wolf groups in the region to three.

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BLM withdraws more than 2,600 acres of public land from mining in Zortman-Landusky

Published on Tue, 09/13/2022 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Land Management announced that it will be removing federal land from mining that had previously been the site of decades of remediation and reclamation.

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State of Montana adopts permanent block on birth certificate changes

Published on Mon, 09/12/2022 - 12:00am

BILLINGS (AP) — Montana health officials on Friday made permanent a rule that blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery.

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Kalispell library gets bullet-riddled books in donation bin; 3 staff resign

Published on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 12:00am

Three library advisors have resigned from the Kalispell library after workers found books shot with what police believe was a .22 caliber rifle in a book donation bin, the library director said this week.

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Israel acquires papyrus with Hebrew inscription from MT

Published on Wed, 09/07/2022 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has acquired a previously unknown ancient papyrus bearing a Hebrew inscription dated to around 2,700 years ago that had long been in possession of a Montana resident, the country’s antiquities authority said Wednesday.

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Climate damage from oil leases on US land gets second look

Published on Wed, 09/07/2022 - 12:00am

BILLINGS (AP) — The Biden administration reached a legal settlement Tuesday that requires the government to reexamine potential climate damages from oil and gas leases put up for sale under the Trump administration on government land in Montana and North Dakota.