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Enduring the Elements

Published on Wed, 02/08/2017 - 3:23pm
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From left, Trystin Butts, Mercedes Luchi, Joshua Young and Katherine Worth huddle for warmth against sheets of giant snowflakes as they wait to catch their ride on Main Street Tuesday afternoon. 

Livingston embraces local food movement

Published on Tue, 02/07/2017 - 4:58pm
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Locally grown food is the root of a solid, sustainable local economy, advocates say, and a number of organizations — from schools to farmers to the food pantry — are working together to grow Livingston’s food system. 

Leaders in Livingston’s local food production met Monday night to share ideas over a locally sourced dinner held and prepared at the Livingston Food Resource Center. 

Monday night snow causes road closures, traps semis

Published on Tue, 02/07/2017 - 2:47pm

Park County residents were dowsed with snow Monday evening, which led to several road closures — on Interstate 90 and roads leading to Cooke City/Silver Gate.

Starting around 8 p.m. when snow began to fall harder, a couple of semi-trailer accidents blocked I-90 at mile marker 324 on the Bozeman Pass, causing traffic backup.

Rural Fire District #1 Chief Dann Babcox said a semi blocked the driver’s lane, so officers encouraged vehicles to go around in the passing lane. However, another semi also got stuck in that lane, causing traffic to back up again.

PACE, bus and city manger pay on Livingston City Commission agenda

Published on Mon, 02/06/2017 - 4:51pm

Presentations on local projects are on the Livingston City Commission agenda for Tuesday night’s meeting. 

The commission will hear from grantwriter Kristen Galbraith, who will discuss a Public Transit Program Grant, which proposes to start a bus system that would travel in and around Livingston. Galbraith works for Park County, but will be requesting the city contribute $5,000 in the next two fiscal years toward the proposal. 

Memo: Federal hiring freeze won’t impact seasonal workers

Published on Mon, 02/06/2017 - 4:49pm

he Yellowstone River Basin is doing well, at a little more than 100 percent of average, but statewide, the snowpack is below normal for this time of year, registering as of Feb. 1 at 67 percent of normal, according to the latest snowpack report released Friday.

The report, produced monthly in the winter by the Natural Resources Conservation Service office based in Bozeman, compiles information from statewide electronic snowpack monitoring devices as well as human observation. 

Snow pack: Despite heavy snowfalls, overall percentage for area around average

Published on Mon, 02/06/2017 - 4:47pm
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The Yellowstone River Basin is doing well, at a little more than 100 percent of average, but statewide, the snowpack is below normal for this time of year, registering as of Feb. 1 at 67 percent of normal, according to the latest snowpack report released Friday.

The report, produced monthly in the winter by the Natural Resources Conservation Service office based in Bozeman, compiles information from statewide electronic snowpack monitoring devices as well as human observation. 

In Court — Feb. 6

Published on Mon, 02/06/2017 - 3:21pm

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A 26-year-old  Gardiner man made an initial appearance in Justice Court Tuesday for felony possession of dangerous drugs, and felony possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute. Bond set at $5,000. He was cited Jan. 30. He also appeared in Justice Court Tuesday on an out-of-county warrant from Gallatin County Municipal Court, for which bond was set at $1,320.      

 

Police: Woman arrested after disturbance at hot spring bar

Published on Mon, 02/06/2017 - 2:40pm

A Billings woman was arrested on an assault charge after being accused Friday evening of striking a man in the head with a pool cue.

Rochelle Davies, 30, was arrested on a charge of felony assault with a weapon after a shoving match allegedly broke out between two men — Justin Davies and James Foote — in the Chico Hot Springs Saloon, according to the arrest report.

An appeal for a 'silly walk': City will decide on proposal at Tuesday meeting

Published on Fri, 02/03/2017 - 2:04pm
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A  citizen’s proposal to designate a downtown intersection appropriate for “silly walks” is on the Livingston City Commission’s agenda again. 

Livingston resident Alex “AJ” Scaff originally pitched the idea back in March, after seeing a YouTube video from a town in Norway that designated an intersection with a sign that included an image of John Cleese from the British comedy group Monty Python walking in an exaggerated manner. 

More rivers test positive for parasite that closed Yellowstone

Published on Fri, 02/03/2017 - 2:03pm
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The Big Hole River is the latest Montana water body to test positive for the presence of a parasite associated with fish kill on the Yellowstone River last summer. 

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks released a map indicating the streams in southwest Montana that have tested positive to date for the presence of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, known as PKX. 

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