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Transient who was found dead identified

Published on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 2:56pm

The identity of a transient man whose decomposing remains were found at the Interstate 90 Exit 333 underpass Monday has been released. 

Andrew John Mayer, 47, was identified by Park County Corner Al Jenkins Wednesday afternoon as the homeless man who had been camping under the underpass and was found dead Monday. 

Tests for the cause of Mayer’s death were inconclusive due to decomposition and other circumstances, Jenkins said, adding he died of natural causes.

Officials say poor working conditions at dispatch center

Published on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 2:56pm

Each staff member of Livingston/Park County’s 911 Dispatch Center has been forced to seek medical treatment as a result of work-related injuries and their working conditions have only worsened, Park County commissioners say. 

Dispatch workers’ poor working conditions are the subject of a letter Park County commissioners approved and signed during Thursday’s regular commission meeting. 

Committee OK’d for Civil War-era cannon

Published on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 2:52pm

The Park County Commission approved forming a committee to address where a historical county-owned cannon should be displayed for the public to enjoy. 

During their regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, commissioners appointed Marilyn Hartley, staff member of the Park County Accounting Department, as head of the cannon committee to help organize and bring together those involved with the Civil War-era weapon and its placement.

Park County Lockup List

Published on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 2:50pm
Following is the latest report of bookings, releases from the Park County Detention Center.

Renowned livestock expert, author to speak at Park High RecPlex

Published on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 1:50pm

Renowned livestock expert and author Temple Grandin will speak in Livingston Friday. 

Grandin not only pioneered newer, more humane ways of handling cattle, but is also well known as a person with autism. She speaks all over the country on both autism and cattle handling, according to Grandin’s website. 

Here comes the sun

Published on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 1:45pm
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And then there was light — slightly less expensive light, as a matter of fact. 

Celebrants gathered at the Livingston-Park County Public Library Wednesday to mark the completion of the library’s solar panel project. 

About 50 celebrants snacked on cake in the library’s downstairs lobby area Wednesday, chatting about the installation. 

Mexico's finance secretary resigns after Trump visit

Published on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 4:49pm
MEXICO CITY — One of President Enrique Pena Nieto's closest advisers and confidants, Finance Secretary Luis Videgaray, has resigned in a move seen as linked to the unpopular decision to invite Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to visit Mexico.
 

Weakened Newton brings rain, humidity to Southwest

Published on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 4:40pm
PHOENIX — Less intense remnants of Tropical Storm Newton brought rain, powerful winds and uncharacteristically high humidity to desert cities in Arizona on Wednesday after pummeling the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas and killing four people.
 
About 2½ inches of rain fell in the border city of Nogales and nearly an inch in Tucson. In both cities, dozens of people picked up sandbags faster than they could be filled in anticipation of the storm. However, both places only experienced minor flooding thanks in part to the rainfall's moderate pace.

Montana's economic health emerges as election factor

Published on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 4:29pm

HELENA, Mont. — Struggles in the energy industry have contributed to Montana taking in less revenue than budget writers had anticipated, making the state's economic health a campaign issue in this year's elections.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte says in campaign stops that his opponent, Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, has led the state to steep revenue declines and to the erosion of the state's $350 million rainy day fund.

Body of kidnapped Montana woman found near Spokane

Published on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 4:27pm

HELENA, Mont. — A woman who was kidnapped at a Montana rest stop in broad daylight was able to talk with her husband by cellphone several times and even talked with police, but she was dead by the time authorities found her car 325 miles away near Spokane International Airport, Montana authorities said.

Rita Maze, 47, of Great Falls called her husband Tuesday evening and said she had been struck on the head at an Interstate 15 rest stop north of Helena and that she was in the trunk of her car, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton said Wednesday.