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150 evacuated in Italy after avalanche, snow blankets Alps

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 4:02pm
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MILAN (AP) — Four helicopters evacuated 150 people trapped in a four-star Italy hotel and other remote structures Tuesday after an avalanche, authorities said as heavy snow caused disruption across the Alps.

The Langtauferer Hotel, located near the Austrian border at 1,870 meters (6,135 feet) above sea level, was not directly hit by the overnight avalanche, but the area was at extreme risk for more, Katia Squeo with the civil protection agency in Bolzano, Italy said.

2 dead, 17 injured in Kentucky school shooting; suspect held

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 3:55pm
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BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old student killed two classmates and hit a dozen others with gunfire Tuesday, methodically firing a handgun inside a crowded atrium at his rural Kentucky high school.

"He was determined. He knew what he was doing," said Alexandria Caporali, who grabbed her stunned friend and ran into a classroom as their classmates hit the floor.

"It was one right after another -- bang bang bang bang bang," she added. "You could see his arm jerking as he was pulling the trigger."

New owners take the helm at Food Works

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 2:19pm
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The new owners of Food Works, located at 412 E. Park St. in Livingston, want their store to reflect a small-town grocery store feel.

Don DeSmet and his wife, Lynette Larson-DeSmet took over the store in October. 

Asked to describe their store, they said “health food store” is too pigeonholed. It’s better described as a natural food store, they said, but with an emphasis on a small-town grocery atmosphere and products — the kind of store where your mother would shop for making home-cooked meals.

Montana mandates 'net neutrality' for state contracts

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 1:12pm
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BILLINGS (AP) — Montana on Monday became the first state to bar telecommunications companies from receiving state contracts if they interfere with internet traffic or favor higher-paying sites or apps, under an order from Gov. Steve Bullock intended to protect so-called net neutrality.

The Democratic governor's order comes after the Federal Communications Commission last month repealed rules enacted in 2015 that had more tightly regulated companies such as AT&T and Verizon.

3 Montana residents on US Winter Olympic ski team

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 1:06pm

MISSOULA (AP) — Three Montana skiers are set to represent Team USA at the Winter Olympics in South Korea next month.

U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced Monday that freestyle skiers Maggie Voisin of Whitefish and Darian Stevens of Missoula will compete in the slopestyle skiing competition. Butte native Brad Wilson will compete in moguls.

Inquest: Officers say suspect threatened to shoot them

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:54pm

GREAT FALLS (AP) — Two Great Falls police officers said a suspected burglar told them he had a gun and repeatedly threatened to shoot them before an officer fatally shot him.

A coroner's inquest began Monday in Great Falls to determine if the Sept. 11 shooting of 25-year-old Thomas Jordan Addison was justified. After Addison was shot officers discovered he had a knife.

Nathan Spindler called police that night saying Addison was jiggling his back door handle trying to get in.

Montana reminds medical marijuana providers to pay taxes

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:51pm

BILLINGS (AP) — Montana will send notices to remind medical marijuana providers to pay taxes after less than half of the providers that paid taxes last fall paid again at the quarterly deadline.

The Billings Gazette reports the Montana Department of Revenue received $207,000 in taxes from medical marijuana as of last week — less than the $395,000 collected in October.

‘Wonder Woman’ is left hanging and eight other Oscar surprises

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:00am
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — It is a mathematical impossibility for a group of Oscar nominations to please everyone, but this year came pretty close with meaningful love for “Get Out,”

75 years since historic temperature swing in Spearfish

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:00am

SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — Monday marks the 75th anniversary of a startling weather event that put a western South Dakota city in the record books: In just two minutes, the

Thousands on run, hiding as Turkey keeps up Syria offensive

Published on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 12:00am
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BEIRUT (AP) — France’s top diplomat and the U.S. defense secretary Tuesday urged Turkey to exercise restraint in its offensive against an enclave controlled by a Kurdish militia in northern