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Guardrail pierces cab of semi, driver uninjured

Published on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 1:58pm

By Jasmine Hall
Enterprise Staff Writer

 

A semi driver traveling west near Interstate 90’s Exit 333 was left uninjured after the cab of his rig was impaled Thursday evening. 

US considers mining limits in West to save sage grouse

Published on Thu, 12/29/2016 - 4:35pm

Cease-fire goes into force in war-ravaged Syria

Published on Thu, 12/29/2016 - 4:29pm
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BEIRUT — A cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey went into effect in war-ravaged Syria at midnight Thursday, a potential breakthrough in the six years of fighting that have left more than a quarter-million people dead and triggered a refugee crisis across Europe.
 

Pay to rise for millions as 19 states increase minimum wage

Published on Thu, 12/29/2016 - 4:24pm
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ALBANY, N.Y. — It will be a happy New Year indeed for millions of the lowest-paid U.S. workers. Nineteen states, including New York and California, will ring in the year with an increase in the minimum wage.
 
Massachusetts and Washington state will have the highest new minimum wages in the country, at $11 per hour.
 

Sounds from 'The Attic'

Published on Thu, 12/29/2016 - 3:58pm
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The Whiskey Creek’s long-awaited upstairs music venue “The Attic” opened late this summer, breaking in the new stage with a show on the night of the annual Livingston Hoot concert and block party. The slick space, complete with a roomy bar, finely tuned acoustics and full-fledged stage-light setup has since hosted many local and visiting musicians. 

Gardiner resort tax challenge continues

Published on Thu, 12/29/2016 - 3:31pm

With the allocating recently of Gardiner’s resort tax funds — its third annual distribution since the tax was passed by voter approval in April, 2014 — a lawsuit filed by three business owners against Park County late last year challenging the validity of the tax is still working its way through the court system. 

In parting shot, Kerry tears into Israel over settlements

Published on Wed, 12/28/2016 - 4:31pm
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By JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press
 
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry tore into Israel on Wednesday for settlement-building, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of dragging Israel away from democracy and forcefully rejecting the notion that America had abandoned Israel with a controversial U.N. vote. Netanyahu accused the Obama administration of a biased bid to blame Israel for failure to reach a peace deal.
 

Reports: Debbie Reynolds hospitalized in Los Angeles

Published on Wed, 12/28/2016 - 4:29pm
LOS ANGELES — Media reports say Debbie Reynolds has been rushed to the hospital after suffering a medical emergency in Los Angeles one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died.
 
The Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was first to report the incident, said unnamed sources told them Reynolds was rushed to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after paramedics were called to her son's home.
 

Detroit demolishes thousands of structures; many more to go

Published on Wed, 12/28/2016 - 4:28pm
By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press
 
DETROIT — Remnants of the roof and walls creaked, groaned and then crumpled to the ground Wednesday from what once was an industrial building that covered an entire city block, likely the last structure demolished this year under Detroit's massive blight elimination program.
 
Blows from an excavator methodically destroyed a portion of what had been a 60,000-square-foot building on Cloverdale Avenue in a west side neighborhood of homes, auto repair shops and other light industrial buildings.

Fish oil pills for pregnant moms may cut asthma risk in kids

Published on Wed, 12/28/2016 - 4:27pm
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer
 
Children whose moms took high doses of fish oil during their last three months of pregnancy were less likely to develop chronic wheezing problems or asthma by age 5, finds a study that suggests a possible way to help prevent this growing problem.