AltWeeklies Wire
Testing the Reach of Montana's Medical Marijuana Lawnew
A Montana man may be the first in the country to test an employer's right to fire workers who use state-sanctioned medical marijuana.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
10-04-2007 |
Drugs
Libby Meets Manhattannew
Connecting the dots between a New York terrorist attack and a Montana mining disaster.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
08-02-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Dust Upnew
Flathead commissioners allow Glacier gravel pit.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
05-04-2007 |
Policy Issues
Mr. Bignew
Business mogul William P. Foley II is Big Mountain Ski Resort's new majority shareholder. What's his plan for the future?
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
03-15-2007 |
Recreation
What the EPA Doesn't Knownew
Seven years and $110 million after the EPA began its Libby asbestos cleanup, a new report admits the agency has no idea if Libby is any safer.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
12-08-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Two Steps Forward in Libbynew
The EPA finally admits that a disputed report on the EPA's asbestos cleanup in Libby exists, but the agency still refuses to release it.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
10-20-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Report? What Report?new
Why is the EPA's Office of the Inspector General playing hide-the-report with Libby?
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
08-31-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Dangerous Lienew
Four men in the loop reveal what a buried EPA report says about the failed asbestos cleanup in Libby, Montana.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
07-27-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Accidental Activistnew
Asbestos watchdog Mike Crill has been in the wrong place at the wrong time his whole life, fighting to right wrongs even as activism and ill-health consumed him.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
05-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
How Clean Was the Cleanup?new
The EPA's asbestos remediation in Libby, Montana, comes under investigation by the Office of Inspector General.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
04-27-2006 |
Science
Tags: Libby
Cowboy's Drugstorenew
Prescription drug addiction -- and the crime it spawns -- is on the rise in Montana, even as the state falls behind in efforts to curb abuse. How late is too late?
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
09-01-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Dasen Undonenew
Dick Dasen was a compassionate Christian and one of the most successful businessmen in Flathead Valley, Mont. Then cops discovered he was paying young meth addicts for sex. Find out how lawmen built their case and toppled a pillar of the community.
Missoula Independent |
Paul Peters |
06-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crystalmeth
