AltWeeklies Wire
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
Forecast: Cloudynew
With national Sunshine Week dawning, a Montana Supreme Court decision rolls back open-government access.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
03-09-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Cash and Carrynew
A Coalition Provisional Authority administrator's guilty plea to bribery and money-laundering puts a harsh spotlight on Native-owned government contractors.
Missoula Independent |
Curtis Brundy |
02-16-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Back from the Brinknew
The feds are prepared to take wolves off the endangered species list -- are the Rocky Mountain states ready to take over?
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
02-09-2006 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Hazed and Abusednew
A bad year for America's last wild bison herd gets worse.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
01-26-2006 |
Animal Issues
View to a Killnew
Buffalo Field Campaigners take aim at hunters in West Yellowstone during Montana's first bison hunt in 15 years.
Missoula Independent |
Brooke Hewes |
11-23-2005 |
Animal Issues
Enlarging Providencenew
An under-the-radar merger with Seattle's Providence Health System could impact Montana's medical landscape.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
11-23-2005 |
Science
Pattern of Violencenew
One thing connects the otherwise unrelated young men charged in a recent spate of violent assaults -- more than half of them hold boxing licenses and are trained as amateur boxers.
Missoula Independent |
Caitlin Copple |
11-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Behind Enemy Linesnew
Amateur filmmaker Mike Shiley uncovers a real Iraq, without media spin.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
11-17-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Blood Sportnew
The world is watching Montana's first bison hunt in 15 years, and the world isn't going to like what it sees.
Missoula Independent |
George Ochenski |
11-17-2005 |
Animal Issues
Cost-Benefit Analysisnew
With city government secretly competing to attract an 800-employee DirecTV call center with freebies and tax incentives, who's asking the root question: Does Missoula really need these jobs?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
11-17-2005 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Knocking Opportunitynew
Bordered by wasteland and marked as a dump, a small Montana town near the Clark Fork River’s headwaters fears the Milltown Dam cleanup could shut the door on its future.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
10-06-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Silence Surrounds Spring Creek 'Runner'new
When teen Adrian Sanders tried to escape his handlers en route from a specialty boarding school in western Montana, he ended up semi-conscious at the bottom of a 30-foot cliff. Why is Sanders County silent about the who, what, when, where and why?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
09-22-2005 |
Science
Jumping the Cutnew
Even as Bitterroot National Forest officials continue taking comment on a controversial timber cut, they've already spent $160,000 toward enacting a plan that 98 percent of the public says it doesn't want.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
09-22-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
