AltWeeklies Wire
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
Power Playnew
With a municipal cooperative's offer to buy NorthWestern Energy on the table, the Independent takes a hard look at Montana's pitch for a public utility.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
09-01-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
McMeekin's Challengenew
Dissatisfaction is rumbling through the Missoula County Sheriff's Department, but Sheriff Mike McMeekin, critics say, isn't listening. With so much bad news coming out of the sheriff's office, is there mutiny in the county?
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
08-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Now Ain't That a Crapper?new
How a million-dollar composting toilet in Glacier National Park turned into just another money pit.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
08-19-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Copper Giant Bails Outnew
Asarco, the mining company responsible for the cleanup of environmental messes across the West, files for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
08-19-2005 |
Environment
Tags: Asarco
Peace During Wartimenew
With war raging in Iraq, Montana's Jeannette Rankin Peace Center finds itself at a turning point, battling apathy and activist fatigue as it searches for new ways to re-energize the movement.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
08-11-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Let Your Monkey Do It!new
What's so scary about natural childbirth? The author and his wife found the answer -- not much -- and discovered much more by experiencing it firsthand.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
08-04-2005 |
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
Spring Creek's Short Leashnew
Montana's behavior modification programs watch their troubled teen charges like hawks. Recent lawsuits and allegations of abuse raise the question: who's watching them?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-16-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
State's Rights Take a Hitnew
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dissented from the Supreme Court's recent medical marijuana ruling, saying states have always had the authority to define criminal law. According to the court's majority, that's no longer the case. Montana continues to disagree.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
06-09-2005 |
Science
Current Dangernew
Montana's Blackfoot River -- of A River Runs Through It fame -- is threatened by the crumbling Mike Horse dam. Again.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-03-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Blind Eye on Suicide Watchnew
With three inmate suicides in two months, Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman is under fire. He swears his department had no idea of the suicide risk. Documents suggest otherwise.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
06-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Living with Falloutnew
Although a new study found that 15 Montana counties received some of the nation’s highest doses of fallout following Nevada’ nuclear tests in the 1950s, Montanans aren’t included in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
05-13-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Bears with Usnew
Variously (and wrongly) portrayed as bloodthirsty killers or cuddly teddies, bears face a tough rap. Can Montanans set the record straight?
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
04-14-2005 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
How to Train a Bearnew
Grizzly bear deaths peaked last year in the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem at 31. Can the bruins survive human interaction?
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
03-24-2005 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
