January 24, 2012 The 2006 U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement was extended earlier this week for another two years until October 12, 2015. After the United States imposed 27 percent duties on Canadian lumber imports back in 2002, Canada protested the duties in the North American Free Trade Agreement, World Trade Organization, and U.S. courts.
January 24, 2012 Montanans have a new way to travel to California. Allegiant air, which specializes in connecting small cities to popular destinations announced today that the cities of Billings, Missoula, Kalispell, and Bozeman will have routes flying directly to the Oakland/San Francisco area by late April 2012. Starting rates should be around $40 and flights will leave on Fridays and Mondays.
January 24, 2012 On January 25, 1962 a Montana Air National Guard C-47 aircraft was hit by a hurricane force wind that sheared off its right wing. The airplane which was flying to Cut Bank crashed into the Wolf Creek area killing all members on the plane. Among the dead were executive secretary Dennis Gordon, Montana National Guard Majors Joseph Devine and Clifford Hanson, Crew Chief Charles Ballard, the state agriculture commissioner Edward Wren, and the Governor of Montana Donald G. Nutter.
January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 The first Payroll Tax Cut Committee meeting will be streamed live here tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24 at 12:30 p.m. MST. The goal of the committee is to find a compromise between the House and the Senate that will allow the payroll tax cut to stretch on for a full year without adding to the budget deficit. Many economists fear that if the payroll tax cut is allowed to expire it could cause a 1 to 2% drop in GDP. Some of the main topics on the table will be unemployment insurance, Medicare, and payroll tax relief. Montana Senator Max Baucas (D-MT) is the current chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and should be on hand for the meeting.
January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012
January 20, 2012 1.6 Million dollars of Federal relief money and technical assistance will find its way into the hands of farmers and ranchers hurt by last summers floods. The grant money was made available by the United States Department of Agriculture's Emergency Conservation Program. Among other services, The Emergency Conservation Program aid money will help to remove debris, restore livestock fences and other conservation structures, as well as grade and shape farmland damaged by the flooding.
January 20, 2012 Missoula police were on the search for a suspected bank robber who was brought to the city by Greyhound bus on January 14. The suspect, Craig Allen Huthmacher, was wanted by the US Marshals Service and the Glendale Arizona Police Department for armed robbery of a bank on January 7, 2012. Mr. Huthmacher was arrested this afternoon while pulling into his driveway back in Arizona.
