CSKT Water Compact

The Montana Water Rights Protection Act is a bill supported by both Montana Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester that intends ‘To Protect Access to Water for all Montanans, and for Other Purposes’

Both Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst and University of Montana President Royce Engstrom reacted Wednesday to a book by noted author Jon Krakauer about how rape and sexual assaults have been handled in the college community.

A 13 year-old boy was killed as he and two other juveniles were on their way to school on Thursday morning in the Bitterroot valley. His name has not yet been released.

Over three hours of arguments and failed amendments ended with a vote to approve the CSKT Water Compact of 53-47. Governor Bullock said he would sign the bill.

There were passionate arguments both for and against the CSKT Water Compact on the floor of the Montana House on Wednesday.

A Missoula woman faces four felony charges, including her fourth DUI, after a series of crashes and a police pursuit through downtown streets.

Noted Native American author and activist Elaine Willman has published a letter that is severely critical of both the State of Montana and the CSKT Water Compact currently before the state legislature.

More dramatic testimony at the Missoula murder trial of Markus Kaarma, charged with deliberate homicide in the shotgun slaying of German exchange student Diren Dede.