Musical contribution
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Cari Eckert beamed while playing her cello with the Helena High School Chamber Orchestra for Gov. Brian Schweitzer Monday morning at the Montana Historical Society.
Smith River draft management plan released
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The new Smith River Management Plan released Monday would retain pit toilets while implementing a voluntary human-waste pack-out program; ban pets; establish a minimum age of 16 to apply for permits; and establish a random process for assigning boat camps.
FEMA rejects city’s request for new study
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has turned down a request from Helena officials to add to an existing environmental study, an alteration that would have considered the effects of using logging machinery to cut most ponderosa pine trees on 27 acres of city-owned property off Lime Kiln Road.
Commissioners to weigh appeals of two firefighters
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City commissioners will meet Wednesday at 7 a.m. to discuss the appeals of two Helena firefighters, who on Monday asked the commission to reverse their terminations.
Logging for biathlon course on hold
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No logging will take place on MacDonald Pass this winter as part of the creation of a biathlon course by the Montana Army National Guard.
Forecast: Brrrrr
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Roger Liedle keeps a pair of coveralls in his car “in case it gets really, really cold out.”
Local teacher wins national award
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Beth Mazanec, orchestra instructor at Capital and Helena high schools, was recently selected as Montana’s outstanding music educator by the National Federation of State High Schools.
Helena High announces first-quarter honor roll
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Helena High School first-quarter honor roll: 4.0, ninth grade Megan Andersen, Nicole Anthony, Brittany Bangerter, Ashley Belvin, Emily Brown, Dawnielle Chapman, Kayla Cummings, Mary Decker, Tess Dufrechou, Tember Dykgreve, Emelyn Falley, Grace Fiorita, Mariah Gladstone, Laura Haller, Nathanael Hicks, Elena Hodges, Christopher Hoff, Nicole Jacques, Anna Johnson, Miriam Krainacker, Thomas Lund, Kyrie McCullough, Levi Merkel, Andrew Mitchell, Allison Morrison, Kayla Neumiller, Molly Nicholson, Tyler Northrup, Julia Platt, William Poell, Samantha Riff, Makayla Schlieman, Casey Schwartz, Taylor South, Tatum Teegarden, Taelar Therriault, Abigail Thompson, Meghan Upham, Jorin Vavruska, Ethan Wellenstein, Tan Lui Yeung, Danielle Zarling
Students cast their votes
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Twelve-year-old Madison Wing knew all the candidates he was voting for when he walked into the library at East Valley Middle School Thursday afternoon.
Mayor to hear HHA case Monday
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Helena Mayor Jim Smith will hold a hearing at noon Monday to consider a request by the Helena Housing Authority Commission to remove one of its members for alleged misconduct.