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Great Falls Municipal Power Provider Fined by PSC |
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By newseditor on
11/30/2009 4:42 PM
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Electric City Power, the electric utility arm of the City of Great Falls, has been fined roughly $23,000 by the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC). This, after the PSC ruled that Electric City Power failed to meet the State of Montana’s renewable portfolio standard.
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WIC changing food package, offering more healthy foods for clients, for first time in 35 years, using vouchers |
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By newseditor on
11/30/2009 8:22 AM
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For the first time in about 35 years, the women, infants and children program food package is changing. Starting today, WIC, the government funded supplemental nutrition program for low income mothers, and their young children, is offering more healthy foods for clients, letting them use vouchers. The change was made because more people are on the program, and the cost of food has gone up.
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Federal Transportation bill on month to month extension, leaving state and local transportation in limbo |
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By newseditor on
11/27/2009 8:28 AM
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The Federal Transportation bill expired in September, extended by congress through the middle of December, thus leaving state and local transportation authorities in limbo, not knowing if, or when, money for already planned projects will arrive, bringing many Montana transportation projects to a crawl, and it isn't clear whether extensions will come one month at a time, or when the matter will become a priority in Washington, D.C., currently taking up the health reform bill, then the scheduled Christmas recess.
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16th Federal Superfund Site to be Anaconda Mining Co. Smelter in Black Eagle if EPA ok's Gov. Schweitzer's request |
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By newseditor on
11/27/2009 8:22 AM
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If a request by Governor Schweitzer is approved, the 16th federal superfund site is Montana will be the former Anaconda Mining Co. smelter and refinery in Black Eagle, near Great Falls, but the Environmental Protection Agency superfund coordinator, in Denver, Gwen Christiansen, says the heavy metals from decades of copper smelting, that ended in the 1980s, does not seen to be severe enough to mandate an emergency cleanup, so a possible final decision won't be made until next fall.
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Northwestern Energy refutes claims it's responsbible for woman's death in Bozeman natural gas explosion |
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By newseditor on
11/25/2009 7:59 AM
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Responding to a wrongful death lawsuit, filed by the husband of Tara Reistad Bowman, a 36 year old woman, who was killed in a March 5th natural gas explosion, in downtown Bozeman, that destroyed half a city block, Northwestern Energy says it's not responsible, company attorneys saying her death was caused, in whole or in part, because she did not leave the Montana Trails Gallery premesis, even though the gas could be smelled.
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