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At a budget meeting in July, Great Falls city court judges identified a key challenge that has created scheduling headaches, case delays and has left some people waiting in jail without an attorney.

“I would say the bigger problem is the delay with the public defender’s office,” Judge Mark Dunn told city commissioners July 21. “And I have found there have been case...


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Before a shocking switcheroo made Kurt Alme the presumptive frontrunner for only the state’s third open U.S. Senate seat in 64 years, he was the closest thing Montana Republicans had to a human crescent wrench: an unassuming, Harvard-educated, small-town guy, agreeable and adaptable to whatever task was asked of him.

The origin story of Alme’s unanticipated Senate...


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Good morning, and welcome to the latest edition of Helena This Week. I’m JoVonne Wagner, your Helena local reporter.

Summer is almost over, which means FOOTBALL SEASON IS BACK. I’m a fan of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, so I’m entering this time of the year pretty stoked.

In this issue, we’ll preview a slate of interesting events, includin...


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Smoke from the Aspen Acres fire billows skyward near Colorado City on July 2, 2026. The four-day-old fire has consumed over 50,000 acres and has destroyed as many as 200 structures. Evacuations of towns along the breadth of the Wet Mountains have continued as well. Credit: Mike Sweeney, Special to The Colorado Sun

By Robert Chaney, Montana Free Press/Mountain Journal<...


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