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U.S. Senator Steve Daines led a meeting with Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and other local leaders Thursday, discussing the importance of confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Daines spoke about his own meeting with Judge Barrett on October 1st, and how they discussed the importance of several issues, including the Second Amendment and Montana jobs. Local leaders, including female business owners, stressed the importance of Judge Barrett’s commitment to the Constitution. They also talked about Judge Barrett’s role as a wife and mother, as well as a judge.

GLACIER COUNTY — With the sun shining on the Milk River, a ribbon was cut Thursday to mark the official completion of the Milk River Project. “This is a huge celebration for everyone,” said Jennifer Patrick, the Milk River Joint Board of Control program manager. The project, which cost about $8 million dollars, rebuilt the fifth drop in a canal that carries water from the St. Mary River into the Milk River. The drop collapsed in May, leaving the more than 100,000 people who rely on the river for water without a sustainable source of water. “We have storage facilities.

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines met with a group of Sidney farmers and ranchers, irrigation district experts, county officials and supporters near the banks of the Yellowstone River on October 14. Sen. Daines, popular among Richland County Republicans, is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate against Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat whose presence was felt at the Yellowstone River event. Everyone was wearing facemasks as a precaution against COVID-19, and the temperature was frigid as a Pacific Northwest cold front began moving into eastern Montana. Despite the cold temperatures, less-than-popular facemasks and biting wind, Sen. Daines was all smiles by

GLACIER COUNTY — With the sun shining on the Milk River, a ribbon was cut Thursday to mark the official completion of the Milk River Project. “This is a huge celebration for everyone,” said Jennifer Patrick, the Milk River Joint Board of Control program manager. The project, which cost about $8 million dollars, rebuilt the fifth drop in a canal that carries water from the St. Mary River into the Milk River. The drop collapsed in May, leaving the more than 100,000 people who rely on the river for water without a sustainable source of water. “We have storage facilities.

MISSOULA, Mont. — U.S. Senator Steve Daines will be hosting a roundtable Thursday with Attorney General Fox to discuss the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court with Montana women civic and business leaders. The event will take place at a Kalispell law firm at 2:30 p.m.

Brucellosis research will expand to outdoor settings in the greater Yellowstone area, the United States Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. USDA under secretary Greg Ibach announced the new research projects in front of stacks of hay at a ranch north of Belgrade. Ibach said the new testing guidelines will help the effort to eliminate brucellosis from the United States. “This policy change will allow us to manage it and provide oversight in the research projects and be able to start the march to a solution,” Ibach said. About two decades ago, Ibach said, outdoor research on brucellosis stopped because of

U.S. Senator Steve Daines led a meeting with Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and other local leaders Thursday, discussing the importance of confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Daines spoke about his own meeting with Judge Barrett on October 1st, and how they discussed the importance of several issues, including the Second Amendment and Montana jobs. Local leaders, including female business owners, stressed the importance of Judge Barrett’s commitment to the Constitution. They also talked about Judge Barrett’s role as a wife and mother, as well as a judge.

BOZEMAN — An area of Montana countryside where four Air Force pilots crashed and died in 1962 was named in honor of the fallen service members. President Donald Trump signed the B-47 Designation Act Tuesday naming the area east of Paradise Valley the “B-47 Ridge,” the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Tuesday. The legislation honors Capt. Bill Faulconer, Lt. Fred Hixenbaugh, Lt. David Sutton and Lt. Lloyd Sawyers, who died during a training mission. The crew flew a B-47 bomber from an air base in Texas on July 23, 1962, but never returned after the plane crashed into the ridge located