Exciting afternoon in western Montana.
In Darby, a Cessna made an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 93 after the pilot apparently ran out of gas, Perry Backus of the Ravalli Republic reports:
“He was really lucky there was no traffic when he put down,” said Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Scott Bennett.
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Sheriffs won’t be first in Montana after all.
Matt Volz of the Associated Press reports that a legislative committee today slashed the so-called “Sheriffs First” bill that would have required federal law-enforcement officers to receive written permission from the sheriff before making an arrest, search or seizure in a Montana county.
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