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Different approaches to alleged sexual hazing

Remember the allegations of sexually violent hazing on a Glacier High freshman football team bus earlier this year?

Two 15-year-old boys in that case are charged with misdemeanor assault in that case.

Contrast that with the approach taken in this Cascade County case in which a Great Falls High football player faces [...]

Flathead County deputy safe after coming under fire

It was a wild night in the Flathead on Friday; luckily one that ended with no serious injuries. We spot to Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry a little while ago, who gave the following account:

A 19-year-old Kalispell man is in custody after allegedly firing a semiautomatic weapon at a Flathead County [...]

Caregivers who sued over medical marijuana law plead no contest in pot case

From the Associated Press this morning:

KALISPELL, Mont. – Two men behind a lawsuit that aimed to clarify state law on the transfer of medical marijuana between caregivers have pleaded no contest to felony criminal possession with intent to distribute.

Robin Ruiz and Lief Erickson were arrested Feb. 3 after officers [...]

Medical marijuana – Judge’s ruling, and a puzzling raid

The Missoulian got a note from a reader today who was upset because so many medical marijuana dispensaries are closed and he felt as though there should be more coverage of that fact. Guess he’s missed the near-daily stories about the ongoing wrangling over Montana’s medical marijuana law.

There were a couple of [...]

A manhunt for a former militia leader, and a message

First, the manhunt. Law enforcement is searching for a former militia leader who shot at Missoula County Sheriff’s deputies on Sunday and then disappeared into the mountains west of Lolo.

The suspect is David Burgert, who is on federal and state probation and who, a decade ago, led the right-wing militant group [...]

Kalispell man says he was high on meth when he confessed to slayings

After Tyler Michael Miller was arrested for gunning down his girlfriend and her 15-year-old daughter on Christmas Day, the Kalispell man told police that “I probably pulled off the most evil manipulative pathetic thing today, but I feel good about it”

“I wish I felt bad,” he continued, according to court papers. “I [...]

All medical marijuana, all the time

Some days, that’s what it feels like. Certainly medical marijuana is in the news on several fronts this week:

Matt Hagengruber of the Billings Gazette has a follow-up story on the federal raids at medical marijuana shops around the state on Monday:

A day after federal agents executed 30 search warrants in 13 [...]

Homicide defendant – ‘Happier than hell’ over ex’s killing

This story by the Missoulian’s Tristan Scott should come with a warning label because its details are so disturbing.

Tyler Michael Miller of Kalispell has admitted to the Christmas Day shooting deaths of Jaimi Lynn Hurlbert, 35, and her 15-year-old daughter, Alyssa Burkett.

He also promises to kill again if given the [...]

Cops and Courts Quote of the Day – Teen’s break-up impulse led to fatal crash

“You have a young lady of 16 who gets in a fight with her boyfriend, and as a teenager reacts emotionally to the situation – she acts impulsively, without taking the consequences of her action into consideration. .. It may not have been her intention to kill anyone, but because of her actions [...]