Basin News

Heavy smoke from wildfires in Idaho, Oregon and as far away as California choked Montana valleys Tuesday, pushing air quality below the healthy mark.

A fire which broke out near Basin is quickly being brought under control by fire crews.

WHITEHALL - Firefighters caught a break Sunday on a 620-acre wildfire west of Whitehall as higher humidity and calm winds slowed the blaze almost to a standstill.

WHITEHALL - Firefighters caught a break Sunday on a 620-acre wildfire west of Whitehall as higher humidity and calm winds slowed the blaze almost to a standstill.

Independent Record - 06/04/08 Voters Tuesday defeated both levies that were on the ballot in Broadwater County.

Longtime central Montana legislator Ed Butcher, of Winifred, was in a fierce battle for re-election to his House District 29 seat, and at press time the race was too close to call.

Around $300,000 will be spent to teach kids more about the environment in schools across the Clark Fork River Basin. via KPAX

DENVER, May 8 /CNW/ -- Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. , an oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming and Colorado and the Williston Basin of North Dakota ... via Canada NewsWire

Register for the first bowhunter education class of the year in Great Falls on April 22 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Fish, Wildlife & Parks office, 4600 Giant Springs Road. via Great Falls Tribune

“We are starting the fifth year of the Grant Program aimed at returning the basin to a healthy ecosystem”

Carol Fox, Restoration Program Chief for the Natural Resource Damage Program, said Friday that applications for $6.5 million in 2004 grant funds for projects to restore the Upper Clark Fork River Basin are now ... via Department of Justice

“These projects will improve Butte and Anaconda's drinking water systems, assess natural resource conditions in a tributary stream to Silver Bow Creek and provide seed and plant material for re-vegetating areas affected by mining”

HELENA The state is seeking public comment on draft funding recommendations for projects designed to restore the Upper Clark Fork River Basin, Restoration Program chief Carol Fox said Monday. via Department of Justice

“And the whole time I was painting it I was thinking, 'This is stupid - who in the world is going to buy something like this?'”

Reflecting the rich Western art heritage of this part of Montana, several Great Falls-area painters and sculptors are among the 200 artists from all over the country picked to offer their finest at this year's ... via Great Falls Tribune

“The Holter board and staff see this as a great opportunity both for our organization and for our community as a whole”

By JOHN HARRINGTON - Independent Record - 02/14/08 The proposal to market Helena as "The West's Learning Center for the Arts" received strong support from some of the city's larger arts organizations at a ... via Independent Record

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: U.S., Montana, mining company sign off on $187-million settlement Under the terms of the $187-million settlement with the Atlantic Richfield Company for ... via Headwaters News

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer and state Attorney General Mike McGrath are expected to make an announcement on Thursday morning in Butte about the Clark Fork River Basin litigation. via KXLF

By Justin Post of The Montana Standard - 02/07/2008 Butte-Silver Bow will receive $28.1 million as part of the final settlement of natural resource damage claims for the Upper Clark Fork River Basin. via Montana Standard

Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced on Monday an end to hunting of male mountain lions in northcentral Montana hunting districts 413 and 432. via Great Falls Tribune

“Where are you going and what's on the other side?”

IR photo by Marga Lincoln - June Underwood works on a painting in her studio at the Montana Artists Refuge in Basin as some of her other pieces are displayed behind her. via Independent Record

“This is my home. I love the people. I am in the process of doing what I can do.”

A Basin denturist who closed his business after a judge ruled that he was practicing dentistry without a license says he won't give up his fight to resume making dentures in Wyoming. via Billings Gazette

HELENA - Gov. Brian Schweitzer has approved funding for eight restoration projects in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin for a total of $11.9 million. via Great Falls Tribune