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BILLINGS - The state of Montana and Arch Coal Inc. will line up together in state court Tuesday against environmental groups seeking to derail the company's plan to mine a 1.3 billion-ton reserve within the most productive coal region of the country.

A Recently, Mid-Rivers Communications, based in Circle, Montana, donated a total of $11,200 to area Emergency Medical Service / ambulance providers and to area fire departments within Mid-Rivers' service area ranging from Lewistown, in Central Montana, to Fairview, in Eastern Montana.

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer recently announced the appointment of a new commissioner to the Montana Transportation Commission as well as the reappointment of present-District 1 Commissioner Kevin Howlett and his appointment as MTC chair.

On motion by L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to authorize rewards of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of the Jan.

After a week in Helena, the opening-day pomp and circumstance are mere echoes and by now new lawmakers and lobbyists should have located the Capitol's meeting and wash rooms.