The Postal Service announced today it is indeed moving outgoing mail processing from Missoula to Spokane. If you send a letter from Missoula bound for Missoula, it will travel 200 miles over a mountain pass first: missoulian.com/news/local/usp…

No written procedures. Untrained corrections officers. Incomplete background checks.

Dead bugs. Flickering lights. Rat traps in the kitchen.

These are just some of the findings outlined in a BIA report on the Fort Peck Tribes' corrections facilities. missoulian.com/news/local/ind…

BIG UPDATE: Complaint alleges Sharyl Allen, a GOP candidate for Supt. of Public Instruction in Montana, 'unlawfully obstructed a criminal investigation by unlawfully preventing a MT. Dept. of Criminal Investigations agent from interviewing students at Harrison School (THREAD)

Sharyl Allen, a GOP candidate for Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction, was charged this week with misdemeanor obstruction of a peace officer. It's only thanks to a tipster that we know. She previously served under current Supt. Elsie Arntzen.
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Biden nominates MT attorney Danna Jackson to the federal bench, replacing Judge Dana Christensen if confirmed. #mtnews #mtpol missoulian.com/news/state-reg…

Josh Hannifin, who has worked for Town Pump for 14 years, was getting bags for hot dog buns when his co-worker pointed outside and yelled, 'There's an elephant!'

Local news still rocks

mtstandard.com/news/local/but… via Montana Standard

ELEPHANT ON LOOSE IN BUTTE: An elephant got loose in Butte on Tuesday. The elephant is now safe with its handlers. A viewer said before the elephant was captured it did number two on a Butte lawn. Credit: Brittany McGinnis. Share Your Photos and Videos: NBCMontana.com/ChimeIn

This elephant is like all of us in Montana, just making a quick run to Town Pump.

The new Blackfeet Missing and Murdered Indigenous People organization will host events, centralize resources and raise awareness for an issue that has plagued many families on the reservation. missoulian.com/news/local/ind… #MMIP #MMIW #MMIW G2S

The Indigenous Advisory Council for Banff National Park unveiled an updated sign at the east entrace. The sign shows words of welcome in the languages of the Kainai, Siksika, Piikani, Tsuut’ina, Stoney Nakoda and Métis Nation of Alberta. (photo from Blood Tribe FB). #mtnews

With support from Center for Health Journalism, I'm mailing hundreds of free copies of my life expectancy series to tribal communities across the state -- where our newspapers aren't often delivered.

If your organization would like some copies, please send me a mailing address! #mtnews

got to hang with two of my favorite people yesterday before i head back to work. never enough time at home. never enough time with the ones you love.

It was a privilege to photograph Lily Gladstone receiving a stand-up headdress on the Blackfeet Reservation. Gladstone ‘08, was the first indigenous person to win a Golden Globe and was Oscar-nominated for her work in “Killers of the Flower Moon” | March 26, 2024 |

When you get to met your hero

Lily Gladstone speaks of a “full circle moment” at her celebration on the Blackfeet Reservation.

Lily Gladstone congrats. You deserve this.

Owner of the straight up headdress.

A stand-up headdress, unique to the Blackfoot Confederacy, has been transferred to Lily Gladstone. She walks beside elder Charlene Plume, who made Gladstone’s headdress. Lily Gladstone #mtnews

Lily Gladstone Day on the Blackfeet Reservation has begun! ⁦Lily Gladstone⁩ #mtnews