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Births

Recent births at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare:

Feb. 15 – A baby boy to Christopher Maitland and Alyssa Migliore of Anaconda.

Feb. 16 – A baby girl to Matthew and Charlee Reed of Dillon.

Two Montana brothers charged in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach

HELENA, Jan. 29 (AP) – Two brothers from Montana were among the first to break into the U.S. Capitol while Congress was certifying the Electoral College vote, the FBI said in charging documents.

Joshua Calvin Hughes and Jerod Wade Hughes climbed through a broken window into the Capitol on Jan. 6 and Jerod Hughes helped kick open a door to allow other rioters inside, the FBI said in charging documents filed on Thursday.

Headwaters helping businesses to keep going in pandemic

COVID-19 ended the lives of over a thousand Montanans and sickened tens of thousands more since it hit the state last winter.

The pandemic’s impact on the state’s small businesses has likely been just as severe, causing many to go under and others to severely underperform in 2020.

A regional nonprofit dedicated to sustainable economic development based in Butte, Headwaters RC&D (Resource Conservation & Development) continues to try to help businesses in seven counties in southwest Montana survive and even thrive during the pandemic.

Births

Recent births at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare:

Taylor Grazing Act

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With an area of 1.1 million acres spanning approximately 125 miles along the Missouri River, Montana’s Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge (the CMR) is the second-largest wildlife refuge in the continental United States.

The CMR was created initially as the Fort Peck Game Range in 1936, and connects on its west end with the 377,000 acre Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (the Monument), which was established in 2001.

APR’s History of bison introduction

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The APR introduced bison to their landholdings 15 years ago.

In 2005, the APR first imported 16 bison from Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, 20 in 2006 and 22 in 2007. In 2008, the APR imported 10 bison from the Nature Conservancy Kettle Grasslands Preserve in Iowa. In 2010, the APR imported 93 bison from Elk Island National Park in Alberta, Canada, 72 in 2012 and 73 in 2014, according to the APR’s website.

Traditional tones

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The treble chorus and teen tones combined to sing O Come, Little Children at the BCHS Holiday Choral Concert last Tuesday evening. Moonyen Paloma is in the foreground of the photo above, with Riley Hall, Lauraya Crane, Gracie Resier and Destiney Cox in the background. J.P. Plutt photo

Births

Recent births at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare:

District Court

Dec. 15 • Daniel Evenson of Great Falls had a previous sentence revoked and was resentenced in Fifth Judicial District Court. Judge Luke Berger sentenced him to three years in the Department of Corrections, all suspended, with credit for time served and previous fees paid; $50 victim advocate fee; $10 technology fee; probation conditions.

Piles of presents

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Santa’s helpers have been busy putting together the Giving Tree gift packets for local children. If you haven’t turned in your gift, organizers need it by Thursday. J.P. Plutt photo