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About every five days, a traveler shows up at the counter of Best Western Clocktower Inn in downtown Billings, insisting reservations have been made and prices agreed upon, but owner Steve Wahrlich will know nothing of it. The traveler will insist he’s been to the hotel’s website, or seems to have been on it. There will have been photos of the hotel, photos of the rooms, and the illusion of booking with the actual hotel. The website won’t be Wahrlich’s. There are five different booking sites with domain names that begin with Best Western Clocktower Inn that appear before Wahrlich’s site

LIBBY – Although the primary phase of federal cleanup is completed, health concerns continue in Libby, where residents continue to deal with the aftereffects of asbestos contamination. The US Environmental Protection Agency completed its major cleanup operations at properties around Libby and Troy last year. EPA removes a portion of Libby from the federal Superfund site Now, cleanup responsibilities have transitioned to state and local agencies to deal with the remaining contamination in business and residential areas from the old vermiculite mining operations at the WR Grace mine. But the health concerns over asbestosis continue, with research at the Center

Senator Steve Daines is honoring one Montana native for her achievements in our armed forces. Major General Barbara Holcomb is the first female commanding general at the US Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick. She’s also the chief of the US Army Nurse Corps. Major General Holcomb grew up in Miles City. She first joined the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps following her first year of nursing school. Senator Daines is calling her a trailblazer and a Montana leader. “She’s set the example for so many young women to follow her path to break these barriers as

Sen. Steve Daines told a Senate panel Tuesday that at worker at a state-run nursing home in Lewistown told him she resigned after believing her supervisors retaliated against her for raising questions about quality issues. Daines, a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, made his comments about the Montana Mental Health Nursing Care Center during a discussion the panel had on “Promoting elder justice: A call for reform.” It was a discussion on the quality of care and safety for Medicare and Medicaid recipients. He said when the former employee brought concerns to leadership she was excluded from meetings and ultimately

— When it comes to the Constitution and illegal immigration into this country, Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority “to enforce the law.” Daines added that he is “very concerned” about the “radical leftists” in the House of Representatives. At the U.S. Capitol on July 16, CNSNews.com asked Sen. Daines,  “Article 2 section 3 of the Constitution says that the president must make sure that laws are faithfully enforced. Do you believe that the president has the constitutional responsibility to enforce immigration laws?” The senator said, “This is a president who believes in the rule

The Land and Water Conservation Fund, or LWCF, is getting lots of attention these days, and for good reason. For over a half-century, LWCF has delivered real benefits in Montana and across the country, providing funds to protect and gain public access to the parks, forests, and outdoor recreation we all need. LWCF has a proud history of bipartisanship that continues today, even as mudslinging in DC gets worse and worse. A bill recently passed by the Democratic House and the Republican Senate permanently reauthorizes LWCF and clears the way for continued federal funding for our Montana way of life.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to drill a water well 3.5 miles west of Garneill in yet another step for a long-term project to bring well water to about 5,000 central Montana households. The federal agency has published an environmental assessment on the project and is taking public comment on the document through Aug. 9. The 8.75-inch diameter well — proposed to be drilled up to 2,800 feet deep into the Madison Aquifer — is the latest step in the larger Central Montana Regional Water Authority. If or when the roughly $90 million project is completed, it would supply

President Donald Trump taunted the “squad” of far-left first term progressive Democrats on Sunday, telling them to go back and fix the places they came from before telling the rest of the country what to do. Trump’s tweets Sunday appeared to reference Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA). Trump’s tweet pushed Democrats such as Reps. Omar and Ocasio-Cortez to quickly attack the president, claiming that he was “stoking white nationalism.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she will hold a vote condemning Trump’s “disgraceful language.” Sen. Daines, who is up for reelection

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) on July 11 introduced a bicameral, bipartisan bill to ensure counties around the nation receive their fair share of federal payment in lieu of taxes compensation. Sen. Daines sponsored the Small County Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Parity Act, S. 2108, with cosponsors including U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) to provide for additional population tiers that would better balance how the federal government pays PILT funds to a county government to offset the loss of property taxes from federally owned lands in that county. “Far too often our rural communities are pushed aside and

BILLINGS- U.S. Sen. Steve Daines of Montana threw his support behind President Donald Trump over his tweets aimed at four Democratic congresswomen. In a tweet Monday, Daines wrote: “Montanans are sick and tired of listening to anti-American, anti-Semite, radical Democrats trash our country and our ideals. This is America. We’re the greatest country in the world. I stand with @realdonaldtrump.” Daines’ tweet, which had more than 19,000 likes and 18,000 replies Monday evening, was in apparent response to a series of tweets from fellow Republican Trump. HIs target has been four freshmen Democrats, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of