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Treasure State Update

By DARRELL EHRLICK | Editor-in-Chief

"Like we have said at 80-plus town halls and meet-and-greets across the state, like a Russian smokejumper said in National Geographic many years back: Well, what smokejumping is? It’s for three minutes, fly like eagle, for three weeks, dig like mole. And friends, we’ve been digging for a long time, but tonight, let’s fly,” – U.S. Congressman-elect Sam Forstag, who flipped Montana’s Congressional District 1, and will become the state’s lone Democrat in Congress.

Forstag rides a ‘blue wave’ to victory in House race

Forstag rides a ‘blue wave’ to victory in House race

by Micah Drew

MISSOULA —The second floor of the historic Florence Hotel erupted in cheers just before 11 p.m., when the first Missoula County vote results were released, and again 30 minutes later when Gallatin County made its first drop — both heavily favored Democrat Sam Forstag. In a statement released at 11:48, Forstag’s campaign declared victory in […]
Republican Kurt Alme declares victory, independent Seth Bodnar concedes 

Republican Kurt Alme declares victory, independent Seth Bodnar concedes 

by Keila Szpaller

Republican Kurt Alme declared victory Tuesday for the U.S. Senate seat in Montana. “From the bottom of my heart, thank you to every Montanan who put their trust in me to serve as your next U.S. Senator,” Alme said in a statement. “Montana is my home, and as your Senator, I will fight to make […]
Montanans head to the polls with affordability top of mind

Montanans head to the polls with affordability top of mind

by Keila Szpaller, Micah Drew, Jordan Hansen

Astoria Beckstrom estimated she’d wait roughly an hour to register to vote at the Missoula County Elections Center. To Beckstrom, a University of Montana student who uses Montana Medicaid, the wait was worth it. Beckstrom said she’d been fighting to prove she really did still qualify for Medicaid, and remained a low-income Montanan after working […]
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