February 9, 2010

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Man charged with head-butting detention officer

MISSOULA - A 31-year-old man who authorities say had a blood-alcohol concentration more than four times the legal limit when he allegedly head-butted a detention officer at the Missoula County jail has been charged with assault on a peace officer.

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No offers for Montana's 1/2-billion tons of coal
BILLINGS - Montana's Land Board will have to reconsider its price for developing a half-billion ton reserve of state-owned coal near Ashland after receiving no offers during a lease sale that ended Monday.
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Montana budget forecast sees red
HELENA - A new budget forecast predicts that state coffers will run into a deficit by the middle of 2011. But the governor's office called the latest prediction irrelevant.
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Bid made on state coal tracts near Ashland
BILLINGS - Montana land officials will open at least one bid Monday from an entity that wants to lease more than a half-billion tons of coal near the Wyoming border.
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