Mike Smith

Butte

Government and Politics Reporter at Montana Standard

Longtime reporter, including 20 years at AP, 16 as Statehouse correspondent in Indiana. Reports and writes now for The Montana Standard in Butte, MT.

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Articles

It's back! Butte-Silver Bow Alley Rally opens summer season Tuesday

2 days ago | news-journal.com | Mike Smith

Back by popular demand, Butte-Silver Bow’s “Alley Rally” garbage drop-off program starts this week, giving folks a central location in Butte to get rid of many things without going to the landfill west of town. Commissioners formally renewed a $35,000 contract with Community, Counseling and Correctional Service Inc. last week and the site off of East Iron Street, just below the Belmont Senior Center on Shields Avenue, opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
It's back! Butte-Silver Bow Alley Rally opens summer season Tuesday

2 days ago | mtstandard.com | Mike Smith

Back by popular demand, Butte-Silver Bow’s “Alley Rally” garbage drop-off program starts Tuesday, giving folks a central location in Butte to get rid of many things without going to the landfill west of town. Commissioners formally renewed a $35,000 contract with Community, Counseling and Correctional Service Inc. last week and the site off of East Iron Street, just below the Belmont Senior Center on Shields Avenue, opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Greenhouse honors Butte Rescue Mission's 'pioneer gardener'

5 days ago | news-journal.com | Mike Smith

The sign on a greenhouse at the Butte Rescue Mission is simple: “Paul Maloy Sr. — Butte Rescue Mission’s “Pioneer Gardener’Maloy started a garden on a bleak, vacant lot next to the Mission’s previous site on East Second Street in Butte in the 1970s to give its homeless patrons a therapeutic activity to pursue. He helped them grow plants and food and even hauled water to the garden on a regular basis.
Greenhouse honors Butte Rescue Mission's 'pioneer gardener'

5 days ago | mtstandard.com | Mike Smith

The sign on a greenhouse at the Butte Rescue Mission is simple: “Paul Maloy Sr. — Butte Rescue Mission’s “Pioneer Gardener’Maloy started a garden on a bleak, vacant lot next to the Mission’s previous site on East Second Street in Butte in the 1970s to give its homeless patrons a therapeutic activity to pursue. He helped them grow plants and food and even hauled water to the garden on a regular basis.
Anaconda legislator explains women's prison appropriations

5 days ago | mtstandard.com | Mike Smith

Republican state Rep. John Fitzpatrick of Anaconda has been central to prison expansion in Montana and sponsored legislation this past session that puts big money toward that. Among other things, he said House Bill 833 includes about $250 million in appropriations to address the growing female inmate population. About $220 million of that is set aside for construction of a new women’s prison. He said a location has not been selected.
BSB official: State signaling serious intentions of wanting women's prison in Butte

5 days ago | mtstandard.com | Mike Smith

Butte-Silver Bow’s top official says legislators have appropriated more than $200 million for potentially building a new women’s prison and he thinks the “writing is on the wall” the Montana Department of Corrections wants it in Butte. The Legislature also approved $50 million in spending authority that would allow Highlands College to move from the Flats in Butte to the Montana Tech campus Uptown — if they can find donations or outside money to do it.
Fate of contentious Butte firefighter bill still undecided

1 week ago | mtstandard.com | Mike Smith

A bill that has heightened decades of feuding between paid and volunteer firefighters in Butte-Silver Bow County is headed to Gov. Greg Gianforte, but disputes seem sure to linger whether he signs it or not. Longtime Butte-Silver Bow Commissioner Bill Andersen says many of the unsettled issues, which could include volunteer department consolidation, status of elected trustees and budgetary matters, are sure to land in the council’s lap.
Driver sentenced to five years in DOC custody for striking Butte High student

1 week ago | mtstandard.com | Mike Smith

A driver who struck a Butte High student who was walking to school and then drove away has been sentenced to the Montana Department of Corrections for five years. Prosecutors initially charged 64-year-old William Joseph Sirucek of Butte with negligent vehicular assault and driving under the influence for a fourth or subsequent time. The student’s injuries were not life-threatening.
Federal government nixes $20 million grant for wellness center in Butte

1 week ago | mtstandard.com | Mike Smith

The federal government canceled a $20 million grant for Butte-Silver Bow to build a recreation and wellness center, only hours after county officials were given the OK to start spending the money. J.P. Gallagher, Butte-Silver Bow’s chief executive, said Monday the Environmental Protection Agency sent a cancellation notice late Friday afternoon. The decision is part of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts nationwide under the Trump administration, he said.
Lawyer wants incest, child porn charges against Butte woman dismissed

1 week ago | mtstandard.com | Mike Smith

An attorney wants a judge to dismiss incest by accountability charges against a Butte woman, saying there’s no evidence she aided or abetted in the sexual assaults committed by her husband at the time. Meanwhile, prosecutors recently filed an additional felony charge against the woman, 35-year-old Meggan L. Cherry, accusing her of having child pornography on her cell phone.