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Jan 10, 2025 | 
helenair.com | Mike Smith
After weeks of hesitancy in saying Butte-Silver Bow County would for sure get a multi-million dollar grant to build a recreation and wellness center in Butte, federal and local officials deemed it a done deal Friday. Please subscribe to continue reading… Mike Smith is a reporter at the Montana Standard with an emphasis on government and politics. Love Funny Wow Sad Angry
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
billingsgazette.com | Mike Smith
After weeks of hesitancy in saying Butte-Silver Bow County would for sure get a multi-million dollar grant to build a recreation and wellness center in Butte, federal and local officials deemed it a done deal Friday. “That certainty and confirmation is today,” J.P. Gallagher, Butte-Silver Bow’s chief executive, said at a ceremony in the Butte Civic Center lobby to announce the grant.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
littermedia.com | Mike Smith
Photo Courtesy of Word Press Managing ‘Santa Shock’ as Holiday Bills Hit Ohio Mailboxes January 7, 2025 Mike Smith Article Presented By McDonald’s, “Im Lovin’ It!” (Columbus) – As Ohioans await credit card bills from the recent holiday season, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) is sharing tips to help consumers work through any post-holiday financial headaches, whether it’s managing surprisingly large invoices or dealing with potentially stolen credit...
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
washingtonpost.com | Mike Smith
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
billingsgazette.com | Mike Smith
Within a minute of being sworn in Friday as a state District Court judge in Butte-Silver Bow County, Frank Joseph completed his first official act: swearing in Robert Whelan for a second term on the bench across the Courthouse hall. Joseph and Whelan practiced together in the same law firm in Butte for several years before Whelan was elected to his first term as a Montana District Court judge in 2018.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
billingsgazette.com | Mike Smith
When the bailiff calls out, “All rise” and District Judge Kurt Krueger walks in, draped in black, he always steps up to his bench, glances quickly over the courtroom, pauses for a few seconds and says, “Please be seated.”He projects a commanding presence and sets a serious tone because it’s a serious setting, one of the most serious in American society, and Krueger expects everyone to respect it. He’s part of it, as all judges are, but the law and institution are bigger than any one person.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
theadvocate.com | Mike Smith
Gov. Jeff Landry announced Wednesday he was mobilizing a military police company from the Louisiana National Guard in the aftermath of the vehicle and shooting attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that killed 10 people and injured dozens. The force will assist local law enforcement, state police and the FBI, he said. Landry said he also issued an emergency declaration to free up necessary resources to respond to the attack.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
theadvocate.com | Mike Smith
The man who drove a pickup truck into crowds on Bourbon Street and opened fire in the early hours of New Year's Day, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, was in full military gear and was apparently not a local resident, New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno said. He has since been identified by a law enforcement source as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
mansfieldcourier.com.au | Mike Smith
EVER since early man first looked out at the endless dark of the night’s sky and lifted a lone stretched finger towards the stars, those luminous balls of burning gas, we have asked the question: are we alone? Is life in the universe, known and unknown, confined to this impossibly small rock precariously suspended within the infinite dark? Some say yes. They argue that our ever more powerful teles...
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Mike Smith
MIKE SMITH reflects on the epidemic of silence that has surrounded mental health in the music industryTHE RECENT PASSING of One Direction’s Liam Payne made me reflect on my first encounter with him during the filming of The X Factor in the autumn of 2010. The confident 17-year-old from Wolverhampton enthusiastically posed for pictures with my daughter before delivering a note-perfect performance on the show that night. There was no doubt in my mind that he had a golden career ahead of him.
