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Helena High student walkout protest canceled after homemade explosive found near campus

A planned student walkout protesting federal immigration enforcement at Helena High School was canceled Thursday after a homemade explosive device was found near the school. According to Helena Police Chief Brett Petty, law enforcement found a milk jug filled with some sort of fuel on private property near North Dakota

Student organization holds emergency ICE protest

Student organization holds emergency ICE protest

Hundreds of community members gathered in downtown Bozeman last Sunday afternoon to protest recent actions carried out by ICE in Minneapolis. The event was organized by MSU’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a nationwide progressive student organization, according to the national SDS website. Shortly after the

Menstrual product dispensers to be reinstalled after unexplained removal from SUB bathrooms

Menstrual product dispensers to be reinstalled after unexplained removal from SUB bathrooms

Students recently discovered that the menstrual product dispensers in the Strand Union Building (SUB)’s bathrooms were missing. The issue came to light in December when a student visited the Women’s Center seeking menstrual products after noticing that the dispenser in the third-floor restroom was missing. Betsy Danforth,

Students Against Genocide calls on MSU to cut ties with Metrea, Reveal Technology

Students Against Genocide calls on MSU to cut ties with Metrea, Reveal Technology

Students Against Genocide (SAG) is calling on MSU to cut ties with companies on its Innovation Campus that conduct military and mass surveillance technology research and development, including Metrea Spectrum Operations and Reveal Technology. The campaign, which has included protests, tabling and petition circulation, officially launched two weeks ago. According

Helena withdraws from drug task force over Border Patrol membership, East Helena stays on

The Helena Police Department is temporarily breaking from a multi-jurisdiction drug task force over concerns of aiding immigration arrests after U.S. Border Patrol formally joined its ranks. The introduction of Border Patrol agents to the Missouri River Drug Task Force, an anti-drug-trafficking organization that includes 14

Butte jury directs DPHHS to pay $5.5M award for negligence in girl's rape

Following two weeks of trial testimony, a jury on Friday found Montana’s child protection agency negligent for allegedly taking months to adequately inform police that a girl had been raped and gave birth at age 12. The girl is now 23 and the jury directed the Montana Department of

Man visiting Helena charged with sexually assaulting 9-year-old girl

A 32-year-old man was charged Tuesday with allegedly raping a 9-year-old girl in Helena. Angelo Christopher Zacharias, 32, was charged in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court on Tuesday with two counts of sexual intercourse without consent and one count of sexual assault. All three are