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ButteNews.net
July 20, 2023
At roughly noon on Wednesday July 19, Zachariah Bartsch allegedly injured a police dog and assaulted a police officer in an attempt to resist arrest on a felony warrant, Sheriff Ed Lester said in an email.
A Butte-Silver Bow police officer was investigating an unrelated matter on the 1900 block of Silver Bow Blvd. when Bartsch approached him, the release said.
Recognizing Bartsch, the officer attempted to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. Bartsch allegedly assaulted the officer and then fled. The officer finished his initial investigation and then joined other officers in the search for Bartsch.
A Montana Highway Patrol trooper was in the area, and he had a canine with him that was trained in tracking and apprehension. Bartsch was found a few blocks away from the initial incident. He was on the 2100 block of Grand Avenue.
At that time Bartsch attempted to flee on a bicycle. The trooper unleashed the dog. The canine caught up with the fleeing suspect and took him off the bike. Bartsch allegedly assaulted the dog, injuring its leg. He tussled with pursuing officers as well, but was apprehended and taken to the jail.
The suspect has been charged with Resisting Arrest, Criminal Contempt, Harming a Police Dog, Obstructing a Peace Officer, and Assault on a Peace Officer. He is currently being held at the Butte-Silver Bow Detention Center.
The extent of the dog’s injury is not known, the sheriff wrote.
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July 20, 2023 - By Mark Moran - Producer-Editor, Contact - News
Big Sky Connection - Heat continues to grip the West. Iconic indigenous lakes, rivers, and streams in Montana are showing the effects of long-term climate shift, scientists say, as drought intensifies. Comments from Brian Lipscomb, CEO, Energy Keepers, Inc. (Salish SAY-lish) Kootenai (KOOT-nee)
Click on the image above for the audio. Flathead Lake's high water quality results from its watershed being mainly national park, wilderness and managed forest lands combined with having a relatively low human population. (Adobe Stock)
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July 20, 2023 - As crippling heat sears Western states, drought is creeping into Montana where Indigenous tribes are seeing historic waterways at record lows.
Below-normal moisture and above-average heat remain in the forecast at least through the weekend, and forecasts show no end in sight for the drought. The warmest global temperatures in decades are clearly reflected in northwest Montana's lakes, rivers and streams, and the areas affected by drought are increasing.
Nowhere is it more evident than in the Flathead Lake basin.
Brian Lipscomb, CEO of Energy Keepers, an organization monitoring water levels on behalf of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, said people are feeling the effect of last winter's snowpack, which was only 70% of normal.
"Down 30%, that's really not normal for us," Lipscomb pointed out. "That water supply coming into the lake is the lowest in the 74-year record."
Lipscomb added an unusually cold winter added to the dry conditions in northwest Montana because the lack of snow reduced snowmelt and runoff into the river basin, which set the stage for even drier conditions now.
While much of the focus has been on the record heat in western states, Lipscomb noted the worst effects of drought do not happen in one year, or even in five or 10, but multiply and accumulate.
"You have to see drought in western Montana over the course of time," Lipscomb contended. "It's snowpack, it's when is our winter due, it's what is happening with rainfall. It's what's our soil moisture content. It's what's the water supplies in the rivers."
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the snowpack in Montana melted faster than it has in 30 years.
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PNS - Thursday, July 20, 2023 - Owners of small farms are missing the funds needed to withstand worsening climate impacts, a study shows COVID changed health priorities in rural America, and Scandinavians fond of hotdish and cookie salad flock to Bernie's in East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
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PNS - Thursday, July 20, 2023 - Michigan charges 16 fake electors for former President Donald Trump, several Democrats boycott the Israeli President's speech to Congress, and Maine enacts one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the nation.
