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Montana Robbery Suspect Kills Self, Other Suspect Seriously Injured During Standoff in Lincoln City, Oregon

"We appreciate the patience and understanding of our citizens during this tense and potentially volatile event as it unfolded in our community." - Lincoln City Police Chief Keith Killian

(LINCOLN CITY, OR) - On January 3rd, 2014, Lincoln City Police Department was contacted by the Seattle Division of the FBI regarding information that two fugitives involved in a December 30, 2013, armed robbery in Butte, Montana, may be present in Lincoln City.

Information received indicated that among the items stolen were several firearms and that the subjects, an adult male and adult female, may be in a stolen black colored Nissan Altima passenger car.

2014 Harvesting Clean Energy Conference: Early Conference Registration is Open

The 2014 Harvesting Clean Energy Conference is set for February 4-6 at the Red Lion Colonial Inn in Helena, Montana.

(BUTTE, NM.) - Businesses and landowners who register early can learn about strategies to maximize the local job creation and economic benefits that can come from developing our clean energy resources later – and save money now.

The conference will bring in leading clean-energy experts and practitioners to talk about what’s involved in creating successful clean-energy projects that can cut a farm’s energy costs and produce power or feedstocks to market.

The Government Lied, And This Law-Abiding Father Got 80 Years In Prison

80 years for growing a natural plant legal under state law.

(HELENA, MT) - If there was any doubt in your mind as to whether or not our nation's drug policies are completely broken, this should settle them.

Story shows absurdity of prohibition, the failure of the war on drugs, and mandatory minimums.

Pot Helps 2-Year Old Survive Cancer

Another positive showing for the use of medical marijuana.

(HELENA, MT) - One of Montana's youngest medical cannabis card holders is Cash Hyde, a 2 ½-year-old boy who battled a brain tumor and won.

Cash's dad, Michael Hyde, says the drug helped Cash with his battle. "I believe that, you know, Cash's with us for a lot of reasons, one of them I would have to say is the power of prayer, one he's a walking miracle and the other one is he is a patient of medical cannabis..." said Hyde.

Montanans Launch Recall of Senators Who Approved NDAA Military Detention. Merry Christmas, US Senate

Montana would be the first recall drive to be launched as a result of the vote for the NDAA military detentions provisions.

(HELENA) - Activists in one state made an unexpected move against US senators who passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011- which allows for the indefinite military detention of Americans without charge or trial.

Montanans have announced the launch of recall campaigns to give senators who voted for the bill the boot.

Joanna Nibler of Salem, Ore. Enrolls at Rocky Mountain College

(BILLINGS, Mont.) - Joanna Nibler, daughter of Janice and Francis Nibler of Salem, will attend Rocky Mountain College this fall. Joanna plans to major in Equitation and Training in the equine program. She graduated from Perrydale High School.

Joanna has been accepted to Rocky Mountain College based on her educational performance, which includes her high school grade point average, course selection, ACT or SAT scores, and letters of recommendation.

WOU Wolves win opener

(Monmouth, Oregon) - Daniel Dillard went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and six runs driven in to lead Western Oregon to a 12-1 win in the opener of a four-game set against Montana State Billings.

Buy Cable TV, Get a Free Gun

Meanwhile GOP presidential contenders support a moral crusade to save America.

(APTOS, Calif.) - Guns in churches, schools and bars. Immigrants expelled to solve financial problems. Morality praised as the key national issue.

American politics are getting more bizarre and in some cases, borders on the nutty. Current politics include Republican legislatures in Texas, Arizona, Georgia and Minnesota fighting for their "rights" to reject energy efficiency light bulbs, while South Carolina will manufacture their own state's rights incandescent bulbs.

The Medical Letter and Pathetic Innocence about Medical Marijuana

This is a prestigious Medical Letter.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - This is pernicious misinformation that both amuses and beguiles me because of its innocence of factual information. It appears it comes from ten year old information peppered with the information from the Reefer Madness movie.

About 1,000,000 marijuana users are arrested each year. This means as least 10 to 20 million people are using it with minimal adverse effects.

Medical Marijuana Therapy 101 for Disbelievers: There`s a Lot of Bull Here

How much of the government and media's information on marijuana is actually true?

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - There is so much misinformation in the media about the medical use of marijuana, that getting to the real truth can sometimes be difficult.

It should not be the case, but the laws in the United States outlawing this natural plant have created a very difficult atmosphere for research.