Montana
Montana Department of Environmental Quality issues assessment approving Arlee gravel pit
MISSOULA – Arlee residents battling a proposed gravel pit have scored one factor few different Montana communities get anymore — an environmental evaluation. However, the evaluation’s conclusions don’t go of their favor.
On Wednesday, the Montana Division of Environmental High quality (DEQ) printed an environmental evaluation for the 160-acre Marvin Rehbein gravel pit and asphalt plant proposed northeast of Arlee on the Flathead Reservation. The evaluation discovered no standards that might hold the gravel pit from changing into operational.
DEQ decided that the gravel pit wouldn’t have an effect on floor or groundwater high quality or amount, despite the fact that neighbors expressed concern a couple of historic stream known as Pellew Creek. DEQ additionally anticipates that air high quality could also be considerably affected by mud from the pit and air pollution from the asphalt facility however considers the consequences short-term and negligible, though the pit operator would additionally must get hold of an air high quality allow.
The Montana Pure Heritage Program lists 20 species of concern within the neighborhood, together with bull trout and a number of other chicken species, however DEQ mentioned they’ll transfer to different areas whereas the pit is in operation.
As a result of the pit and asphalt plant can function across the clock for 25 years, DEQ mentioned “close by residences would incur visible and noise impacts throughout operation” however the pit operator proposed placing up berms to scale back the impact.
“The proposed operation may have a minor influence on the neighbors’ life surrounding the proposed allow space, together with The Backyard of One Thousand Buddhas. Direct impacts might be from ensuing adjustments in industrial noise and air high quality, however the severity of these impacts will range with their distance from the proposed opencut operation,” in keeping with the environmental evaluation.
The general public has till Feb. 24 to touch upon the environmental evaluation.
“This web site has had sturdy curiosity from the neighborhood,” mentioned Dan Walsh, DEQ’s mining bureau chief in a launch. “Whereas DEQ completely reviewed the appliance to make sure it meets state legislation and drafted an environmental evaluation to reveal the anticipated impacts, DEQ is accepting public touch upon the environmental evaluation.”
To say there was “sturdy curiosity” is an understatement, mentioned Arlee resident Jennifer Knoetgen. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe has voiced its concern about how the gravel pit and 24-hour asphalt plant would have an effect on the atmosphere. Many residents of Arlee have fashioned a nonprofit group, Buddies of the Jocko, particularly to oppose the gravel pit and set up zoning within the Jocko River Valley.
Knoetgen had but to learn the evaluation however mentioned the Buddies of the Jocko would positively be commenting.
“We’ve got been pushing to get this environmental evaluation. It’s a request we made, it’s a request the tribes made. We’ve requested everybody to push on the DEQ to make them do that, as a result of we thought it was vital and we didn’t suppose they have been giving them due diligence,” Knoetgen mentioned. “We’re simply on the brink of contract with a hydrologist to do a examine for us. So, hopefully, this draft environmental evaluation buys us a little bit bit extra time to get that examine carried out and in entrance of the DEQ.”
In mid-June, Arlee residents realized that Missoula-based Riverside Contracting, Inc., had utilized for a DEQ allow to dig the Marvin Rehbein gravel pit and run a 24-hour asphalt plant inside a half-mile of 24 residents, together with the Backyard of A Thousand Buddhas. A number of extra residents reside inside a 2-mile radius however the DEQ doesn’t think about them to be affected because the 2021 Legislature.
The primary purple flag for residents was that a number of weren’t notified of the proposal, studying of the pit solely by way of the grapevine. The second flag was studying that DEQ would maintain a public listening to on the proposal provided that greater than half of the residents inside a half-mile requested a listening to inside 30 days of the preliminary notification.
Knoetgen tried to rally her neighbors to request the listening to solely to study that even when they acquired a listening to, DEQ wouldn’t act on any of the problems raised because of a brand new legislation handed by Republicans through the 2021 Legislature.
With the passage of Home Invoice 599, sponsored by Rep. Steve Gunderson, R-Libby, many gravel pit safeguards that existed beforehand disappeared, together with residents’ capacity to oppose permits, and the time allowed for DEQ to adequately assess the appliance’s claims was reduce drastically.
Since June, DEQ has refused to carry a listening to for the Arlee pit. So the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes held their very own listening to on the finish of September, permitting residents to testify about their issues, that are many, from worries about groundwater to fixed gentle and noise air pollution from the asphalt plant to excessive ranges of truck visitors on Arlee’s filth roads that might final till 2047.
The one cause the gravel pit hasn’t opened but is as a result of DEQ had flagged some deficiencies within the utility that weren’t resolved till Dec. 6. Within the meantime, Buddies of the Jocko have reached out to the Lake County commissioners and different communities attempting to struggle the identical situation, together with Helena, Shepherd and Libby.
Libby is without doubt one of the few cities which were granted a public listening to, and residents have been annoyed when it led nowhere.
Riverside Contracting has round 80 gravel pit permits or allow functions, and DEQ has carried out environmental assessments on eight of them, together with the Marvin Rehbein, since HB 599 went into impact, in keeping with the DEQ allow checklist.
“Back in Action” star Glenn Close is enjoying life in Bozeman, Montana.
During an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Close explained that since moving to Montana in 2019, she has adapted to the lifestyle.
“Today, my home is in Bozeman, Mont. All of my siblings live here. My modest, 1892 brick house has a porch where I can see the mountains and say hi to neighbors,” she told the outlet.
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Glenn Close left New York City for Montana in 2019. (Getty Images)
After several years in Big Sky Country, Close is looking to expand her property portfolio.
“I’m building a larger house about a half-hour outside of town,” she said.
“Today, my home is in Bozeman, Mont. All of my siblings live here. My modest, 1892 brick house has a porch where I can see the mountains and say hi to neighbors.”
“It’s going to be my Zen farmhouse and our family sanctuary. In back will be a stone cottage, reminding me of the best years of my childhood.”
In 2021, Close spoke to Mountain Outlaw about leaving New York City for Montana a year before the world paused because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I shot a film in Canada during the winter. It was fun and lovely, but I was homesick, and I never used to get homesick.
Glenn Close is in the process of building her family’s “sanctuary” in Montana. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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“Not only is Bozeman my home, but I couldn’t wait to get back here. When I left to go to that job, Jessie and Tina were there to see me off at the airport. It was so great. I’ve come to realize how much I dread going away,” Close told the outlet at the time.
Close’s sister, Jessie, lives in the home next-door, and her sister, Tina, lives in a property nearby. Close’s two brothers, Alexander and Tambu Misoki, also live in Montana.
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“When I was little, I got solace in nature, and that has never changed,” Close said. “I always tried to create that same potential for my family, especially now to come back here and be with my siblings and have a piece of land outside of town that will always be here for my daughter and her children.”
“That’s my legacy,” she added.
At the time, Close explained that her years living in Montana have been the “best” years of her life.
“You can wake up at four in the morning and think you’ve made every wrong decision in your life, and then you stay awake until dawn, which is an incredibly deadly place to be,” the award-winning actress said. “I just feel incredibly lucky. I do think these will be the best years of my life.”
Close calls the last six years living in Montana the “best” years of her life. (Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)
Close’s life has not always been so peaceful. The “Hillbilly Elegy” star was infamously known to be a member of the Moral Re-Armament cult.
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During Close’s interview with WSJ, she explained that her “world changed” when she was seven, and her family joined the cult. It wasn’t until 1970, when Close was 22, that she broke away from the cult.
Moral Re-Armament, also known as MRA, was a religious movement that began in the 1920s when a man named Frank Buchman began evangelizing and became successful with it. Some of the beliefs he touted were the importance of surrendering oneself to a higher power and the practice of solitary silence. Over the years, he attracted thousands of followers from a number of countries.
Glenn Close was a member of the Moral Re-Armament cult from seven to 22. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool)
When World War II loomed over the planet, Buchman made the decision to name the group Moral Re-Armament, explaining that he planned to use spirituality to unite the world and bring peace. The group’s critics scoffed at his simplistic vision, but others became enamored with it. One of those people was Glenn Close’s father.
After he joined the group, he left to work in Africa, while Close and her siblings were placed in Switzerland at the MRA headquarters. In a 2014 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actress detailed the strict rules and manipulation that took place behind the scenes.
“You basically weren’t allowed to do anything, or you were made to feel guilty about any unnatural desire,” she explained. “If you talk to anybody who was in a group that basically dictates how you’re supposed to live and what you’re supposed to say and how you’re supposed to feel, from the time you’re seven till the time you’re 22, it has a profound impact on you. It’s something you have to [consciously overcome] because all of your trigger points are.”
Frank Buckman discusses Moral Re-Armament with legendary actress Mae West in 1939. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone)
In a 2021 interview with Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey, she elaborated, saying, “It was really awful. We were so broken up. It’s astounding that something you went through at such an early stage in your life still has such a potential to be destructive. I think that’s childhood trauma.
“Everybody spouted the same things, and there was a lot of rules — a lot of control. Because of how we were raised, anything that you thought you would do for yourself was considered selfish,” she explained.
In 1970, when Close was 22, she left the group but still struggled.
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“I would have dreams, because I didn’t go to any psychiatrist or anything,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “I had these dreams, and they started with betrayal, a sense of betrayal, and then they developed into me being able to look at these people and say, ‘You’re wrong. You’re wrong.’ And then the final incarnation of those dreams was my being able to calmly get up and walk away. And then I didn’t have them anymore.”
Glenn Close as Ginny, Jamie Demetriou as Nigel, Cameron Diaz as Emily and Jamie Foxx as Matt in “Back In Action.” (John Wilson/Netflix © 2024)
Close continues to act. Her latest project, “Back in Action,” includes Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Kyle Chandler. The Netflix film debuts on the platform on Jan. 17.
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Bobcats Drop Weber State, Logie Notches 300th Career Win – Montana State University Athletics
OGDEN, Utah – Desperately needing a win, Montana State men’s basketball went on the road and earned one in one of the toughest places to play in the Big Sky Conference, defeating Weber State 70-61 at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah, on Saturday night.
Montana State (7-12, 2-4) had won just ten times in 66 previous trips to see the Wildcats dating back to 1964, but threw the history aside to secure a crucial conference victory.
The result earned head coach Matt Logie his 300th career victory.
“I’m just so happy for these kids, man,” Logie said. “They’ve been through a lot and they’ve stayed together.”
Jed Miller scored a career-high 20 points, going a perfect 12 for 12 at the free throw line and adding six rebounds, two assists, two steals, and no turnovers in 24 minutes off the bench.
“Jed’s earned this,” Logie said. “He’s the epitome of ‘Attitude.’ When he wasn’t playing and getting DNP’s, he had a great attitude, supported his teammates, and learned. He’s a very bright kid in terms of his basketball knowledge, he’s very self-aware, and he works at it. He’s so easy to root for that when the success in practice started to come, you just saw it every day. His assist-to-turnover ratio is always 3-to-1, he understands what we’re trying to accomplish, he makes people around him better, and so I’m really happy for him.”
Miller spearheaded a second-half charge for Montana State as they scored 52 points after halftime on 57.1% shooting from the floor. MSU had struggled in Big Sky play holding onto late leads, but turned it over just twice in the final twenty minutes while going 14 of 16 at the line in the second half.
A big part of that was the play of the junior point guard from Agoura Hills, California, who scored 15 in the second half alone—including a perfect ten of ten at the charity stripe to help ice the game.
“It feels amazing,” Miller told sideline reporter Meghan Robinson postgame. “It’s not just me, it’s our team—this was a great game for us, a great win that hopefully allows us to get some momentum going. When our team plays together, we’re the best offensive team and the best overall team in the conference. Our record does not show what we are capable of right now, and all of us that play for Montana State believe that.”
Miller’s 12 makes at the free throw line tie him with former teammate RaeQuan Battle for the most in a single game without a miss in Bobcat history. Battle also went 12 for 12 against Sacramento State on Jan. 28, 2023.
Entering Saturday having lost seven of their last eight—suffering five defeats by five or fewer points–Montana State changed the starting lineup for the first time this season and shifted a few rotations to try to create a spark.
“I think the best thing that came out of us tweaking the lineup and rotation was the confirmation of our team’s attitude and togetherness,” Logie said. “They really don’t care who starts. We’re trying to find how the puzzle fits the best, and I thought we saw a really good version of Pat McMahon in the second half. That was terrific and we were able to go to him down the stretch. Brandon Walker has continued to make really good decisions with the basketball. He’s growing every game. Max Agbonkpolo has been growing.”
Walker continued his strong stretch of play with 18 points and seven rebounds on 7 of 12 shooting from the floor. Agbonkpolo added 15 points and six rebounds, knocking down three triples and scoring ten in the second half alone.
McMahon also scored ten after halftime, finishing with 12 for the game.
“Despite the fact that we haven’t had results lately, we’ve seen the growth,” Logie said. “The results have been frustrating for sure, but this was a step that we thought could maybe give us a spark. I thought everyone stepped up and made good plays today.”
A physical first half ended with Weber State clinging to a 29-28 lead thanks to a late bucket on the final possession of the frame.
Out of the break, the Bobcat offense found its’ rhythm with a lethal combination of paint touches and efficient outside shooting.
Montana State outscored Weber State 32-22 in the paint, and finished 10 of 22 from beyond the arc for the game.
Just under ten minutes into the second half, the ‘Cats trailed 51-49 before rattling off a 10-0 run to take a 59-51 lead on a McMahon turnaround jumper with 6:33 to play.
MSU then stretched it to a 66-55 advantage on a Miller steal-and-score with 3:59 to go, and never let the margin get closer than seven the rest of the way.
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Montana State will play their third game in five days on Monday, returning to Bozeman to square off with Eastern Washington at Worthington Arena.
The Bobcats will be looking for revenge after falling 68-63 to the Eagles two weeks ago in Cheney on Jan. 4 during the opening weekend of Big Sky play.
Tip is set for 7 p.m.
The game will be streamed on ESPN+, with live radio play-by-play carried on the Bobcat Sports Network.
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