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BILLINGS 鈥?By planes, trains, and automobiles, Montanans are no strangers to long travel times and distances. Gathering speed is a new push to expand the way travelers can connect across the state and to major U.S. cities, all through passenger rail.There are 2,222 miles of track connecting Chicago to Seattle that used to move travelers along a passage called the North Coast Hiawatha.That train has been off the tracks for nearly 50 years, ending service in 1979, but a years-long push from the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority is trying to usher in a new era of train travel. The amount of workforce we could move along here, the connectivity it brings, that s revitalizing all these areas and is so important, said Jess Peterson, executive director of the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority.Right now the o
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stanley cup ps between Wolf Point and Libby.The proposed revival of the North Hiawatha would take the route south, coming in from North Dakota through Glendive with stops in Miles City, Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Missoula, and more. We have 20-plus member counties, our most recent being Treasure C Vmbd Animal groups urge tourists not to visit Wyoming after man hit a wolf then took it to a bar
Members of Congress are pushing federal agencies, including the FBI, to stop collecting informat
adidas campus ion on protesters.According to The Washington Post, legislators cited several recent reports about surveillance using manned and unmanned aircraft and cell phone tracking.Photos and videos at protests are being collected by all sorts of agencies and protesters. Some have been used to identify and arrest suspects in violent acts, inclu
air force 1 ding looting, arson and the death of a former St. Louis police captain.One organization is warning participants about the information they may be sharing with police. All too often, the information we re using to highlight these demonstrations, the photos, the videos, that becomes just another weapon for police to use against those demonstrators, said Albert Fox Cahn with the Surveillance Technology Oversight P
yeezy roject.The nonprofit recently put out a guide about how to protect yourself from protest surveillance, suggesting people not wear descriptive clothing and cover visible tattoos, things that are easily identifiable on video.Also, they recommend using a disposable prepaid phone or turn off location services on your phone by switching to airplane mode. A
