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Monday, July 27, 2026
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Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alert for Lewis and Clark County Through Sunday Morning
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality alert for Lewis and Clark County on Saturday, July 26, with the advisory running through 9 a.m. Sunday, July 27. The National Weather Service office in Great Falls relayed the alert at 8:55 a.m. MDT. Eleven Montana counties are covered, stretching from Missoula and Ravalli in the west to Hill, Liberty, Toole, and Pondera in the north.
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NorthWestern Energy Files Four Easements Across Helena in Ten Days
NorthWestern Energy recorded four separate easements with Lewis and Clark County between July 13 and July 22, a cluster of filings that suggests the u...