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Pilot killed when firefighting plane crashes into Montana reservoir while scooping up water
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot died when a single-engine firefighting aircraft crashed into a Montana reservoir while scooping up water to fight a nearby blaze. The crash was reported shortly after noon Wednesday on Hauser Reservoir on the Missouri River northeast of Helena in Lewis and Clark County. Officials said later that the “scooper” plane’s pilot, a 45-year-old woman, died. They did not provide a name pending notification of next of kin who do not live in the United States, the Independent Record newspaper reports. The plane was fighting the nearby Horse Ridge Fire, a 450-acre human-caused blaze burning in dense timber in the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.
PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF Montana All-Alcoholic Beverages License
OUTLAW WOMEN LLC (Lynn Kenyon, Owner(s)) has applied to transfer Montana All-Alcoholic Beverages License No. 05-999-3931-001 to be operated at OUTLAW WOMEN SALOON, 956 N Us Highway 287, Augusta, Lewis and Clark County. The public may protest this license transfer in accordance with the law. Who can protest this transfer?...
Firefighting pilot dies in crash on Horse Gulch Fire
A 45-year-old pilot was killed Wednesday in a firefighting plane crash just after noon on Hauser Reservoir near Spokane Bay while fighting the Horse Gulch Fire, which is burning just north of Canyon Ferry Reservoir, the county sheriff confirmed.Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton confirmed just after 5 p.m. that the pilot, a 45-year-old woman from a different country who was flying for an Idaho-based company, had died in the crash. He and the Federal Aviation Administration said earlier in the afternoon only the pilot was on board at the time of the crash. Officials were working to contact...
Country Club Avenue in Helena getting a facelift
Work started this week on a pavement improvement project for a 1.4-mile section of Country Club Avenue in Helena. The work is scheduled to continue until July 19. Lewis and Clark County commissioners unanimously approved $360,390 in federal funds for the projects. When traveling through the construction, people are asked...
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