http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/chouteau-county/ Chouteau County, MT News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/chouteau-county/content/2d968604e674c4f63c07b111ffa16715.html Good morning; today is the day we celebrate Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas Also happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian neighbors County parks department takes on firstever 20year master plan State AA golf tourney fights bad weather Columbia Falls wins urban forestry award Billings hit hard by storm State AG race hits Montana airwaves In Montana meth use is down cocaine is coming back and prescription painkiller abuse continues to grow And elephants send text messages to rangers http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/chouteau-county/content/8483b8ee79d4c9ad04846629fb83d37e.html When I was a child my grandma used to make me frankfurters and mashed potatoes if I was upset or not feeling good I miss those days dearly grandparents are graceful and just knew how to make it rightShe also had some great insight into how best to deal with others when they treated you poorly: forgive people and move on This simple act of generosity toward others is something that politicians could greatly benefit from http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/chouteau-county/content/745874f42f0da795c310a0e910634ac1.html NEW YORK The dramatic changes in the US financial system the debt writedowns and consolidation of corporate balance sheets are now mirrored at kitchen tables around the United StatesHouseholds are cutting spending paying down debt and rebuilding their personal balance sheets The belttightening may have been spurred by two years of falling home values followed by surging energy and food prices but the effect could be longer lasting http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/chouteau-county/content/6f0a5a45d157e3fbd95310be4858802f.html With the budget out of the way Kalispell City Council continues to chip away at another major issue: implementing transportation impact fees At a 7 pm work session tonight at which no formal votes are allowed the city's impact fee advisory committee will brief the city council on its recommendations for assessing the fees Kalispell's major developers and business community are likely to turn out tonight as well to dispute the size and methodology of the impact fees http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/chouteau-county/content/a8d642d09123e0ce77e48c1739d80c46.html Democrat Bob Mehlhoff a westside community leader faces Republican newcomer Kirk Lundby in House District 26 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/chouteau-county/content/6cc00ecb4e14ae2adc0d721ccb903e8a.html Methamphetamine use is down cocaine is coming back and Montana continues to see a boom in prescription painkiller abuse http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/chouteau-county/content/91ba04600433cd81ca17fdc0ecc5e1cd.html The hardfought electoral race for state attorney general hit Montanas air waves last week as advertisements for both candidates began popping up on television and radio http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/montana/chouteau-county/content/a6bb0c25fd9f541b1b03e05b16153c52.html HELENA The hardfought electoral race for state attorney general hit Montana's airwaves last week as advertisements for both candidates began popping up on television and radio Democrat Steve Bullock debuted a television ad that does not mention h