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CRANS MONTANA, SIERRE, Switzerland, February 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chiara Soldati, owner of La Scolca, shared the opening party of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup with Stephane Robyr, director of the Swiss Ski School of Crans, with her wines and sparkling Rugre. The whole ski school staff was present to welcome the different teams participating in the races. On February 23rd, La Scolca and the Swiss Ski School of Crans organized an amazing party to welcome everyone at...
BILLINGS, Mont., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (2/22) unanimously overturned a Montana state Supreme Court decision requiring PPL Montana to pay millions in rent for the use of riverbeds under portions of three rivers in Montana. "We're pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the Montana court rulings in this historic case," said Robert J. Grey, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of PPL Corporation. "We're hopeful that...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) met with American business leaders in Moscow this morning on the need for legislation to expand opportunities for US exports that would create more American jobs. Andrew Somers, chief executive of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham), representing more than 700 companies, warned that American companies will face a serious competitive disadvantage if...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) reported financial results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011. Consolidated net income was $92.6 million, or $2.53 per fully diluted share, for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011, compared with consolidated net income of $77.4 million, or $2.14 per fully diluted share, for the year ended Dec. 31, 2010. The improvement in net income was due primarily to lower income tax expenses. "We...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, said today it will aggressively defend a World War II memorial on a Montana mountain - a statue of Jesus - from a lawsuit filed by an atheist organization. The ACLJ said today it plans to file a friend-of-the-court brief backing the memorial. "It's clear this legal challenge represents the latest move in a troubling pattern designed to remove any...
Montana Food Bank saves money by turning food waste into compost for local gardens. Great Falls, MT (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 The Great Falls Community Food Bank recycles food waste to produce a rich organic compost to help with the revitalization of local soil. Since starting their food waste recycling program in 2010, the Great Falls Community Food Bank now recycles 24 tons of food waste annually by composting. By recycling the food waste, the Food Bank is able to save roughly $2-3,000...
U.S. Forest Service's Renewal of Jesus Statue Permit Seen as Triumph Over Attempted Government Religious Viewpoint Discrimination KALISPELL, Mont., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Liberty Institute announces a great victory for veterans, the Knights of Columbus, and the people of Flathead Valley, in Northwest Montana in a battle to protect a statue of Jesus from being removed from atop a ski resort on Big Mountain in Whitefish, MT. Following an outpouring of public...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), representing more than 70,000 concerned individuals, said today's decision by the federal government to renew a lease that keeps in place a World War II memorial on a Montana mountain - a statue of Jesus - is a "significant victory" and represents a sound defeat for an atheist organization that challenged the memorial. "This decision by the National Park Service represents a...
Thousands of snowy owls have made the journey from the Arctic into the contiguous 48 U.S. states this winter, with sightings having been reported in Idaho, Montana, Missouri, Massachusetts, North Dakota, and New York. Denver Holt, head of the Owl Research Institute in Montana, told Laura Zuckerman of Reuters that the mass migration into the south is "unbelievable" and "the most significant wildlife event in decades." "A certain number of the iconic owls fly south from their Arctic...
ENID, Okla., Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CLR) reported production of 75,219 barrels of oil equivalent per day (Boepd) for the fourth quarter of 2011, a 57 percent increase over production of 48,034 Boepd for the fourth quarter of 2010 and an increase of 13 percent over production in the third quarter of 2011. Crude oil accounted for 72 percent of Continental's fourth quarter 2011 production. (Logo:...
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Daspletosaurus, meaning “frightful lizard” is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that resided in western North America between 77 and 74 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils of the only named species were found in Alberta, although other possible species from Alberta and Montana wait for description. Daspletosaurus is closely related to the much larger and more current Tyrannosaurus. Like most of the known tyrannosaurids, it was a multi-ton bipedal...
The Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands are an ecoregion of northwestern North America within the northern United States and Canada. This area is made up of rolling grassy hills and river valleys of the Rocky Mountains foothills within the US state of Montana and the Canadian province of Alberta. The area largely consists of the Rocky Mountain Front, where the Great Plains rise to meet with the Rockies, and is therefore close to the Continental Divide. The foothills are drained by the...
Yellowstone National Park is located in the United States. The majority of the park is located in Wyoming, but there are smaller areas of the park in Idaho and Montana. It is thought that this area was the first to be established as a national park in the entire world. The area was home to Native Americans for about 11,000 years, but was not well known to Americans until the 1860’s, when the first organized explorations were conducted there. The Lewis and Clark Expedition in the 19th...
Glacier National Park is located in the American state of Montana, south of the Canadian borders of British Columbia and Alberta. The park contains one million acres of varying landscape with a wide range of plant and animal life. It holds two mountain ranges, over 130 discovered and named lakes, and 16,000 square miles of protected unspoiled ecosystem known as the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem. The history of human presence in the Glacier National Park area is thought to begin about...
Deinonychus is a genus of carnivorous dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. There’s one described species, Deinonychus antirrhopus. These dinosaurs, which were capable of growing to be 11 ft long, lived during the early Cretaceous Period, around 115 to 108 million years ago. Fossils have been uncovered from the U.S states of Wyoming, Montana, and Oklahoma, in rocks of the Cloverly Formation and Antlers Formation, though teeth that might belong to Deinonychus have been found much farther east in...
