Sen. Max Baucus has thrown his support to the drive to make U.S. 2 a four-lane highway. Converting the highway to four lanes would help businesses all along the Hi-Line, he said. The highway expansion was proposed in the 2001 Legislature by Sen. Sam Kitzenberg, R-Glasgow, who is leading the drive to make it a reality. Kitzenberg said he was thrilled to hear the news. Kitzenberg said the expansion of the highway represents an opportunity for economic growth in a region where the threat of fire, drought, failing crops and small business failure makes economic development imperative.
Good highways are essential for the delivery of good and services.
The association will meet in Glasgow on July 4 and combine highway discussions with an All-American Fourth of July celebration, he said. However, the jury declined prosecutors' request for a verdict of murder and instead found Demontiney guilty of mitigated deliberate homicide. District Judge John Warner gave the jury the option of the lesser charge, if they believed Demontiney acted under extreme situations or mental distress, with reasonable explanation for his actions. Court records said Gopher threatened Demontiney with a pistol during an argument, and Demontiney grabbed the gun and shot Gopher once in the chest. Sentencing is scheduled for July 2 in Havre.