February 14 - 20, 2019
Wine-derkind
Kurt Unger stands with a few of his thousands of bottles of wine in the cellar of Snookies in Philipsburg. Read how he and his wife, Lynn, learned to share their love of vino on page 15.
A new addition
The clock is winding down for the Philipsburg Town Council to decide the merits of a proposed Finn Addition which could add up to 37 new residences. The 20 acre site will extend Dearborn Street, east of Montgomery, past the old substation, a few blocks northeast of downtown.
Hospital CEO: Medicaid expansion brought in $248k locally
The state legislature has been grappling with the subject of renewing Medicaid expansion in Montana with both parties agreeing that they don’t want the program to end, but disagreeing on how to best continue it. Medicaid expansion was created under the Affordable Care Act. It provides insurance coverage for low income adults who earn too much money to qualify for traditional Medicaid coverage.
A game for those in pursuit of trivia
Who wrote the book, Animal Farm? The answer to that question, and a few dollars from your pocket, will get you a beer at the Philipsburg Brewery. That was the first question of the evening, and one of the easier ones, at the brewery last week, as master of ceremonies Scott Lyons opened the competition at Trivia Night. The growing popularity of Trivia Night at the brewery has turned Wednesday evenings during the off-season into a crowd drawing event, as teams of participants compete in demonstrating the depth of their knowledge of inconsequential facts.
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Kurt Unger stands with a few of his thousands of bottles of wine in the cellar of Snookies in Philipsburg. Read how he and his wife, Lynn, learned to share their love of vino on page 15.
A new addition
The clock is winding down for the Philipsburg Town Council to decide the merits of a proposed Finn Addition which could add up to 37 new residences. The 20 acre site will extend Dearborn Street, east of Montgomery, past the old substation, a few blocks northeast of downtown.
Hospital CEO: Medicaid expansion brought in $248k locally
The state legislature has been grappling with the subject of renewing Medicaid expansion in Montana with both parties agreeing that they don’t want the program to end, but disagreeing on how to best continue it. Medicaid expansion was created under the Affordable Care Act. It provides insurance coverage for low income adults who earn too much money to qualify for traditional Medicaid coverage.
A game for those in pursuit of trivia
Who wrote the book, Animal Farm? The answer to that question, and a few dollars from your pocket, will get you a beer at the Philipsburg Brewery. That was the first question of the evening, and one of the easier ones, at the brewery last week, as master of ceremonies Scott Lyons opened the competition at Trivia Night. The growing popularity of Trivia Night at the brewery has turned Wednesday evenings during the off-season into a crowd drawing event, as teams of participants compete in demonstrating the depth of their knowledge of inconsequential facts.
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