Top stories from Oct. 5, 2022.
≫> from mtn news. this is montana this morning. >> the new road from gardiner to at yellowstone’s. north entrance will not be ready open on october 15th as originally planned delayed and when it will ultimately open. coming up. montana’s crime lab in billings working overtime because of the fentanyl crisis in the state. what that looks like from the inside
Coming up at 6.33. >> inside this podcast studio in downtown billings where 3 men are trying to pull others out of the depths of addiction. >> well, happy wednesday, southwest montana chill in the meadow with you, carol. lovely fall morning unfolding before you leave. you’re just getting around. grab another cup of coffee. maybe piece of toast with jelly
≫> we’ve got another so you’ve got to be about food can’t help that, you better than it’s a beautiful morning. our temperatures holding into the 30’s, though. so you may want to make sure you know where that jacket is. as you head out the door, we’re sitting at 36 in butte. 38 in belgrade. 28 this morning in west yellowstone. i know that you love to see this site
Is for planning purposes. only not that follow through fall yardwork forecast. we’re in the green pretty much through the weekend and early next week. before we start to see some changes will talk about those changes kneeled. like it did feel like fall. daytime highs back into the 70’s for today. beautiful afternoon. we’ll talk more about those changes on the way
From the billings clinic. bozeman weather patio in just a few minute. i love that my lawn to green to cut. that’s what that’s that is to i need to think out my front. we do an excuse for everything to 6.33, our top story this half-hour, yellowstone national park will miss its deadline. >> to open a new road from gardiner to mammoth by the 15th of october. park
Says the road will now open no later than the first of november. the original road through gardner canyon canyon damaged by flooding in june. and it cannot be used mtn news reported last week, park superintendent cam sholly warren that the work on the road might delay. the opening says the delay in delivery of 5,000 feet of guardrail, an extra work to cut a new less
Steep approach to mammoth are the reasons for the delay. charlie says once complete the road will handle 2 to 3,000 vehicles a day and it is critical that will be fully finished before opening to the public. >> i think everybody would agree with me that if we end up having that need an extra week or or 2 to make sure that the engineering and the road completely
Safe. that’s a a better way to go opening too soon and having some failure. >> jolie also says the federal highway administration asked the park to change the approach to mammoth in order to avoid having a 12 to 15% grade that exists on the original road. now in the northeast corner of the park, sholly says the road connecting tower junction with t silver gate
And cooke city will be completed on time and will open to traffic on october. 15th. but without the gardner entrance operating, the only way to get to that road will be from entrances in the southern part of the park. charlie says if snows arrive before the mammoth to gardner road opens, the park will plow a seven-mile stretch of highway connecting cooke city with
Wyoming. so that access is maintained to that community and will continue to follow that progress. meantime, governor was in butte yesterday to get an update from community leaders in their fight against the fentanyl crisis. greg gianforte heard from members of butte community action group which was formed after butte had 6 reported overdose deaths from fentanyl,
Law enforcement, health officials and community members provided n suggestions in needs in trying to solve this growing problem in butte town pump pledged $100,000 to go to an advertising campaign of social media to warn young people of the dangers of fentanyl. >> we’ve lost 6 live so far this year. we can’t afford to wait any longer. we have to really educate
About the dangers of this. >> now, governor gianforte praise butte for organizing an action committee to tackle this issue, which is now unfortunately a statewide program. well, this morning we have a peek inside the montana state crime lab were cases of fentanyl are being analyzed in lutz visited the crime lab to fentanyl are being analyzed in lutz visited the
Crime lab to criminal cases which are currently under investigation in our state. andrea lutz visited the crime lab to learn some alarming numbers about the uptick in cases coming in. plus, the unpredictable things drug makers are doing to mix it. >> chemists who work in the montana state crime lab and billing. it seems to be in a lot of different places that
We didn’t use to see finding themselves. now seeing more cases of fentanyl coming in. fentanyl is making up. >> more and more of the evidence that we see are finding it more often in large submissions of tablets. small submissions of tablets so far this year, 20% of cases received into the lab contain fentanyl. it’s distressing. >> and officials believe
They’ll analyze close to 600 cases by the end of the year compared to just 200 last year. but perhaps the most alarming discovery is the stuff. drug makers are mixing fentanyl with medicines that are used by veterinarians. some of what we see are other street fentanyl, acetaminophen may be some tramadol, which is a prescription. >> medication as well for pain
Mission for them. now is finding ways to an bundle. how cartels made the pill. if there’s fentanyl, there. >> i run tests to see if it’s there and if it isn’t there, i run tests to rule it out as a way to help investigators out and keep montanans safe. it’s it’s shocking because you think. >> why would you want to put that your body? you know? >>
Now those with the crime lab also say they’ve seen cases of car fentanyl, which is used as a tranquilizer for animals like elephants. now back in 2017, they had 2 cases come across the lab. those cases even more deadly because car fentanyl is 10,000 times 10,000 times more potent than morphine. in other news as montana and the nation continues to struggle with substance
Abuse. many see the crisis. one of the biggest issues facing our country today. montana’s reservations, no strangers to addiction, which is why a trio of montanans that started broadcasting their struggles to the world kids case. and casey conlon picks up their story. on thursday nights in this back hallway at the first congregational church in downtown billings. you
Can find this room with 3 nation members inside for 2 years. they’ve been sharing their stories of addiction to try to help pull others out of the darkness. as soon as you click play on an unspoken words podcast, you feel like you’ve been transported into a native american talking and they play >> were any you bring enough for it’s a topic. jc bowman, josiah hugs
And randy bear don’t walk. know plenty about >> practice. you like 26 years. i was drinking a half every day i was >> alcoholic that that bowman hugs met at an actual talking circle inside the church years ago became fast when the duo turned into a it didn’t take long to figure out how they were going to make a difference in the often dark and dangerous
World of recovery started meeting together. a story. >> talking about certain ms. we said we met that do anything a back on. >> 100 episodes and they’ve perfected their podcast format, which is always one take no added. that is the what the listener get from is just our true selves. like in real time we can bring them in with that. turn and we’re going
Some serious, real quick. >> like this from episode, 96 titled step 9, making amends. >> knowing that i was the cause of so much pain and anguish and hurt. it’s something that i have to live with every day. >> that honesty and openness is the reason they continue to reach tribal members all across the country with over 17,000 downloads, including
At least one in every state. >> the best way to try to. positive change is to show others that ok to be vulnerable when we need that little extra bit of encouragement, something will come through like, hey, i’m over here on the other side of the world. side of the country. it’s a money story inspires us and older like the moments that you know what they’re
Like. let’s let’s keep going. >> what they’re offering is another chance at life who couldn’t get on board with that. do a job. in billings, casey conlon mtn news. great story. casey, thank you very much. 6.40 now the midway barn anaconda. reportedly burglarized monday morning. according to a social media post from the anaconda deer lodge law enforcement center
Officials seeking information any suspicious persons or vehicles around the 300 block of these commercial in the alley or intersecting streets around 2 to 6 o’clock in the morning of october. 3rd, a safe was taken dark gray car beanie cap. what you see pictured was left behind as well as several other items. now, if you have any information contact, detective staley
By messaging, the anaconda deer lodge law enforcement center, facebook page or you can call 406-563-5241. or you can send a text to 4, 0, 6, 4, 9, 0, 5, 2, 6, 9,
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Top stories from today's Montana This Morning, 10-5-2022 By KBZK Bozeman MT News
