Winter Weather/ Wind Turbines and Birds/ Nelson Mandela/ Healthcare Marketplace

Missoulian: State-by-state look at wintry blast hitting US

National Weather Service

Missoulian: Gov't to extend authorizations for eagle deaths
Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance , Module 1 – Land-based Wind Energy

Wind Turbine Interactions with Birds, Bats, and their Habitats 2010 fact sheet

Estimating Bat and Bird Mortality Occurring at Wind Energy Turbines from Covariates and Carcass Searches Using Mixture Models 2013 article

Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines: Investigating the Causes and Consequences

Missoulian: Obama mourns death of icon Nelson Mandela

President Obama Delivers a Statement on the Passing of Nelson Mandela
“"We will not likely see the likes of Nelson Mandela again," the President said. "So it falls to us as best we can to forward the example that he set:  to make decisions guided not by hate, but by love; to never discount the difference that one person can make; to strive for a future that is worthy of his sacrifice."”

 President Nelson Mandela addresses the 49th session of the General Assembly October 1994. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

UN chief pays tribute to life and legacy of South Africa’s Nelson Mandela

Missoulian: Obama's fixer-upper website races to catch up

Healthcare.gov

MT Health Care/ Wolf Hunting/ Wind Chill

Missoulian: Steady stream of customers accessing Montana's 'Obamacare' website
Affordable Insurance Exchange
“In 2011, Montana's state legislature chose not to set up a state-based health insurance exchange. As a result, the federal government will build an exchange for Montana. Montana's federal exchange will be operational by October 1, 2013.
As Montana's chief insurance regulator, the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance convened an advisory council made of patient advocates, insurance experts, medical providers, and state legislators to prepare legislation Montana would need to build a state-based affordable insurance exchange. In the months before Montana's 2011 legislative session, this stakeholder advisory council met several times and produced draft legislation for the Commissioner to present to the legislature.
Though the draft legislation had bipartisan support and nearly unanimous backing in public testimony, the bill stalled in committee and never came to an up-or-down vote on the floor of the Montana House or Senate.”

Missoulian: State of Montana rewriting rules for wolf hunting, trapping
Wolf ARM Hearings And Notice of Public Hearings on Proposed Amendment
“The Fish and Wildlife Commission will be holding hearings across the state and taking public comment on proposed gray wolf administrative rule revisions. The administrative rules revisions address the delisting of the gray wolf and the passage of SB 200 allowing lethal control by landowners.”

Missoulian: Wind chills of minus 20

National Weather Service

“WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS

MORNING...”

Winter Weather/ Bresnan Cable

Missoulian: TUESDAY'S WEATHER: Strong winds, dangerous wind chills developing
National Weather Service

“With bitterly cold arctic air now in place across the Northern Rockies, gusty east winds will combine with these very cold temperatures to cause potentially dangerous wind chill values. The coldest and most dangerous wind chills will occur in locations along the Continental Divide, but temperatures will feel very, very cold across all of western Montana and central Idaho through the end of the week, if not longer!”

Missoulian: Montana Supreme Court ruling to increase cable company's property taxes

Bresnan v. Montana DOR
“The Montana Supreme Court, in a 5-2 ruling, has upheld a determination by the Montana Department of Revenue that Bresnan Communication must pay property taxes as a telecommunications services company, resulting in a higher rate of taxation on Bresnan’s Montana properties.”

Health Care

Missoulian: Gov't diagnosis: HealthCare.gov on the mend

https://www.healthcare.gov/