Presidential War Powers/ Star-spangled Banner

Missoulian: Can Obama wage war without consent of Congress?
To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those  responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United  States.

War Powers Resolution, 1973
Director Olsen's Remarks at the Brookings Institution

 

Missoulian: Museum traces fragments of Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner
NMAH | Math and Measuring the Star-Spangled Banner

No Federal Land Take Over/ Freeze Coming/ Flight 93/ FDA and Smartwatch

Missoulian: Montana legislators nix recommendation to take over federal lands
SJ 15: Study of Public Land Management
Draft report
Public comments received

Missoulian: National Weather Service warns of 'hard freeze' in western Montana
HARD FREEZE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN MONTANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
“TEMPERATURES: 20 TO 25 DEGREES FOR HIGH VALLEYS NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...25 TO 30 DEGREES FOR OTHER VALLEYS IN WESTERN MONTANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IDAHO.”

Missoulian: Congressional medal part of Flight 93 ceremony
Congressional Gold Medal
“On the morning of September 10, 2014, the United States Congress bestowed its highest civilian award, the Congressional Gold Medal, upon those who lost their lives in the September 11 attacks. This medal is Congress's highest expression of national appreciation. A medal was awarded in tribute of each of the three sites.”

Missoulian: Silicon Valley struggles to speak FDA's language
Device Advice: Comprehensive Regulatory Assistance

Flathead Reservation Buyback/ Glacier Sun Road Mostly Cloudy, Winter Weather

Missoulian: Government makes buyback offers to 2,100 Flathead Reservation landowners

 Land Buy-Back Program Tops $100 Million in Payments to American Indian Landowners with Fractionated Interests
“Following Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell’s recent visit with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Mike Connor today announced that more than $8.3 million in purchase offers have been mailed to nearly 2,100 individual landowners with fractional interests on that reservation. This mailing will kick off several weeks of additional purchase offers to landowners who own fractional land interests on the Umatilla, Coeur d’Alene, Lake Traverse (homeland of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) and Crow Indian Reservations.”


Missoulian: Glacier's Sun Road partially closed by winter weather; record lows on way
Glacier National Park Current Road Status
“The section of the road between Big Bend and Jackson Glacier Overlook is closed due to the weather. Due to hazardous driving conditions, the GTSR will be closed between Jackson Glacier Overlook and Big Bend until further notice.”

Winter Storm Warning
Freeze Warning
Winter Weather Advisory
Wind Advisory
Winter Storm Watch
Hazardous Weather Outlook