Here’s to a good week, Great Falls. Happy reading.

Stateline: Sewer rates soar as private companies buy up local water systems

Reuters: Russian mine fire turns up the heat on zinc supply

The Washington Post: Power grid again on the brink heading into winter, regulator warns

Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Bozeman, Gallatin County partner on Montana waste transfer station

FERN and High Country News: Alone on the range

The Economist: Most Americans are better off

The Atlantic: Where Are All the Missing Students?

Route Fifty: What’s driving post-pandemic downtown recoveries?

The Washington Post: Palestinian and Israeli chefs feel war’s ripples in their U.S. restaurants

Reuters: Russian spies behind cyber attack on Ukraine power grid in 2022 – researchers

Stateline: States lose track of thousands of foster children each year

The Economist: How to cancel “cancel culture”

The New York Times: Iceland’s Blue Lagoon closes after thousands of earthquakes

The Conversation: Does chicken soup really help you when you’re sick?