Happy weekend Great Falls, hope y’all enjoyed the sunshine. Here’s this week’s reading list. Associated Press: Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if U.S. lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say Reuters: Iran war disrupts the circuit board supply chain, raises costs for tech firms Reuters: Meta partners with space startup Overview Energy to secure solar power for data centers

Happy Icebreaker day Great Falls! Have fun out there and stay warm! Billings Gazette: As MT moves inmates to MS, families may lose contact The New York Times: The primary that could end a state G.O.P.’s independent streak The Economist: A gunman storms Donald Trump’s dinner with the press The Washington Post: Pentagon details plan for its record $1.5 trillion budget

Happy weekend Great Falls, enjoy the sunshine. Flathead Beacon: Flathead Conservation District asks judge to reappoint planning board member amid dispute with county commissioners Associated Press: Trump says US seizes Iranian-flagged cargo ship near Strait of Hormuz that tried to pass blockade The Washington Post: Poll finds Virginia voters have turned against data centers The Economist: America wakes up to AI’s

This week’s reading list. Flathead Beacon: Kalispell City Council adopts land use plan in 5-4 vote Flathead Beacon: Whitefish City Council edits growth policy after state senator raises legal concerns Billings Gazette: Billings examines TIFs, Heights lobbies for new district Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Enforcement Division leaders removed after critical report The Washington Post: Judge rules Trump order eliminating NPR, PBS

Happy weekend Great Falls. Here’s this week’s reading list. Montana Public Radio: Missoula unveils 225-home affordable-housing proposal The New York Times: Meta ordered to pay $375 million over child safety violations Associated Press: Instagram and YouTube found liable in landmark social media addiction trial The New York Times: War in Iran will push U.S. inflation above 4 percent, O.E.C.D. forecast says

Happy weekend Great Falls, hope you got a chance to take in Western Art Week festivities. The Washington Post: Pentagon seeks over $200 billion in Iran war supplemental budget request The New York Times: Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn’t Happened. The Washington Post: Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up raise specter of battle for Strait of Hormuz

Stay warm out there Great Falls and heed warnings from local officials, avoid driving if you don’t have to. PBS News: What to know about the attacks at Old Dominion University and a synagogue in Michigan Wavy10 (Va.): Justice Department charges man accused of selling gun to Old Dominion University shooter Associated Press: Old Dominion shooter’s prison history for Islamic

Billings Gazette: City to hold April 13 public hearing on public land sales Ocean State Media: RI Attorney General releases bombshell report on clergy sexual abuse in Providence Diocese The Atlantic: The great crime decline is happening all across the country CNN: Six US troops killed in Iran war brought home in dignified transfer The New York Times: Analysis suggests

Happy weekend Great Falls, enjoy the sunshine. The Washington Post: U.S. troops killed amid Iranian counterattack, fueling air-defense worries Associated Press: Oil prices rise sharply in market trading after attacks in Middle East disrupt global energy supply Associated Press: President Trump, in video message, says ‘there will likely be more’ US service members killed in Iran conflict before it ends The

Happy weekend Great Falls, stay warm out there. The Washington Post: Alysa Liu wins gold for U.S. in figure skating, completing incredible comeback The New York Times: U.S. economy grew modestly at end of 2025 The Washington Post: Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump’s tariffs in rare rebuke of president The Economist: Donald Trump answers a Supreme Court rebuke with new