Mike Smith
Government and Politics Reporter
- Bio
Mike Smith is a reporter at the Montana Standard with an emphasis on government and politics.
Like many major capital projects, the timeline for construction and completion of the planned $36 million Praxis Center in Butte has been push…
A Butte policeman who was engaged in a high-speed chase and shootout with two men suspected of killing a Broadwater County deputy believed he …
Butte Police Lt. John O'Brien shows jurors Wednesday where he and his patrol car were located during a shootout with a suspect in the homicide…
Two Butte-Silver Bow police officers told jurors Tuesday how they tailed a Chevy Suburban with two men suspected in the shooting death of Broa…
A forensic pathologist testified Monday that gunshot wounds Broadwater County Deputy Mason Moore sustained to his face likely came through the…
Robert Kurtzman, a forensic pathologist and medical examiner for the state of Montana, explains findings to jurors Monday in a trial tied to t…
A support meeting is planned in Butte on Wednesday for military veterans who are distressed or distraught over the U.S. pullout in Afghanistan…
Jurors on Friday heard the last words Broadwater County Deputy Mason Moore ever spoke as he tailed a Chevy Suburban at 100 mph on U.S. 287 and…
Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Benjamin Panas testifies Friday in a homicide trial tied to shooting death of Broadwater County Deputy Mason Mo…
A California man held anti-government and pro-militia views when he and his son went on a “suicide mission” that led to the shooting death of …