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Mike Smith
Government and politics reporter
- Bio
Mike Smith is a reporter at the Montana Standard with an emphasis on government and politics.
- Home town
Butte
A man accused of hijacking a bus and holding a man hostage outside the Butte Civic Center in January must undergo a mental competency evaluati…
Dane Gibson shields his face with papers, apparently to stay hidden from TV cameras, during a court hearing Thursday. Gibson is accused of hij…
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of a Texas man found guilty of fatally shooting a Whitehall man and wounding two others o…
A man that county Chief Executive Dave Palmer said had returned to his hometown of Helena within a year of being hired as a Butte-Silver Bow f…
A Butte-Silver Bow commissioner wants the council to discuss a controversial job offer that county Chief Executive Dave Palmer made to a prosp…
A man wanted by parole and probation officers put a gun to his head when they tried to arrest him late Tuesday afternoon and took off in a van…
Police are searching for a missing 73-year-old Butte man whose car was found at fishing access point along the Jefferson River near Three Forks.
Markovich Construction has gotten the go-ahead to build a new retirement home for military veterans in Butte, and an extra $5 million from the…
Montana has a new law that allows only acquaintances, caregivers, relatives, or household members to drop off absentee ballots for others — an…