SINGAPORE – For the first time since his 2011 debut, Joseph Schooling will not represent Singapore at the biennial SEA Games. The Republic's only Olympic champion had qualified for the men's 100m butterfly and was eligible for the men's 4x100m medley team. But he was missing from the Singapore Swimming Association's (SSA) list, released on Wednesday, of 22 athletes bound.
A judge’s ruling Friday upheld a decision by the Butte-Silver Bow Zoning Board blocking a giant, controversial solar project that would have sprawled across part of south Butte.
MICHAEL CAST
Some saw a greener future and economic perks, and some saw a massive eyesore blighting the rural landscape in Butte residentsâ backyards.
The Butte-Silver Bow Zoning Board on Thursday made the decisive call, voting down a special use permit to build a gigantic 1,600-acre solar array in south Butte 5-0.
In their justification, Zoning Board members cited the pure size of the array, saying it would undeniably change the landscape of those who live in the Little Basin Creek area. They said the publicâs strong opposition carried weight.
Board members said they supported green energy, and could get on board with a smaller version of the proposal in an area less intrusive to peopleâs way of life.
Malcolm Gustafson and his wife Paula take to their recliners in the mornings and gaze across the ranchland between their home and the Highland Mountains, often counting the antelope or