The Coffee Break Podcast

Sheriff Leo Dutton and Helena Public Schools Superintendent Tyler Ream recap Tuesday's bomb scare. We hear from both about what we knew and when we knew it, and just how the procedures worked from both angles of that story. 

There's a DUI Taskforce Benefit Concert coming up, and Shenandoah is coming to town -- we get all the details on that, and then we check in with County Commissioner Susan Good-Giese.

Brian Obert and Deanna Johnson swing by to chat about a program called Accelerated Startups, which is doing great work in helping entrepreneurs not only launch a business but launch a successful business. Then we catch up with Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.

Author Brenda Wahler discusses her new book on the history of horse racing in Montana to start off the show. Then we have a quartet of actors from Grandstreet's Murder on the Orient Express stop by and chat about that show, which opens next week. 

Gayle Thom talks resiliency, Hannah Hollatz fills us in on the Helena Xpress Singers and their search for holiday season singers, and Cliff Meis talks about an upcoming History Dinner presentation by Ellen Baumler. 

Glenna stops by to catch us up on what's happening with Family Promise, and East Helena Mayor Jamie Schell discusses what's going on in that growing community. 

Public Information Officer Rebecca Connors brings the city's Transportation Superintendent, David Knoepke, by to talk about snow routes and how to avoid having being towed. Fire Chief Ken Wood finishes up the show talking fire prevention and safety.

Joy Novota with Starz on Stage is here, and she brought along Gary Raffanelli, the man behind one of the world's greatest tribute bands, Abbacadabra!

We talk with Bob Drake and Pat McKelvey talk about a FEMA After the Fire Grant Program we are eligible for, and then we sit down with Fire Marshal Lou Antonick and Deputy Fire Marshal Brad Taylor to talk about Fire Prevention Week.

We chat with a couple of the guys with HCO Indoor Range, including owner Tom VanHoose. Find out how the gun range got started and just what it is they offer.