The Coffee Break Podcast

A trip into the Coffee Break archives for a chat with US Citizenship and Immigration Services Public Affairs Specialist Debbie Cannon, who walks us through some of the ways her office is working to help make immigration easier for the general public through tools and resources on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox talks WOTUS, Purdue Pharma, the Ronald Tipton case ... and his Brawl of the Wild bet loss to Sen. Steve Daines. We also touch base with our 4-H Youth Development Extension Agent, Kara Tangedal, about what events and offerings they have in the works. 

Interim City Manager Dennis Taylor looks back on his second stint as city manager in Helena -- the first coming two decades ago -- as he prepares to hand over control to incoming City Manager Ana Cortez. Dennis reflects on his time in public service, and also addresses current issues in the Capital City, like the retirement of municipal court Judge Bob Woods and the recent discussions and moratorium concerning our trail system.

Once again, Bob Ward's is teaming with Mr. Wise Dry Cleaners for Share the Warmth, a coat drive benefiting those in need through Good Samaritan Ministries. We chat with Theresa Ortega (Good Sam), Russell Schleining (Mr. Wise) and Dave Wells with (Bob Ward’s) about the effort and what you can do to help. Lewis and Clark County Commissioner Jim McCormick also spends time with us, and we cover the new Law Enforcement Center, a quartet of snow plows added to the fleet and the ongoing zoning discussion around Fort Harrison that, it seems, is about to finally have a resolution. 

Nancy Quinn, already a renowned wildlife artist, is now an award-winning author. She talks about her book, Go West, Young Woman! which details in honest and self-deprecating fashion her family's move from Washington D.C. to a Montana mountainside. John Finn closes out the show by telling us about cloudLibrary, a new app that will give users of the Lewis & Clark Library use a virtual library card, mobile checkout, easy renewals and more. 

Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton stops by and reflects on his start in law enforcement, talks about the kind of person it takes to do the job, and discusses why he believes that, nationwide, numbers of applications for those jobs are falling.