HBO’s Inland Northwest — 8.14.09

The last two, of three lead smelter stacks that for decades stood as silent watch over East Helena, Mont., were felled at 7:38 Friday on the grounds of the now closed century-old lead smelter. Click here . (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Eliza Wiley)

• Cartoon: Hospital medical errors kill 98,000 annually /David Horsey, Seattle PI
• Obama addresses Montana town hall meeting /AP; and: Obama’s Bozeman visit promises to be lively /New West; and: Analysis: Bozeman Chronicle
• Black Army-type helicopter raises Moscow eyebrows /Moscow-Pullman Daily News
• 18 cattle found dead near phosphate mine /AP
• Critic: Charters hurt private schools /Idaho Press Tribune
• Presidential plane to continue flying over Inland Northwest /KREM
• Glacier Park to destroy female griz /Daily Inter Lake
• Orbusmax Special: Oregon congressman ‘stunned’ by reaction to end-of-life counseling proposal here .