Thom Bridge

@thom_g_bridge

Multimedia for @helenaironline and Montana State News Bureau

Helena, MT

Joined November 2011

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jul 21

Ladies and gentleman, Larry Mayer has done it again.

LLarry Mayer@BGMayer · Jul 21

A black bear runs past people walking a dog in Billings, Montana on Monday.

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jul 18

‘It will devastate us’: Montana's public media stations set to lose federal funding helenair.com/news/state-reg… #mtnews #mtmedia #mtpol

thom_g_bridge's tweet card. One public radio station on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is set to lose 70% of its budget if this measure gets signed into law.

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jul 17

Counting bears with hair: Montana FWP halfway through new black bear population study helenair.com/outdoors/artic…

thom_g_bridge's tweet card. The Montana Black Bear Monitoring Program hopes to craft an updated and more detailed statewide population model.

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jul 10

'He's being kidnapped right now': Police video shows ICE detention of Christopher Martinez helenair.com/news/local/art… #mtnews

thom_g_bridge's tweet card. Body and dash camera video from the Helena Police Department obtained by the Independent Record shows the July 1, 2025, traffic stop that led to the detention of Christopher Martinez

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jul 2

Federal district court judge orders officials to not remove Helena man detained by ICE out of state helenair.com/news/local/cri… #mtnews

thom_g_bridge's tweet card. Federal District Court Judge Dana L. Christensen ordered federal officials Wednesday to not move a Helena man arrested by ICE out of the state until a habeas petition hearing July

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jul 2

Missoula federal district court has ordered federal officials not to remove Christopher Martinez Marvan from the District of Montana until further order of the court. Habeas petition hearing scheduled for July 10, 2025. #mtnews

TThom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jul 2

Helena man detained by ICE during traffic stop, sparking protest helenair.com/news/local/cri… #mtnews

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jul 2

Helena man detained by ICE during traffic stop, sparking protest helenair.com/news/local/cri… #mtnews

thom_g_bridge's tweet card. Christopher Martinez, 31, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday while on his way home from work after multiple traffic stops.

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jul 1

This is poetry. #mtnews

BBozeman Daily Chronicle@bozchron · Jul 1

High-speed car chase between Bozeman and Livingston ends in flames dlvr.it/TLgQz5

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jimstrauss@straussjamesv · Jun 24

MT Newspaper Association convention highlight #2: The Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year award goes to Larry Mayer, longtime chief photographer for the Billings Gazette.

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jun 18

Evacuation Warning issued near Jericho Mountain fire outside Helena: helenair.com/news/local/art… #mtfire

thom_g_bridge's tweet card. The Jericho Mountain fire, which has been burning near Rimini since June 15, was listed at 89% contained Monday night.

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jun 13

Landowner kills grizzly in Bears Paw Mountains, Montana FWP says: helenair.com/outdoors/artic… #mtnews

thom_g_bridge's tweet card. This is the first landowner-killed grizzly bear in the area since the bears have started migrating back into their historic range.

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jun 12

This is an absolutely wonderful story about an incredible young woman. Nice job by @ChCompton__

IIndependent Record@helenaironline · Jun 12

Logan Pallister had talked to her about attacking Helena High School. He wanted to recreate the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, which killed 14. helenair.com/news/local/cri…

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Kylie Mohr@thatsMohrlikeit · Jun 11

A devastating story shared with me by a Yellowstone employee and his family. sfgate.com/national-parks…

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jun 10

Hilger Valley fire near Helena human-caused, officials say: helenair.com/resources/wild… #mtfire

thom_g_bridge's tweet card. The local Montana DNRC Helena unit will take command of the petering Hilger Valley fire, officials said Friday in a final update on the wildfire.

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jun 9

Firefighters respond to wildfire near Gates of the Mountains helenair.com/news/article_9… #mtfire

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Griffen Smith@Griffen8Smith · Jun 9

Another “VIP” notice has hit Butte and Dillon, Montana, for tomorrow afternoon. The airspace restriction is very similar to the one that was canceled in Missoula last weekend mtstandard.com/news/local/gov…

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Larry Mayer@BGMayer · Jun 6

Granite Peak, at 12,808 feet, is the highest in Montana.

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Thom Bridge@thom_g_bridge · Jun 6

May heatwave melt-off drops Montana snowpack to 'well below normal' helenair.com/news/state-reg… #mtwx

thom_g_bridge's tweet card. Snowpack across Montana is around 50%-70% of median, well below normal for June 1.