Articles written by John Grant Emeigh

John Grant Emeigh,The Montana Standard

BUTTE (AP) — An Arizona man is ringing in the New Year with good news after a local animal warden found his dog — which had been missing for a month — near Butte. Phil Nichols and his 6-year-old lab mix, Buddy, became separated in November while stopped in Dillon, he told The Montana Standard in a telephone interview Friday. Exactly when and how Buddy jumped out of his camper, Nichols isn't sure. But the news received this week that Buddy is alive — albeit thin, haggard and nursing a badly hurt back foot — has Nichols b...