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University of Montana student government leaders voted unanimously Wednesday to ban the Pickle Barrel from the campus debit card program after a student from Saudi Arabia was refused service at the sandwich shop last month. The move was a show of solidarity for student Abdulaziz Aljama, who told the Associated Students of the University of Montana he was denied service at the Pickle Barrel in what he believes is a case of misidentification. Speaking with the assistance of a translator, Aljama told ASUM that Pickle Barrel manager Ryan Dutton denied him service because Dutton believed him to be the person...

Liberal talk gives way to - jack rock? Tuesday's demise of the progressive talk format on KKNS 105.9 FM in Missoula, was the first major change instituted by Salt Lake City-based Simmons Media Group, which took over management of three radio stations run by Mount Sentinel Broadcasting about six weeks ago. Simmons laid off the station's three-person news staff and switched KKNS late Tuesday to a “jack format,” a term meaning a variety of Top 40, hair band, rock and pop music. Simmons vice president of operations Alan Hague declined to discuss terms of the deal to acquire the lease...