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Northwestern Energy is increasing its investment in the Colstrip power plant.

The latest deal will give the company a majority stake of the coal-fired generating station.

Those power plants are a couple of football fields away from a park and homes and people living in Colstrip say they like the idea of Northwestern now owning 55 percent of those power plants.

“I’d say Colstrip is probably one of the cleanest cities in southeastern Montana,” said Adam Price, Colstrip resident. “If you take a look around, there’s all kinds of parks and it’s well maintained and that’s partially because of the plant contributing towards that.”

They say they’re comfortable with the air quality and they like that.

“Northwestern Energy will own a majority of the plant and the tax base, what the power plant is paying for in this state,” said Peggy Corbitt, a Colstrip resident. “It would be a shame to see that gone.”

Some of the residents see a benefit to …

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