Among them was Mitch Grady, director of the Livingston-Park County Public Library, who reminded commissioners that Montana maintains numerous other state standards for large libraries ...

Joyce told NBC Montana the county was "erring on the side of caution" in canceling the event. Under the law, a library would risk its public funding if it held such an event.

The public libraries in Flathead County, Montana, a region of mountainous beauty bordering Canada and Glacier National Park, offer seven story times per week, for babies on up.

The ACLU of Montana has filed a public records request it says is related to recent efforts by ImagineIF Library Board trustees to remove books from library shelves.