Montana State News
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CSKT River Honoring teaches kids about the landscape
MOIESE, Mont. (AP) — A sunlit field along the Flathead River outside of Moiese was home base for all kinds of st...
Man killed after recycling bin he sheltered in was picked up
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A man who apparently sought shelter in a cardboard recycling bin in Montana's capitol city was killed after the container was picked up by a garbage truck, the Helena Police Department said.
'Like an inferno:' Western US burning at furious pace so far
Wildfires are on a furious pace early this year — from a California hilltop where mansions with multimillion-dollar Pacific Ocean views were torched to remot...
U.S. reckoning with role in Native American boarding schools
Deb Haaland is pushing the U.S. government to reckon with its role in Native American boarding schools like no other Cabinet secretary could — backed by pers...
Court hearing: Did Biden legally suspend oil lease sales?
A federal appeals court in New Orleans hears arguments Tuesday about whether President Joe Biden legally suspended new oil and gas lease sales shortly after ...
To refine water forecasts, Western cities map snow by plane
At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the r...
Montana state senator and U.S. House candidate dies
Montana state senator and U.S. House candidate dies
Panel to focus on Native American missing, slain cases
Nearly 40 law enforcement officials, tribal leaders, social workers and survivors of violence have been named to a federal commission tasked with helping imp...
In abortion fight, conservatives push to end all exceptions
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Angela Housley was halfway through her pregnancy when she learned the fetus was developing without parts of its brain and skull and would...
Montana State researchers documenting state's bee population
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Just off south 19th Avenue near Montana State University is an unassuming building that houses seven rooms filled with the Montana Ento...
Rangers locate climber's body on Alaska's Denali
National park rangers in Alaska on Friday located the body of the year's first registered climber on North America's tallest peak.
4 more men charged in plot to steal ammo from Air Force base
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An Air Force staff sergeant facing allegations of making violent, antigovernment statements online before stealing ammunition from Fairchild Air Force Base has pleaded not guilty to addition...
Grizzly bear confirmed in central Montana mountains
Montana wildlife officials on Tuesday confirmed recent evidence of a grizzly bear roaming in central Montana.
Jury awards $182K in wrongful discharge case against state
More than five years after a former supervisor at a Montana juvenile detention facility was fired, a jury awarded him $182,000 in damages in a wrongful termination case.
Website doesn't reflect court ruling on voter registration
Montana's Secretary of State's office has yet to update its website to reflect the reinstatement of Election Day voter registration, more than three weeks af...