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Judge blocks Election Day voter registration changes
Late voter registration, allowing Montanans to sign up to vote so long as they’re in line before polls officially …
2 men dead after pickup truck with bullet holes crashed
A shooting on the South Side of Billings early Tuesday left two men dead and one man hospitalized with severe trauma to his neck, police said.
Billings to decide whether to pull two books from school libraries
The Billings Public School Board will decide whether to pull or keep two books in school libraries throughout the state’s largest public school district at its Monday night meeting, after a subcommittee recommended…
Tractor trailer driver dies after rig goes off Interstate 90
A semitractor-trailer went off Interstate 90 just east of Bozeman and into the median before going down an embankment and across a county road that runs under the interstate, killing the driver, the Montana Highway…
Tractor trailer driver dies after rig goes off Interstate 90
A semitractor-trailer went off Interstate 90 just east of Bozeman and into the median before going down an embankment and across a county road that runs under the interstate, killing the driver, the Montana Highway…
Officials identify Colorado skier who died of hypothermia
Officials in western Montana have released the name of a Colorado skier who died last week while skiing outside the boundary of the Lost Trail Ski Area on the Montana-Idaho border.
Montana seeks to overturn court ruling on abortion access
Montana's attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 1999 opinion that found the state constitution's right to privacy guarantees a woman…
Yellowstone rampage brings prison time for California man
A judge has sentenced a California man to nine months in prison for a drunken rampage in Yellowstone National Park in which he did thousands of dollars in damage to a hotel and struggled with rangers trying to subd…
Bullock an initial board member for public lands foundation
Former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and former Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze are two of the first four board members of a new nonprofit foundati…
Helena-area men charged after man's body found in snow
Two Helena-area men were charged Tuesday with deliberate homicide in the death of a man whose frozen body was discovered along Rimini Road southeast of Helena last week.
U.S. plans $50B wildfire fight where forests meet suburbia
The Biden administration plans to significantly expand efforts to stave off catastrophic wildfires that have torched areas of the U.S. West by more aggressivel…
Yellowstone bison species decision questioned by judge
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revisit part of its decision not to protect Yellowstone National Park's bison as an endangered species.
Montana magician nixes plans for Las Vegas tiger sanctuary
A Montana man has withdrawn a proposal to open a tiger sanctuary in Las Vegas for his magic show.
Montana hospital recruits international nurses in tight workforce
Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital here, she’d never heard of Billings or visited the United States. A native of the Philippines, she re…
Brothers shot and killed in Three Forks, suspect charged
Gallatin County officials continue to investigate after two brothers were shot to death in the small town of Three Forks, northwest of Bozeman, over the weekend.
Billings police investigating shooting death of 15-year-old
Police in Billings are investigating the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy early Sunday, officials said.