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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 …
Freight train hits car, kills 2 people in northeast Montana
A Valley County couple died when the car they were in was struck by a freight train at an unmarked crossing in northeastern Montana, the Montana Highway Patrol said.
Ex-Montana police chief pleads guilty to child porn charge
A former Montana police chief pleaded guilty Tuesday to distributing child pornography via social media, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Montana said.
$500K bond set for man charged in mother's stabbing death
Bond was set at $500,000 for a Billings man who was charged with stabbing his mother to death over the weekend and wanted to know why he couldn't plead guilty at his initial court appearance Tuesday.
District superintendents critical of Arntzen's performance
Asserting that Superintendent Elsie Arntzen’s leadership is “creating serious deficiencies” and undermining public education as a central tenet of democracy — …
Newspaper group: Regulators wrongly charging for public info
The Montana Public Service Commission is requiring hefty payments for legal reviews before releasing information that should be public record, a newspaper group alleges in a court petition against the agency.
Missoula woman pleads not guilty to killing her 2 children
A western Montana woman pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of deliberate homicide alleging that she killed her young children last month by cutting their throats.
Gianforte allocates $5M in federal funds to cover child care costs for medical workers
Montana will disperse $5.5 million in federal funding to assist health-care workers with the cost of child care, Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office announced Monday.
Union Pacific train derails in central Idaho
A Union Pacific train derailed early Sunday morning in central Idaho.
Montana man arrested after woman fatally stabbed
A Montana man was arrested on suspicion of deliberate homicide in connection to the weekend stabbing death of a 67-year-old female relative, police said.
Helium prospecting picking up in north-central Montana
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Helium prospecting is picking up in north-central Montana with Canadian companies expanding south after years of development in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations declining in Montana
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The number of COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations have been declining in Montana, the state health department told the governor.
Montana inmate confesses to 1968 slaying, dismemberment
A Montana prison inmate serving a 100-year sentence for killing his wife in 1983 has confessed to strangling, sexually assaulting and dismembering a 19-year-ol…
Wildfire destroys 24 houses in central Montana town
A late-season wildfire that came amid unseasonably warm weather and was pushed by strong winds ripped through a tiny central Montana farming town overnight, bu…
Deal reached to reduce Yellowstone's bison herd by 600-900
Officials have agreed to allow as many as 900 bison from Yellowstone National Park to be shot by hunters, sent to slaughter or placed in quarantine this winter…
Montana lacks snow plow drivers, road clearing could be slow
Montana's Department of Transportation warned residents Thursday that it could take longer to clear snow from highways this winter because the state has been u…