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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 …
Details released in deaths of newlywed couple at campsite
A newlywed couple that was gunned down near a Utah campsite had told friends that they were afraid of a "creepy man" that was near their camp prior to their death, according to newly unsealed police documents.
Gianforte promises to fight federal Covid-19 vaccine mandate
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on Thursday said a new federal coronavirus vaccination mandate that could affect as many as 100 million Americans is "unlawful and …
Body recovered from Yellowstone River in Billings area
Authorities in south-central Montana have recovered a man's body from the Yellowstone River.
Contaminated site in Montana added to Superfund cleanup list
An area of Billings contaminated with dry cleaning chemicals that emit toxic vapors has been added to the federal government's Superfund list of cleanup sites.
Montana Nurses Association slams state rule on school mask mandates
The Montana Nurses Association expressed serious concern Wednesday over the legality and scientific accuracy of an Aug. 31 emergency rule issued by the Montana…
Montana panel backs $22 million investment in job training
A commission discussing how to spend federal Covid-19 relief dollars is recommending Montana's governor approve $22 million for job training and retraining programs to increase the workforce as businesses struggle …
Montana asks court to drop suit targeting new abortion laws
Montana's Republican attorney general is asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood last month seeking to block four new laws that would…
North Dakota trooper fatally shoots Montana man after chase
A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper shot and killed a man following a pursuit on Interstate 94 in the western part of the state, authorities said Wednesday.
Idaho hospitals to ration health care amid Covid surge
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Amid the Idaho coronavirus surge that prompted officials to authorize hospitals to ration health care, Army soldiers sent to one hospital h…
National Park Service still waiting for Biden to pick a director
The last time the National Park Service had a Senate-confirmed director, Joe Biden was vice president.
Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid Covid surge
Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated "crisis standards of care" allowing health care rationing for the state's northern hospitals …
Prized trout streams shrink as heat, drought grip US West
The North Platte River in southern Wyoming has been so low in places lately that a toddler could easily wade across and thick mats of olive-green algae grow in…
Report on 2019 plane crash that killed 3 Indiana men delayed
Two years after a plane crash killed three Indiana men in Montana, the government has yet to release a final report on the incident.
Body found in vehicle in Montana irrigation ditch
A body was found in a vehicle that had been submerged in an irrigation ditch in south-central Montana, Carbon County officials said Sunday.
Federal oil, gas leasing program back in play in Montana
The federal government is moving forward with oil and gas leasing on 6,277 acres of Bureau of Land Management property in Montana following a judicial order di…