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Calls to end intraparty fight mount after bitter GOP primary season
Some Republicans believe results of the legislative primary mean it’s time for the Montana Republican Party to men…
Drunk, disorderly Yellowstone tourist gets 60 days in jail
A Yellowstone National Park tourist has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and banned from the park for five years after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and other charges involving a disturbance that erupted w…
Tribes say voting access hurt by US Supreme Court ruling
The largest Native American reservation in the U.S. includes parts of three Arizona counties, all of which had different approaches to precinct voting in the 2…
Hundreds believed dead in heat wave despite efforts to help
Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly — one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was f…
Kalispell's Olszewski will challenge Zinke in House primary
Two candidates announced Thursday they are entering the race for the second U.S. House seat that was awarded to Montana earlier this year.
Montana enters drought emergency as conditions worsen
Gov. Greg Gianforte declared a statewide drought emergency Thursday and asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare all 56 of the state's counties as p…
Machinery at Helena car wash severs worker's lower leg
An employee at a car wash in Helena got caught in a piece of machinery that severed his lower leg, Helena fire officials said.
States step up push to regulate pharmacy drug brokers
Under pressure to rein in skyrocketing prescription drug costs, states are targeting companies that serve as conduits for drug manufacturers, health insurers a…
Former police chief pleads not guilty to child porn charges
The former police chief in East Helena has pleaded not guilty to three counts of distributing and one count of possessing child pornography.
Montana man pleads not guilty to federal hate crime charge
A Montana man has pleaded not guilty to a federal hate crime charge filed after he was accused of threatening a person with violent, homophobic slurs and firing seven shots into the person's house with an AK-47 rif…
Montana reduces coal ash cleanup bond at power plant
The state of Montana has reduced the cleanup bond it is requiring to guarantee the cleanup of coal ash near the Colstrip power plant in southeastern Montana, b…
Montana governor lifts state of emergency for coronavirus
Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday announced he is lifting Montana's state of emergency for the coronavirus pandemic, more than 15 months after it was imposed un…
Backcountry camper kills aggressive moose in self-defense
Idaho wildlife officials say a backcountry camper killed a moose in self-defense after the animal charged him and his dog.
Panel to study Montana prison contracts, criminal justice data
People incarcerated in Montana prisons pay on average $9.24 to make a 15-minute out-of-state call to their families, according to the Prison Policy Initiative.
Gianforte snubbed as Biden announces wildfire initiatives
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte didn't get an invitation to attend a meeting of western state governors at the White House on Wednesday to discuss a worsening wild…
Montana high court will decide on legislative subpoena power
The Montana Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will decide whether lawmakers had the power to subpoena the emails of the court's administrator.