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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…
Montana fire aircraft temporarily sidelined after crash
A Montana firefighting agency imposed a 48-hour stand-down of its aircraft after a helicopter crash landed and burned in heavy winds.
Transgender Montanans will need court order to change birth certificates
Kyndra Nevin recalls with dread having to ask a Montana judge to sign an order documenting that she'd had gender-confirmation surgery so she could change the g…
Heat wave grips US West amid fear of a new, hotter normal
An unusually early and long-lasting heat wave brought more triple-digit temperatures Wednesday to a large swath of the U.S. West, raising concerns that such ex…
Gianforte donates salary to facility treating drug addiction
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Wednesday that he will contribute his salary from the first quarter of 2021 to a Hardin facility treating substance abuse…
Montana woman pleads guilty to man's strangulation death
A Montana woman has pleaded guilty in the death of her older boyfriend and said she strangled him with a rope after a heated argument.
US West swelters in record-busting heat, risking wildfires
Dangerous, record-busting heat spread across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday and into parts of Utah, Montana and Wyoming as a dome of high pressure hovered over …
Federal judge blocks Biden's pause on new oil, gas leases
The Biden administration's suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana.
Montana governor declares disaster following thunderstorms
Gov. Greg Gianforte issued a disaster declaration Tuesday in five eastern Montana counties after a series of severe thunderstorms late last week led to extende…
State says breeding female of wolf pack was illegally killed
A female wolf that had pups earlier this year has been illegally killed in northeastern Washington state.
Nebraska teen dies after trying to swim across Montana river
Search crews in Montana on Tuesday found the body of a 17-year-old Nebraska boy who witnesses said had been trying to swim across the Missouri River.
State pays $250,000 to settle prison rape whistleblower case
The state Department of Corrections will pay $250,000 to settle claims from a guard who claimed he was retaliated against after reporting rape allegations at t…
Wind whips up fires as heat grips parts of Montana, Wyoming
A sweltering heat wave smashed daily temperature records in Montana and Wyoming and complicated the fight to corral several large wildfires, as gusts fanned th…
Glacier National Park considers radio, cell signal upgrades
Public review has begun for a proposal to boost radio and cellphone service in Glacier National Park in Montana, park officials said. The deadline to comment i…
Montana man gets life in prison for strangulation death
A Montana man was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the October 2019 strangulation death of a woman who had given him a ride home from the casino where she worked.
Colorado man charged with women's stabbing death in Butte
A woman was stabbed to death in Butte over the weekend and a 46-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of deliberate homicide, Butte-Silver Bow County officials said.