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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 man gets 65 years in prison for 2017 beheading
A Montana man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for his role in killing and beheading a man at a transient camp after the victim won $120 at a casino.
Mental health crisis team responds to 911 calls in Missoula
By the time Kiki Radermacher, a mental health therapist, arrived at a Missoula, Montana, home on an emergency 911 call in late May, the man who had called for help was backed into a corner and yelling at police off…
Two men killed in Montana mine accident are identified
The Stillwater County Coroner's Office has identified two men who were killed last week in an underground accident at a Montana mine.
Judge upholds dismissal of case against resort developer
A U.S. bankruptcy judge has upheld court decisions that the state of Montana lacked legal standing to file an involuntary bankruptcy petition nearly a decade a…
Biden nominee's link to 1989 logging sabotage blasted by GOP
President Joe Biden's nominee to oversee federal lands in the U.S. West is facing Republican pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists conv…
Exclusive resort can use treated wastewater for snowmaking
An exclusive Montana resort has been granted a permit to use treated wastewater in its early season snowmaking operations, the state Department of Environmenta…
Butte counselor gets 135 days in jail for Medicaid fraud
A Montana mental health counselor who pleaded guilty to billing Medicaid for counseling sessions that never happened has been sentenced to 135 days in jail and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution to the governme…
Justices uphold Montana law allowing gov to appoint judges
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a new law that allows the governor to directly nominate judges to fill vacancies.
Yellowstone National Park unveils automated electric cars
Park officials have launched the first tests of electric vehicles in Yellowstone National Park that are capable of operating without drivers.
Fight over Canadian oil rages on after pipeline's demise
The Keystone XL is dead after a 12-year attempt to build the oil pipeline, yet the fight over Canadian crude rages on as emboldened environmentalists target ot…
Montana nearing another 2-year contract with private prison
Montana's Department of Corrections is wrapping up negotiations on another two-year contract with Tennessee-based CoreCivic to operate and expand a 600-bed private prison in Shelby, Corrections Director Brian Gootk…
Citing grouse, judge halts Montana, Wyoming drilling plans
A judge has halted plans for oil and gas drilling on vast areas of Wyoming and Montana, citing concerns about a sagebrush-dwelling bird.
Man gets $50k settlement for hand injuries at tribal jail
A northeastern Montana man has received a $50,000 settlement from the federal government in a lawsuit alleging staff at the Fort Peck tribal jail failed to protect him from being injured by another inmate and did n…
Underground mine vehicle accident in Montana kills 2
Two workers for the only palladium and platinum mining operation in the U.S. have died in an underground accident at a Montana mine, company officials said.
New Montana laws enshrine health care alternatives, for better or worse
When Paul Rana's primary care physician left the VA clinic in Kalispell to open her own practice, he followed her. But instead of picking up a new health insur…