Montana State News
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Grizzly mauling near Yellowstone kills backcountry guide
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — A Montana backcountry guide has died after he was mauled by a large grizzly bear ...
Montana Senate endorses bill in effort to ban abortions
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Senate on Tuesday endorsed a measure that would ask voters to change the state constitution to define life as beginning at conception, an effort to ban abortions.
Pictograph park to re-open after rock slide blocked road
BILLINGS (AP) — Montana's Pictograph Cave State Park is set to re-open Wednesday after being closed for almost three months because of a rock slide that blocked the road to the tourist attraction near Billings.
Montana counties pausing use of J&J vaccine
HELENA (AP) — The federally recommended pause in administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination canceled clinics at two colleges in Billings on Tue...
Central Montana railyard cleanup will remove tainted soil
HARLOWTON, Mont. (AP) — Work is set to begin next week on the cleanup of a historic railyard in central Montana that's contaminated with asbestos and petroleum.
Montana correctional facilities to reopen for visitors
HELENA (AP) — Montana's correctional facilities are scheduled to reopen for visitors and volunteers later this month after more than a year of restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Committee to consider change to bill targeting trans youth
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Legislature may consider changes to a measure that would ban transgender athletes from participating in school and college s...
Montana Legislature overrides governor's first veto
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers have nearly unanimously overridden Gov. Greg Gianforte's first veto of a bill both sides say involves the balance of p...
Montana Supreme Court quashes subpoena of judicial emails
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court has temporarily quashed a legislative subpoena for the state court administrator's emails, which are believed to contain responses to a poll of District Court judges on leg...
Blackfeet Nation reopens after strict pandemic closures
BROWNING (AP) — On March 15, 2020, just two days after COVID-19 entered Montana, the Blackfeet Nation declared a state of emergency. Like many places in Mon...
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication
About 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication — rather than surgery — and that option has become all the more pivotal during the COVID-19 pandemic.
University system seeking input in implementing campus carry
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — In an era marred by gun violence, the Montana University System is looking to neighboring states and public input as it prepares to all...
Legislation allows lottery winners to remain anonymous
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Lottery sent out its first news release Friday listing major lottery prizes won this week without including the names of the winner...
Officials: Yellowstone-area grizzly bear deaths up from 2019
BOZEMAN (AP) — A Montana state report made public this week showed that grizzly bear deaths in parts of Yellowstone National Park increased last year and wer...
U.S. judge retires from bench in Montana after 36 years
HELENA (AP) — A judge in Montana known for approving a search warrant for the Unabomber's cabin and presiding over his first few court appearances in 1996 has retired.
Man pleads no contest to killing woman in Great Falls motel
GREAT FALLS (AP) — A man who pleaded no contest to deliberate homicide for killing a woman at a Great Falls motel in 2017 faces at least 20 years in prison, the Great Falls Tribune reported Thursday.