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MT prosecutor opposes attempt to rule out death

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:57:06 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - An eastern Montana prosecutor says he opposes attempts to declare one of the suspects in the killing of a Sidney teacher ineligible for the death penalty.

F-15s begin leaving, part of MANG mission change

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:44:40 -0400

GREAT FALLS, Montana - The first of 20 F-15 fighter jets assigned to the Montana Air National Guard has left Great Falls for Fresno, California, as the 120th Fighter Wing begins changing its mission.

PSC chairman fighting cancer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:53 -0400

HELENA, Montana - Public Service Commission chairman Bill Gallagher of Helena says he's been diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer.

Billings man sentenced for prostitution-for-bond

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:31:14 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - A Billings man who pleaded guilty to encouraging his girlfriend to prostitute herself in order to raise bail money has been sentenced to two years with the Department of Corrections.

Search continues for missing Livingston man

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:34:05 -0400

LIVINGSTON, Montana - The search for a Livingston man who has been missing since last week is focused on the George Lake area south of Livingston after his car was found at the trailhead.

Former resident arrested, Missoula apartment fire

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:22:34 -0400

MISSOULA, Montana - Police in Missoula say they have arrested a former tenant on suspicion of arson for a fire at an apartment building last week.

Army Corps won't do overall study of coal exports

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:12:03 -0400

SEATTLE - An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday that the agency doesn't plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the Western United States.

Lewistown woman drowns in Big Spring Creek

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:07:00 -0400

LEWISTOWN, Montana - Fergus County officials say a 37-year-old Lewistown woman drowned at a fishing access on Big Spring Creek.

Tester seeks constitutional change on corporations

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:58 -0400

HELENA, Montana - U.S. Sen. Jon Tester on Tuesday proposed a longshot constitutional amendment aimed at limiting rights of corporations to spend in elections.

Northern chancellor wants to drop secondary ed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:04:20 -0400

HAVRE, Montana - The chancellor at Montana State University-Northern is recommending that 25 of its programs be ended or placed under moratorium due to declining enrollment.

Review: Use of force justified in Helena shooting

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:33:14 -0400

HELENA, Montana - A Lewis and Clark County sheriff's office review board found a deputy was justified in using deadly force last month when confronted by an armed man in the valley north of East Helena.

Appeals court: BLM must story more grazing plans

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:25:46 -0400

GREAT FALLS, Montana - The Bureau of Land Management must consider a wider range of grazing alternatives, including some that provide more protections for public land, when it reviews permits in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Officials ID Ovando man killed in crash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:19:12 -0400

MISSOULA, Montana - Missoula County officials have released the name of a 59-year-old man who died in a one-vehicle crash on Montana Highway 200 near Ovando.

Great Falls woman charged with DUI in drive-thru

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:58:27 -0400

GREAT FALLS, Montana - A Great Falls woman is charged with aggravated DUI after police say she was driving drunk at a fast-food drive-thru with her neighbor's young children in the car.

Officials identify 4 killed in crash near Browning

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:25:12 -0400

GREAT FALLS, Montana - Officials in Glacier County have released the names of four of the five people who were killed in a weekend rollover crash near Browning.

Man dies after being hit by train in East Missoula

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:25:04 -0400

EAST MISSOULA, Montana - Missoula County officials say a 42-year-old man died after being struck by a freight train in East Missoula.

Cloud Peak seeks 198M ton coal lease in Montana

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:08:15 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - Federal and state officials will weigh in this week on a Wyoming company's application to lease 198 million tons of coal adjacent to a southeastern Montana mine, amid an emerging debate over whether the government is undervaluing the coal from such projects.

Beach will continue to try to prove innocence

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:48:12 -0400

DEER LODGE, Montana - Montana State Prison inmate Barry Beach says he will continue to fight to prove his innocence in the 1979 killing of Kim Nees of Poplar, but he'll have to carry on those efforts from behind bars.

Western men's hoops signs Victor standout

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:57 -0400

DILLON, Montana - Montana Western men's basketball coach Steve Keller has announced the signing of 6-foot-2 guard Kyle Ball of Victor.

Thomasson: Tax reform may have effective Dynamic Duo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:49:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - Another Dynamic Duo is about to emerge on the national scene. We're not talking about the Caped Crusader and Robin, although "Holy reform, Batman" could be a popular refrain if this pair has its way. Think in terms of (Alan) Simpson and (Erskine) Bowles on steroids, the Republican and Democrat, respectively, who stumped for debt reduction.

Highway Patrol changes dispatch number

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:04:52 -0400

HELENA, Montana - The Montana Highway Patrol is changing its toll-free number for non-emergency traffic concerns as it changes its phone service company to save over $81,000 a year.

Hitchhiking cat 'Mata Hairi' headed home to Oregon

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:19:56 -0400

HELENA, Montana - A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months traveling thousands of miles with a hitchhiker who rescued her from the rain.

Blackfoot Valley man dies in crash near Ovando

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:12:16 -0400

MISSOULA, Montana - A 59-year-old Blackfoot Valley man died in a one-vehicle rollover crash on Montana 200 near Ovando.

Divers recover bodies of grandmother, 2 children

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:32:59 -0400

MISSOULA, Montana - Authorities in Sanders County say they have recovered the bodies of a grandmother and her two grandchildren after her car submerged in the Clark Fork River.

Police: 2 killed in car crash near Troy

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:56:19 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - Authorities say two people were killed when the driver left the highway and crashed into a pair of trees near the town of Troy.