Latest Montana News
RSS-
Appeals court wont block Yellowstone bison hazing
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A federal appeals court denied a request to block the use of a helicopter to haze wild bison as officials in southwestern Montana wrapped up the annual drive of the animals back into Yellowstone National ...
-
Man sentenced for drunken crash at Billings City Hall
A 49-year old man who was charged with his seventh drunken-driving offense after crashing a car into a tree outside City Hall was sentenced ...
-
MSU education professor dies in landslide in Nepal
An associate professor at Montana State University died of injuries suffered in a landslide in Nepal, where she was leading a group of ...
More Montana News
RSS-
Sheriff investigating horse strangulation death
The Ravalli County sheriff's office is investigating after a horse was strangled to death in its corral northeast of Stevensville over the weekend.The Ravalli Republic reports ...
-
Billings woman accused of beating child with kitchen spoon
A 69-year-old Billings woman has been charged with beating a 6-year-old boy with a kitchen spoon.Janet Carol Fossceco appeared Monday in Yellowstone County Justice Court by video from the county jail on felony charges of assault on a minor and tampering with evidence.Judge Larry Herman agreed to release Fossceco without bond while her case is pending. The judge ordered the woman to have no ...
-
Carroll names Carson Cunningham mens hoops coach
HELENA -- Carroll College athletic director Bruce Parker announced Tuesday that former Purdue basketball player and DePaul instructor Carson ...
-
Cabelas Kohls planned for Missoula
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- The company that owns the former Kmart building in Missoula plans to raze it and construct buildings to house a Cabela's Outpost and a Kohl's Department ...
-
Court denies request to block bison hazing
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A federal appeals court has denied a conservation group's request to block the use of a helicopter to haze wild bison in southwestern Montana back into Yellowstone National ...
-
UCSF Laurel Heights campus may become senior housing
The Laurel Heights UCSF campus at 3333 California St. could be redeveloped as upscale senior housing under plans being submitted by several groups vying to take over the property. On May 17th five teams submitted proposals to take on the 10.3-acre property which consists of 447,000 square feet of building space -- a 350,000-square-foot main building, a 13,000-square-foot annex, and 543 parking ...
-
Woman charged with kidnapping niece released
A Hot Springs woman charged with kidnapping her niece over the weekend made an initial court appearance Monday and was released on her own recognizance.Justice of the Peace Joey Jayne rejected a request by Lake County prosecutors to set a $5,000 bond for 34-year-old Jamie T. Finley.Finley is charged with abducting her 2-year-old niece from a Polson home on Saturday night, prompting a statewide ...
-
Missoula Kmart site to be razed rebuilt for Kohls Cabelas
MISSOULA --A young man beaten so severely with a baseball bat that he still walks with a cane pleaded Monday for mercy for Ture-Adon ...
-
Big Sky Honor Flight Returns
An emotional crowd welcomed World War II veterans back to Montana Monday night. Sunday, 84 Montana veterans flew to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorial built in their honor. Vets visited several landmarks from the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington National Cemetery. Local supporters were at Billings Logan Airport Monday night to welcome home these proud soldiers. Supporter, Colleen Barnard ...
-
Baucus IRS behavior intolerable
WASHINGTON -- A leading Senate Democrat says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups was intolerable, and he is ...
-
Leading Senate Democrat IRS behavior intolerable
Montana Democrat says his committee will follow the facts wherever they lead. Scheduled to testify to Congress for the first time was former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who headed the agency for most of the period when it was improperly focusing on the conservative ...
-
Browning man gets life sentence for rape
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A 49-year-old Browning man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 51-year-old woman last ...
-
Intoxicated transient stabs self in Billings
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Police in Billings say an intoxicated transient stabbed himself in the chest several times in front of law enforcement officers trying to take him into custody after officers with the U.S. Marshals Service removed him from the federal ...
-
Nepal slams climbers illegal call from Mount Everest- Montana hiker dies in Yosemite rock climbing accident
May 19, 2010: Clouds hover above the world's highest peak Mount Everest, as seen from Syangboche, about 125 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of Katmandu, ...
-
Review French Montana debuts with enjoyable album
On his debut album, "Excuse My French," French Montana lives up to the hype mostly generated by his mentors Diddy and Rick Ross, who executive-produced his ...
-
Man gets 10 years for convenience store beating
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- A 19-year-old man who pleaded guilty to beating a Missoula convenience store clerk during an attempted robbery has been sentenced to 10 years in ...
-
TUESDAYS WEATHER Sunny skies warming to 80
Good Tuesday morning, western Montana! The National Weather Service says skies will be mostly sunny today, with high temperatures near 80 ...
-
Grant lets St. Pats UM study outcomes for rural patients
While Missoula's medical experts know how to fix clogged hearts, perform lifesaving surgeries and remove diseased organs, there is little knowledge about what happens to patients from outlying, rural communities after they leave the hospital."Right now, understanding how discharge happens in these rural areas - it's a black hole," said Craig Ravesloot, director of Rural ...
-
Decision on wolf protections in Lower 48 states delayed
Federal wildlife officials are postponing a much-anticipated decision on whether to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 ...
-
Governor names political practices chief
HELENA--Gov. Steve Bullock on Monday appointed Helena lawyer Jonathan Motl to be the state's next political practices commissioner.The commissioner is in charge of enforcing state laws dealing with campaign finances and practices, ethics and legislative lobbying."I think he'll do a great job," Bullock said. "I think the whole state will benefit from his experience and ...
-
SD2s New Board Assembles
It was a changing of the guards Monday evening, as School District Two's Board of Trustees voted to accept the early May school election results. In that election, Billings residents approved a general fund levy, as well as a technology levy for SD2, and in the process, also voted in new blood to the Board of Trustees. Connie Wardell, who represented SD2's Zone Seven on the ...
-
Nichols Contract Not Renewed
Besides accepting school election results, and welcoming a new member, School District Two's Board of Trustees also voted on the future of West High School's Girl's Basketball coach. SD2 Superintendent Terry Bouck had recommended the board to not renew Scott Nichols' contract. The board did just that Monday night, in a unanimous vote, as a part of their consent agenda. ...
Montana Feature
-
Montana heads off mussel invasion
There are a number of invasive species, particularly mussels and plants, that are threatening the ecological balance of aquatic ecosystems in the state. Although their presence has not yet been reported in Montana, local authorities are taking no chances in preventing their spread.
The state Department of Agriculture and the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are staging a battle to prevent invasive species of plant and mollusks from invading the waterways of the state, according to recent Montana news reports. Read more
News from around our Network
