State Headlines Articles
Saturday, May 25th, 2013
Arlee woman killed in head-on crash with truck
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013
MISSOULA (AP) — A 72-year-old woman from northwestern Montana has died in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 93.The Montana Highway Patrol tells the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/Z6Xvwq) that...
Friday, May 24th, 2013
Bullock lauds regents for tuition freeze
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013
HELENA — The governor lauded the Montana Board of Regents for its move Friday to freeze college tuition for the next two years.The regents unanimously voted in Great Falls on a plan to freeze co...
Judge to settle oil leasing dispute in Montana
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013
BILLINGS (AP) — A federal judge will decide if almost 80,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Montana should be canceled after environmentalists sued over climate change worries.U.S. Distric...
Big Forks man surrenders after daylong chase through Montana
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013
BOZEMAN (AP) — A man suspected of breaking into a house, stealing three vehicles in the Belgrade area, and leading law enforcement officers on a daylong chase through southwestern Montana finall...
Appeals court rules 2011 raids constitutional
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013
HELENA — A panel of appellate judges has upheld as constitutional the 2011 federal raids on Montana medical marijuana businesses, warehouses and homes that pot providers claimed violated their r...
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
MSU education professor dies in landslide in Nepal
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
BOZEMAN (AP) — An associate professor at Montana State University died of injuries suffered in a landslide in Nepal, where she was leading a group of students taking an...
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Bullock to make political practices pick next week
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2013
HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock said Friday that the state's next political practices chief could still influence regulation of so-called "dark money" despite the failure of legislation dealing w...
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Judge laments man's return to prison
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2013
BILLINGS — A Lewistown judge said he fears he's done a "soul-wrenching injustice" to a man he freed from prison after more than 27 years, only to see him ordered back behind bars by a h...
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
High court strikes order for new Barry Beach trial
Published: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court said Tuesday that a judge was wrong to release Barry Beach from prison two years ago and order a new trial in the 1979 slaying of a teenage girl.The...
Sunday, May 12th, 2013
AP Exclusive: Montana goes its own way on marijuana
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2013
HELENA — If American society's tolerance for marijuana is now growing, then what happened in Montana illustrates just what can happen when the government decides things have gone too far.Pot ad...
Medical marijuana by the numbers
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — A breakdown of the federal crackdown on marijuana trafficking by people operating under Montana's medical marijuana law.Time period 2010-2013Investig...
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
Schweitzer courts unions as he considers 2014
Published: Saturday, May 11th, 2013
BILLINGS— Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer told a gathering of union leaders Friday that he has not decided on a possible run for U.S. Senate in 2014, but indicated he would need their suppo...
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Officials gives initial OK to expanding wolf hunt
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Wildlife officials have given tentative approval to a proposal to lengthen the hunting season for wolves and increase the limit from one to five animals.After making the decision o...
Woman charged with DUI after drunken horse ride
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2013
BILLINGS (AP) — A Billings woman has denied drunken driving for an arrest that happened shortly after police escorted her home when they found her riding a horse while intoxicated.The Billings G...
Report: US winter wheat production forecast down
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2013
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The winter wheat crop is expected to be far smaller this season compared to last, particularly for hard red varieties used in bread, the U.S. Department of Agriculture repor...
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Deal reached in UM sex-assault probe
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2013
MISSOULA — Federal officials reached agreements with the University of Montana after a yearlong investigation into mishandled sexual assault reports on campus that require the university t...
Sunday, May 5th, 2013
Montana ranchers worry as hay supplies dwindle
Published: Sunday, May 5th, 2013
GREAT FALLS (AP) — A late freeze last year that cut into hay production and a wet spring this year that is extending the hay-feeding season has resulted in a tight supply of hay and rising...
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Montana governor to pick ethics boss from list
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2013
HELENA — Montana legislative leaders decided Friday to send the governor five potential candidates for the commissioner of political practices post after deadlocking on efforts to trim the list...
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Bullock signs main budget —_ with some exceptions
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2013
HELENA, (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock signed the Legislature's main budget bill Friday — but not after first using his line-item veto authority to strike a small portion of the spending.Bullo...
Montana Gov. Bullock vetoes 12 bills
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2013
HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock vetoed a measure Friday that he says would have allowed a way for anonymous political organizations to contribute to campaigns through religious gr...
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Standoff at Stillwater
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2013
NYE — Shareholders of Montana's largest public company elected former Gov. Brian Schweitzer and three other outsiders to Stillwater Mining Co.'s board Thursday after alleging mismanagement by...
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Montana hospitals to pay $3.95M over referrals
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
HELENA — Federal prosecutors say two Montana hospitals will pay $3.95 million to settle allegations they gave doctors incentive payments for patient referrals.The hospitals received reimbursemen...
Montana hospital says woman posed as nurse
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
BILLINGS (AP) — A woman posing as a health care worker at a Billings hospital accompanied doctors on multiple patient checks, leading Montana health officials to warn employees at ot...
Accused Flathead prosecutor avoids weekend jail stay
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
HELENA — A midnight court hearing in Kalispell helped a Montana prosecutor accused of assaulting a family member avoid spending last weekend in jail, but his attorney said there was no special t...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
New law requires insurers to cover cancer trials
Published: Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
BOZEMAN (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has signed into law a measure that prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage for cancer patients participating in clinical trials.Bullock signed...
