State Headlines Articles
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...
Monday, April 29th, 2013
Bullock signs law to crack down on drunken driving
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has signed into law a measure that will allow judges to look back 10 years to add penalties for multiple drunken-driving offenders.Attorney General Tim Fox...
Bullock signs law creating new board for parks
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2013
BILLINGS — Montana's state parks will be overseen by a board dedicated to parks and recreation matters under a new law that splits up the duties of the former Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commissio...
Bullock signs law to crack down on drunken driving
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2013
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has signed into law a measure that will allow judges to look back 10 years to add penalties for multiple drunken-driving offenders.Attorney General Tim Fox...
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
Woman's body found in Butte trash bin
Published: Sunday, April 28th, 2013
BUTTE (AP) — Police in Butte say the body of a woman was found Sunday in a large trash bin.Butte police Capt. Jerome McCarthy tells the Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/12SJvaA) the 49-year...
UM tight ends coach demoted following incident
Published: Sunday, April 28th, 2013
MISSOULA (AP) — The tight ends coach for the University of Montana football team has been demoted following an incident in downtown Missoula in which a bar window was brokenHead coach Mick...
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
Amber alert canceled for missing Montana boy
Published: Sunday, April 28th, 2013
KALISPELL (AP) — An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 1-year-old Montana boy who has been found in Washington state.The Flathead County Sheriff's Office says the boy was fou...
