State Headlines Articles
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Pat Williams, Jeffrey Krauss appointed to regents
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Pat Williams and former Bozeman Mayor Jeffrey Krauss have been appointed to the state Board of Regents, which oversees the Montana university system.Gov. Bri...
High court rules for power company over Montana dams
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with a power company Wednesday in a dispute with Montana over who owns the riverbeds beneath 10 dams sitting on three Montana rivers.In a case that reac...
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Feds loan $638M for health co-ops in Montana, 7 other states
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
HELENA — Health care cooperatives being launched in eight states announced Tuesday they will be receiving a total of $638 million in loans from the Obama administration under the federal health...
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Out-of-state money swamps Senate race
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2012
HELENA — What would the race between U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and the Republican challenger for his seat, Rep. Denny Rehberg, look like if they had actually agreed to ban third-party ads and to retu...
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Montana wheat values exceed $1 billion
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — Montana's 2011 wheat crop is valued at $1.3 billion, surpassing $1 billion for the second consecutive year, according to the state bureau of National Agricultural Statisti...
Friday, February 17th, 2012
High court blocks Montana campaign money ruling
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked a Montana court ruling upholding limits on corporate campaign spending. The state court ruling appears to be at odds with the high court's...
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Filing says Sidney victim choked, buried
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2012
BILLINGS — An affidavit filed in the kidnapping of a Montana school teacher describes a crack-fueled, seemingly random abduction of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold, who was allegedly choked to death a...
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Conservative groups challenge Montana campaign laws
Published: Thursday, February 16th, 2012
HELENA — A conservative group asked a federal judge Thursday to undo Montana's campaign contribution restrictions, even as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a related case.Virginia-based America...
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Senate hopeful promises to fight 'would-be communists'
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
HELENA — A Bozeman-area state Senate race keeps collecting unlikely candidates, with a former Republican saying Wednesday that he is running as a Democrat so he can change the "would-be communi...
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Judge thinks court will nix Mt. campaign finance law
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
MISSOULA (AP) — The judge who ruled that state law doesn't shield medical marijuana providers from federal prosecution says he thinks the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down a state law banning...
Suspects in teacher kidnapping returned to Mont.
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
SIDNEY (AP) — Two men charged in the kidnapping of a high school math teacher were extradited Tuesday to Montana, where they appeared in court less than a mile from where Sherry Arnold disappear...
Suspects in teacher kidnapping going back to Montana
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered the extradition of two men from North Dakota to Montana to face kidnapping charges in the disappearance of a high school math teacher who is bel...
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Suspects in teacher kidnapping going back to Montana
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge has ordered two suspects in the disappearance of a Montana math teacher to be moved to Montana for trial.District Judge David Nelson ordered the extra...
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Republican hopeful loses running mate
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — A former Constitutional Party presidential candidate and Florida transplant says he is leaving the gubernatorial ticket headed by Bob Fanning of Pray.Chuck Baldwin said Monday that...
Sunday, February 12th, 2012
Group aims to raise awareness of tourism benefits
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2012
MISSOULA (AP) — A group representing Montana's travel and tourism industry has started an initiative to raise awareness about how tourism benefits the state's economy.Voices of Montana says it...
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
No discipline planned at North Dakota degree mill
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2012
BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) — No immediate discipline is planned for any Dickinson State University employees in the wake of an audit determining the school awarded hundreds of degrees to foreig...
Starving horses seized from Montana ranch
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — Authorities say they have seized 26 starving horse from a Carbon County ranch and the woman using the ranch has been charged with felony aggravated animal cruelty.The Billi...
Friday, February 10th, 2012
War of words over money escalates in Senate race
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2012
HELENA — The Republican challenger in Montana's heated Senate race is calling for a ban on all out-of-state campaign donations.U.S. Rep Denny Rehberg's proposal also seeks a ban on advertising...
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Judge rejects challenge to Montana coal lease
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
BILLINGS — A judge has rejected a lawsuit challenging the state Land Board's lease of 587 million tons of publicly-owned coal in southeastern Montana.Conservation groups had argued that further...
New lawsuit filed against Catholic church in Montana
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
HELENA — Ten people filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming they were sexually abused as children by Roman Catholic priests and nuns in central and eastern Montana, including a priest who was on a bo...
ND gov allows extradition of Montana kidnap suspects
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — North Dakota's governor has signed papers authorizing the extradition of two men held in the kidnapping of a Montana teacher who is presumed dead.A spokesman says Gov. Jac...
Stapleton, O'Hara pick running mates
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Two Republicans running for governor in a crowded primary have chosen running mates.Former state Sen. Corey Stapleton says former legislative colleague Bob Keenan of Bigfork has ag...
New lawsuit filed against Great Falls-Billing Catholic diocese
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
HELENA — Ten people have filed a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, claiming they were sexually abused by priests when they were children.The sex-abuse law...
Lawsuit filed over Jesus statue on public land
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
HELENA — A group of atheists and agnostics argue in a new lawsuit that the U.S. Forest Service needs to boot a statue of Jesus from its mountaintop perch in Montana.The legal challenge filed lat...
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Schweitzer adds ex-labor leader to ethics job
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Brian Schweitzer quickly appointed a former labor leader Monday to be the next commissioner over political ethics and campaign complaints, the fourth in the last two yea...
