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  • Montana Senate OKs higher DUI fines

    Updated Apr 18, 2015

    HELENA, (AP) — Seven Democratic senators joined 20 Republicans on Saturday to approve a bill increasing DUI penalties on a 27-23 vote that reversed the Senate's on Friday. Republican-sponsored House Bill 488 would double minimum fines for driving under the influence and clarify that the same penalties apply to people driving high on marijuana. It would also levy a $300 fine on anyone believed to be driving under the influence who refuses to submit to a drug test. The bill failed on a 24-26 vote in the Senate on Friday, but s...

  • Man gets 100-years in murder of Sidney teacher

    Updated Apr 17, 2015

    SIDNEY (AP) — A mentally disabled Colorado man was sentenced to 100 years in prison Friday for the murder of a Montana teacher whose death highlighted the downsides of an oil boom that's sweeping across the remote Northern Plains. Michael Keith Spell, 25, of Parachute, Colorado, was sentenced following a hearing before state District Judge Richard Simonton in Sidney. Details in Monday's Havre Daily News....