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HELENA (AP) — The chairman of the Blackfeet Indian tribe says the U.S. attorney for Montana broke the trust of the tribe when he decided to prosecute a tribal council member and state senator accused of fleeing a traffic stop on the reservation. The federal prosecution of Democratic Sen. Shannon Augare for reckless and drunken driving and obstruction of a peace officer is an incursion into tribal sovereignty, Chairman Willie Sharp Jr. wrote to U.S. Attorney Mike Cotter in an Aug. 14 letter recently obtained by The A... Full story
BOZEMAN (AP) — Police in Bozeman shot a pit bull terrier and arrested its owner after being called to a mobile home amid a party. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle (http://tinyurl.com/kz69gor) reports 36-year-old Adam Lavern Brannon was arrested for disorderly conduct after officers said he directed racial slurs and obscenities at neighbors he believed responsible for calling police about the party. Police say Brannon's dog charged an officer who was approaching the mobile home Saturday night, seeking to get the attention of s... Full story
Someone in the Havre area has won $2 million and may not know it. A $2 million winning Powerball with Power Play ticket was sold at Holiday on West First Street. Under lottery rules, winners have to report to the State Lottery Department in Helena, and that office isn't open until Tuesday. Lottery officials traditionally don't release the names of winners without their permission. The winning numbers were 2-7-25-40-56. Powerball 20.... Full story
LIVINGSTON (AP) — A woman from southwestern Montana had an unexpected and unwelcome visitor last week when she discovered a rattlesnake sitting in plain view on the kitchen table. The Livingston Enterprise (http://tinyurl.com/lma22vw) reports the woman was checking on her neighbor's home when she heard a rattle — and realized it was coming from the poisonous snake perched on the table. That's when she called Livingston Police Department officers, who arrived quickly and killed the snake. A local snake specialist, Mic... Full story
WEST YELLOWSTONE (AP) — A smokejumper remained hospitalized Sunday after sustaining a hip injury parachuting into rugged backcountry on the Montana-Idaho border to battle the Two Top Fire. Fire spokeswoman Marianne Baumberger says the elite smokejumper was injured during the initial attack Friday on the fire that's burning on the Continental Divide. She says the smokejumper had to be flown out by helicopter and was in stable condition Sunday. She says about 100 firefighters are on the ground battling the fire that's about s... Full story
BROADUS (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock, like his predecessor, is a Democrat. On most days, that would seem like the only thing they share in common. Gov. Brian Schweitzer cast a presence over Montana politics that few could match. Bullock arrived in the governor's office in January as a seemingly reluctant heir to the spotlight. Bullock tends to blend into the crowd, as he did on a recent visit to Glacier National Park's Many Glacier Hotel, where he wandered the gift shop with h... Full story
Montana's representatives in Congress praised President Barack Obama for seeking congressional approval before taking actions in Syria. But all three were reluctant to say how they will vote when the measure to back limited strikes against Syria comes before them. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said he was "carefully reviewing all intelligence and talking to Montanans before making any decisions." He was critical of Assad, calling his actions "reprehensible," but was skeptical of any military intervention. Rep. Steve Daines,... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — A Billings man suspected of killing his great-grandmother has been extradited from Colorado to Montana to face a charge of deliberate homicide. The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/17aUaf0) that 19-year-old Robert Alan Thompson was booked in the Yellowstone County Detention Facility on Friday. Police say Thompson beat and stabbed 77-year-old Shirley Lawrence to death at her home in Billings on July 19. Thompson was arrested the next day in Denver. Thompson refused to willingly return to Montana. But o... Full story
Daines, Tester, Baucus react: http://www.havredailynews.com/story/2013/08/30/local/tester-baucus-daines-reluctant-to-back-syria-action/1341.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama was ready to order a military strike against Syria, with or without Congress' blessing. But on Friday night, he suddenly changed his mind. Senior administration officials describing Obama's about-face Saturday offered a portrait of a president who began to wrestle with his own decision — at... Full story
