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MISSOULA (AP) — Authorities have canceled an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl after Missoula authorities say she was found safe in Plains. The alert was issued Thursday morning after the Missoula County Sheriff's Office said Jasmyne Salter's non-custodial mother, 17-year-old Kailee Marie Salter, removed a window and took the girl. Jasmyne was in the custody of the state. Missoula authorities reported later that morning the girl is safe. It is not immediately clear whether an arrest has been made....
The Pepin Park Children's program and the Playmobile will be closed on Friday. The program will return to its regular schedule on Monday. For further information call 265-5781....
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — One of two people injured in the crash of a single-engine airplane near Fort Smith remained hospitalized Wednesday. St. Vincent Healthcare spokeswoman Lynn Ratcliff said the condition of the patient admitted after Tuesday's crash had been upgraded to fair. A second person brought to the hospital was treated in the emergency room and released. Their names haven't been released. The Aviat A-1B Husky crashed at about 10:30 a.m. on the Crow Indian Reservation. Authorities confirmed two people were on b...
BILLINGS (AP) — An airplane with two people on board has crashed at Fort Smith on the Crow Indian Reservation Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer told The Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/14oKSOr ) the plane crashed at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. He said he had no information on whether those on board were injured. Big Horn County Coroner Terry Bullis told the newspaper he had not been contacted about the crash as of 2:10 p.m. FAA records show the single-engine Aviat A-1B Husky is registered to a ranch n...
DEER LODGE (AP) — Montana State Prison officials say they haven't received any significant leads in their search for a convicted sex offender who escaped from the prison in Deer Lodge and remained at large on Tuesday. Dean Randolph Jess was working for motor vehicle maintenance on a service call at about 11 a.m. Monday when he escaped, spokeswoman Linda Moodry said. The vehicle he was in was found a half-hour later about 1 1/2 miles away, and prison officials said in a statement Tuesday he disappeared in a rugged area c...
Havre City Council took the first step in changing to nonpartisan elections Monday night when unanimously gave tentative approval to a referendum on the fall ballot. Two residents, State Rep. Kris Hansen, and former Hill County GOP chair Brad Lotton spoke in favor of the proposal. While the resolution's sponsor, Andrew Brekke, 4th Ward alderman and present GOP chair, was asked several questions, no opposition surfaced on the council. Full details in Tuesday's Havre Daily News and havredailynews.com....
COLSTRIP (AP) — After several years of taking a beating from the poor economy, new pollution rules and a flood of cheap natural gas, the coal industry was on the rebound this year as mining projects moved forward in the Western U.S. and demand for the fuel began to rise, especially in Asia. But almost overnight, coal is back on the defensive, scrambling to stave off a dark future amid President Barack Obama's renewed push to rein in climate change. The proposal, with its emphasis on cuts in carbon dioxide emissions from n...
HELENA (AP) — President Barack Obama's goal of limiting carbon-dioxide emissions has put Democratic leaders in energy-producing states such as Montana in a bind, caught between bellicose Republican statements of a "war on coal" and emboldened environmentalists who are calling for swift action. That has forced leaders such as Gov. Steve Bullock into something of a hedge, telling the public to wait for the details of Obama's plan while assuring them that energy production will remain a major economic driver and a source of e...
Complaint: Bullock campaign illegally coordinated HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock's former campaign is rebutting allegations from a Billings businessman that the campaign illegally coordinated activities with third-party groups. James Pennington filed the complaint in mid-March saying the campaign and several groups wrongly coordinated activities through political vendor Hilltop Public Solutions. The complaint relies on financial disclosure filings with the commissioner of political practice showing campaign s...
HAMILTON (AP) — A former Libertarian congressional candidate from Victor has been reported missing. The Ravalli County sheriff's office is asking for helping in locating 53-year-old David Philip Kaiser. He was last seen at about 6 p.m. Friday and was reported missing Saturday. Kaiser is a white man who is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and about 200 pounds with blond hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a dark blue polo shirt, blue jeans and red and white tennis shoes. He may be traveling in a black and silver 2005 C...
BOZEMAN (AP) — The Social Security numbers of about 4,500 past and present Montana State University employees may have been accessible to others because of a computer virus, school officials said. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/128cVxn) that the school earlier this month mailed out letters warning of the problem, which was discovered March 5. "There's no evidence this information was grabbed and taken," said Montana State spokesman Tracy Ellig. "To date, we've not had reports of any individuals having p...
HELENA (AP) — This part of summer is a time for patriotism. It's also the time new state laws go into effect across the nation. Fiscal years begin July 1 on most financial calendars, and a slew of state government spending regulations kick in each year on that date. Policy laws also hit the books in a wave, though states often mark their independence by enacting such legislation on their own time. Among the laws set to take effect this year around the U.S. are new abortion limits, gun laws and technology rules. And one s...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — New commissioner of political practices Jonathan Motl said he expects to start issuing decisions soon on a list of complaints dealing with disclosure of money in politics. The issue surrounding so-called dark money has taken greater significance since a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that freed up campaign spending and ultimately was used to strike Montana's century-old citizen's initiative banning some corporate contributions. Court battles continue over the state's contribution limits, the r...
BILLINGS (AP) — A Billings man charged with kidnapping an Illinois man and his girlfriend from a motel, robbing them and killing the man has reached a plea agreement that calls for him to spend the rest of his life in prison. Simon Elliott Jacobson, 28, pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated kidnapping and deliberate homicide for the Jan. 17 death of Dejuan Laster of Rockford, Ill. Jacobson also pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery by common scheme for 11 casino robberies — 10 in Billings and one in Livingston — that nette...
MISSOULA (AP) — A helicopter crashed in the Clark Fork River northwest of Missoula during firefighting training. The pilot was not seriously injured. Missoula County Sheriff's Deputy Robert Kennedy said the helicopter crew was practicing water-bucket drops at about 1 p.m. Friday when the helicopter crashed. It was sitting upright in about 3 feet of water. It was not immediately clear where the instructor was. Missoula Rural Fire District assistant chief Brent Christopherson said one person was on the helicopter and the i...
HELENA (AP) — The new Montana Healthcare Foundation will have a hefty $40 million bankroll to start, and up to $200 million after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana's assets are sold in a pending acquisition, but it's not yet clear what the nonprofit will do with that money. Attorney General Tim Fox announced the creation of the new foundation Friday, the same week he and Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen approved the sale of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana to Health Care Service Corp. of Chicago. The two companies are r...
MISSOULA (AP) — Missoula County authorities say an undercover sheriff's deputy shot a man involved in a drug deal outside a casino in Missoula after the man didn't follow police commands. Missoula County Sheriff Carl Ibsen tells the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/1aoXMRx) that the man dropped his hands to reach for something and attempted to flee the scene in a vehicle when the deputy opened fire shortly after 4 p.m. Friday outside the Magic Diamond Casino. The sheriff says the man was hit once and the injury isn't life t...
HELENA (AP) — The state is investigating allegations that the coordinator of the Broadwater County Disaster and Emergency Services was allowed to contract some DES work to his own company, a Justice Department official said. Division of Criminal Investigations Director John Strandell told the Independent Record (http://bit.ly/1aUfR8L ) on Thursday that he reviewed information from the Broadwater County attorney and said it appears an investigation into Bill Fleiner and Paradigm Communications and Preparedness Solutions LLC is...
HELENA — The Montana Healthcare Foundation will have a hefty $40 million in the bank to start, but just what the nonprofit will do with that money is not yet clear. Attorney General Tim Fox announced the foundation's creation Friday from the pending sale of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana to Health Care Service Corp. Proceeds from the sale of nonprofit health insurers such as Blue Cross must go to a nonprofit foundation under state law. Legal documents establishing the foundation say it will provide financial support to i...
HELENA (AP) — Montana's Essential Air Service provider has announced it won't bid on another two-year contract, but will continue to fly the routes until a new airline is awarded the contract and is ready to begin service. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Silver Airways announced Friday that it plans to move its Beech 1900D airplanes from Montana to serve its Cleveland market. Silver Airways' two-year EAS contract with the Department of Transportation expired in May. DOT is taking bids through July 2 for a contract to serve G...
HELENA (AP) — Advocates want to take the question of Medicaid expansion straight to Montana voters. The Montana Legislature rejected proposals to use federal money to expand Medicaid to those making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. A provision of the federal health care law provides the bulk of the money for such expansion. Many Republicans opposed to implementation of the federal health care law argue the state could eventually be on the hook for the expansion. On Wednesday, a coalition of health and c...
HELEA (AP) — Advocates for same-sex couples say their case seeking legal domestic partnership recognition in Montana will be helped by a U.S. Supreme Court decision on a related issue. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples and cleared the way for the resumption of same-sex marriage in California. The decision did not alter Montana's constitutional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman or directly affect any of the state's l...
HELENA (AP) — A Jesus statue that has for six decades been a curiosity to skiers as they cruise down a popular run at a northwest Montana ski resort will not be evicted from federal land, a judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen said the Flathead National Forest can re-issue a 10-year permit for the statue installed on the ski hill by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men's organization. The judge disagreed with a Wisconsin-based group of atheists and agnostics that argued the Forest Service was u...
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A Delta flight flying from Montana to Minnesota made an emergency landing in northeast South Dakota after a passenger had a heart attack on board. The American News in Aberdeen reports (http://bit.ly/19oSt57 ) that the flight was en route from Montana to Minneapolis Tuesday morning when it made an unscheduled landing at Aberdeen Regional Airport. Randy Meister with Aberdeen Fire and Rescue says a passenger on board had a heart attack but appeared to be conscious and talking as he was loaded into an a...
BILLINGS — Flaws in how the government measures Yellowstone's grizzly bear population raise questions about whether the animals have recovered sufficiently to merit lifting federal protections, according to a new study. The study concludes that a major reason more bears have been counted in recent years is that more time is now spent counting bears. The authors argue that the region's bruin population could in fact be in decline, even as officials consider revoking the g...
