Montana/Region

9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to decide surgery for Idaho transgender inmate

Published on Fri, 05/17/2019 - 12:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for Idaho prison officials argued Thursday that a transgender inmate who is suing for access to gender confirmation surgery is too mentally unstable to receive

Park announces priorities

Published on Fri, 05/17/2019 - 12:00am

Yellowstone is releasing a series of major strategic priorities that will guide short and long-term decision making over the upcoming years. The priorities focus heavily on the park’s team and

US attempt to improve wildland firefighter shelters fails

Published on Fri, 05/17/2019 - 12:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An effort to develop a better fire shelter following the deaths of 19 wildland firefighters in Arizona six years ago has failed. Officials at the National

Survey: Bankers losing confidence in farm economy

Published on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 12:00am

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A monthly survey of rural bankers in parts of 10 Plains and Western states shows they’re rapidly losing confidence in the region’s farm economy. The Rural

S. Dakota sues Texas company over 40 abandoned wells

Published on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 12:00am

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota has turned to the courts to settle an issue with a Texas company and the 40 natural gas wells it left behind after a

Activists’ lawyers: Sheriff should defend anti-protest laws

Published on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 12:00am

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorneys for oil pipeline opponents are fighting a South Dakota sheriff’s attempt to be dismissed as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging new state laws that

STATE SHORTS

Published on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 12:00am

2020 hopeful Bullock gets endorsed by Iowa attorney general DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is announcing he’s been endorsed in the 2020 Democratic presidential race by

Wyo. man accused of killing mom pleads not guilty

Published on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 12:00am

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming man accused of breaking into his parents’ home and fatally shooting his mother when she confronted him in the living room has pleaded not

Rift exposed among Oregon leaders on wolf protections

Published on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 12:00am

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Slapping down a stance taken by the director of Oregon’s wildlife department, Gov. Kate Brown declared Wednesday that the state and its agencies oppose the federal

Oregon vaccine bill dead as US measles count soars

Published on Wed, 05/15/2019 - 12:00am

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Critics blasted a decision by Oregon lawmakers that killed a bill aimed at getting more children vaccinated for measles and other preventable diseases in order pass