Montana/Region

Lawmakers seek to close loopholes, clarify DUI laws

Legislators in Helena are preparing for a complete overhaul of the state DUI code, hoping to simplify laws and change Montana’s dialogue when it comes to drinking and driving. The

Governors calls for federal shutdown to be ended; Bullock signs letter

Leaders of the nonpartisan National Governors Association are calling on President Donald Trump and Congress to end the partial government shutdown. In a letter sent late Monday, they said a

Blizzard of 1949 devastated South Dakota 70 years ago, trapping people for weeks

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Seventy years have passed since one of the worst blizzards on record pounded western South Dakota with snow, piling up to the roofs of buildings

North Dakota residents ignore car-idling law

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When the winds howl and the bone-numbing cold sets in, scores of North Dakotans willingly become lawbreakers by warming up their vehicles without being in them,

Judge: Four Plenty Coups High School fans weren’t discriminated against at basketball game

BILLINGS (AP) — A judge backed a previous finding by the Human Rights Bureau that fans were not discriminated against at a high school basketball game in Montana. Four Plenty

1 person dead after avalanche

Authorities in Montana say a 35-year-old snowmobiler was killed Saturday afternoon in an avalanche near Choteau. The Great Falls Tribune reports that emergency crews responded to a 4:07 p.m. call

Park Service to tap into entrance fees to keep operating

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service says it is taking the extraordinary step of dipping into entrance fees to pay for staffing at its highly visited parks in the

Montana Legislature to tackle Medicaid expansion renewal

HELENA (AP) — Neither Republicans nor Democrats want Montana to be the first state to end its Medicaid expansion program, but the parties have different opinions about how it should

Activist seeks dismissal from pipeline racketeering lawsuit

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An American Indian and environmental activist named in a federal racketeering lawsuit says her opposition to the Dakota Access oil pipeline was constitutionally protected free speech,

South Dakota county preps for Keystone XL pipeline protests

BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) — Officials in a South Dakota county are preparing for the possibility of protests over the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline by securing more jail