Montana/Region

Coroner’s inquests clear Cascade County officers in 2 deaths

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

GREAT FALLS (AP) — A coroner’s jury has cleared law enforcement officers of wrongdoing in the deaths of two men in Cascade County last year. The Great Falls Tribune reports

California man dies after motorhome rolls into river

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

BUTTE (AP) — A motorhome went off Interstate 15 and into the Big Hole River in southwestern Montana, killing a 79-year-old man from Redding, California and injuring his 73-year-old wife.

Staff: Deputy Secretary of State Stapleton used state truck to telework, not commute

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

HELENA (AP) — Montana’s deputy secretary of state told a legislative committee Wednesday that Secretary of State Corey Stapleton used a state vehicle to travel to his family home in

No peregrine falcon nests at Devils Tower this season

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — For the first time in seven years, peregrine falcons at Devils Tower in northeast Wyoming did not have a successful nesting season. The Casper Star-Tribune reports

No major prizes won in Montana

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

Here are results of the Sunday-Wednesday Montana Lottery drawings: Jackpots won: None. Major prizes won in Montana: None. Estimated jackpots for the next drawings: • Montana Cash: $60,000. • Powerball:

Climate fight lays bare a divide between rural, urban Oregon

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The divide in Oregon between the state’s liberal cities and its conservative and economically depressed rural areas has made it fertile ground for the political crisis

REGION BRIEFS

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

Utah house searched in case of missing university student SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police on Thursday completed their search of a Salt Lake City house as part of their

Commissioners of Port of Vancouver: No fossil fuels

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Port of Vancouver has closed the door on courting bulk fossil fuel terminals, some 17 months after Gov. Jay Inslee rejected plans to build a

57 e-scooters pulled from river

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A dive team recovered dozens of electric scooters and bicycles while cleaning the Willamette River sea wall in downtown Portland. KATU-TV reports the Multnomah County Sheriff’s

Montana official uses border trip to promote campaign

Published on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 12:00am

HELENA (AP) — Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is using his recent trip to the U.S.-Mexico border to promote his campaign for governor, but state Department of Justice officials maintain