Montana/Region

EPA boss pays visit to polluted mining sites

BILLINGS (AP) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited two contaminated mining sites in Montana on Friday as the agency faces pressure to speed cleanup work that’s

Helena-area farmers seeing solid crops

HELENA (AP) — Helena Valley farmer Joe Dooling steered his combine through the final rows of malt barley, capping off a solid growing season on his 300 acres of irrigated

STATE/REGION SHORTS

Tribes say Trump illegally approved oil pipeline from Canada BILLINGS (AP) — Native American tribes in Montana and South Dakota say the Trump administration unlawfully approved the Keystone XL oil

Park visitation dips for month of August

The number of visitors to Yellowstone National Park in August dipped 11 percent from a year ago, though overall numbers are still significantly higher than even five years ago. Overall,

Wyoming city to keep money in bank despite fuels controversy

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The city of Rawlins has decided to keep municipal funds at Bank of the West after the bank announced it would no longer do business with

Montana pulls away from Drake 48-16

MISSOULA (AP) — Drake came up from Iowa intending the handle the crowd, but in the end couldn’t quite bulldog Montana quarterback Dalton Sneed. Sneed fired two touchdown passes 22

Look on teen’s face at rally raises eyebrows

BILLINGS (AP) — A high school student’s appearance behind President Donald Trump at a Montana campaign rally caused a social media stir on Friday after the 17-year-old made a series

IN SHORT

Sheriff charged with evidence tampering, perjury BUTTE (AP) — A southwestern Montana sheriff is charged with evidence tampering and perjury in a case that led to a meth trafficking conviction.

Barefoot hiker bags Continental Divide Trail

MISSOULA (AP) — His trail name was “Barefoot,” for obvious reasons. On Labor Day Monday, Ninemile resident Dave Murray completed the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada without

Trump campaigns in Montana, lauds Kavanaugh

BILLINGS (AP) — President Donald Trump praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s progress toward winning confirmation to the Supreme Court but decried the “anger and the meanness on the other side,” blasting