Montana/Region

Governor leads campaign rally for Tester, Williams

HELENA (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is leading a Halloween rally for fellow Democrats U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and House candidate Kathleen Williams in the final days before the

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Funding for flooding relief HELENA (AP) — President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration, allowing federal funding to be funneled to nine Montana counties for repairs to infrastructure

Teens arrested in fatal shooting, fatal hit-and-run

GREAT FALLS (AP) — Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a shooting death and a fatal hit-and-run crash in northwest Montana. The 17-year-old boys are being held at

Male role models make an impact at Rock Springs school

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — Twelve men, ranging in age from 29 to 70 years old, have gone back to school in Rock Springs. They are the Watch D.O.G.S., and

Two Wyoming laws that are aimed at trespassing activists struck down

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two Wyoming laws that prohibit trespassing to collect environmental data violate the U.S. Constitution’s freespeech protections, a judge ruled in siding with two environmental groups and

Oregon ballot measure would ban future taxes on groceries

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is one of just a handful of states without a sales tax, and voters have repeatedly rejected attempts to add one. This election, a ballot

Oregon ‘witches’ brave the water for river float

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of “witches” traded in broomsticks for paddles in Oregon during the last weekend before Halloween. The costumed coven paddled six miles on boards Saturday along

THE WEST’S OLD MINES

EUREKA, Utah (AP) — Underneath the mountains and deserts of the U.S. West lie hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines, an underground world that can hold serious danger and unexpected

Ranchers find severed heads of cow and elk

BUTTE (AP) — Authorities are investigating after the heads of a cow and an elk were found severed on a road in western Montana. The Montana Standard reports ranchers Darrell

President coming to Bozeman

HELENA (AP) — President Donald Trump is returning to Montana on Saturday to hold an unprecedented fourth rally in support of Republican Senate candidate Matt Rosendale just days before the