Montana/Region

Woman seeks $1.5M in damages from neo-Nazi website founder

Published on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The first black woman to serve as American University's student government president is seeking more than $1.5 million in court-ordered damages against a neo-Nazi website

IN SHORT

Published on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am

Court: No public defender unless jail time is at stake HELENA (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court says a judge can’t order a public defender to represent a criminal defendant

Wyoming commission decides against grizzly bear hunt

Published on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 12:00am

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has opted not to hold a grizzly bear hunt this year. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that the

Montana Legislature adjourns after passing $10.3B budget

Published on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 12:00am

HELENA (AP) — Montana lawmakers adjourned the 2019 session Thursday after passing a $10.3 billion budget to pay for state services over the next two years and a measure to

Oil savings for tax relief nixed

Published on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:00am

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — House and Senate negotiators have agreed to kill the idea of tapping funds from the state’s voter-approved oil tax savings account to help offset income taxes.

Appeals court overturns Idaho wolf-killing ruling

Published on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a U.S. District Court’s dismissal of a lawsuit by environmental groups challenging a federal agency’s killing of wolves in Idaho.

STATE SHORTS

Published on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 12:00am

Man who attacked tourists in Yellowstone restroom sentenced CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A man who attacked two tourists with bear spray in a Yellowstone National Park restroom has been sentenced

After Arizona law, Montana one of two states left that don’t ban texting, driving

Published on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 12:00am

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona ended a decade of resistance to restrictions on using a cellphone while driving when Gov. Doug Ducey signed a law Monday outlawing holding a phone behind

Montana rules unclear in ‘chemical restraint’ of children

Published on Mon, 04/22/2019 - 12:00am

BUTTE (AP) — When Annette Smith found out a 9-year-old Oregon girl she represents was being injected with Benadryl and other antihistamines to chemically restrain her for misbehavior and was

Montana State settles discrimination case, hit with new one

Published on Fri, 04/19/2019 - 4:35pm

BOZEMAn, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University has agreed to pay $120,000 to a former student who claimed school officials discriminated against him when they expelled him for allegedly threatening violence against a transgender student.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports news of the school's settlement with Erik Powell comes the same week as the transgender student filed a lawsuit of her own against the school.