Montana/Region

Montana Legislature passes Medicaid expansion bill

Published on Fri, 04/19/2019 - 4:33pm

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana House passed a bill Thursday to continue for another six years a program that provides health care for about 96,000 low-income residents.

The Medicaid expansion bill passed 61-35, just hours after the House accepted Senate amendments. Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock said he would sign the bill, one of the priorities of his two-year budget proposal.

Boise poised to expand smoking ban to include e-cigs

Published on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — City of Boise officials are looking to expand the city’s smoking ban to include e-cigarettes. The city council voted unanimously Tuesday to advance a measure that

STATE SHORTS

Published on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:00am

Montana approves expansion of coal mine serving Colstrip BILLINGS (AP) — State regulators have given final approval to a 70-million ton expansion of a southeastern Montana coal mine that provides

Site of former compound to be sold

Published on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:00am

Foundation to sell former site of Aryan Nations compound SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The former site of a white supremacist compound in Idaho soon will be on the market. The

Man gets 30 years in fentanyl death

Published on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:00am

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A Chicago man convicted by a jury of distributing heroin and fentanyl that caused the death of a man in the North Dakota oil patch has

IN SHORT

Published on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 12:00am

Largest solar project in Montana could be coming to Dillon BUTTE (AP) — Officials say a proposed solar project development north of Dillon would be the largest commercial solar facility

Montana House rejects Colstrip power plant bill

Published on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 12:00am

HELENA (AP) — Montana’s House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a bill that would allow NorthWestern Energy to purchase another share of a coal-fired power plant in southeastern Montana and

Co-owner of business where four were slain says she has no clue why

Published on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 12:00am

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — The co-owner of a North Dakota business where four people including her husband were slain says she and others don’t know why the suspect would target

Timber company, county decry Idaho land buying splurge

Published on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 12:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s plan to buy timberland unfairly competes with private businesses and takes away tax revenue from local governments, a timber company and a northern Idaho county

Gianforte says he’s considering new run for Montana governor

Published on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 12:00am

HELENA (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte says he’s considering another run for Montana governor in 2020. The second-term congressman lost to the incumbent, Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, in