Montana/Region

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

Deal lets club keeps liquor licenses

Published on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:00am

HELENA (AP) — Montana officials won’t pull the liquor licenses of an ultra-exclusive ski resort that counts Bill Gates and Justin Timberlake among its members as part of a $370,000

Geyser is speeding up eruption cycle

Published on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:00am

BILLINGS (AP) — Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park set a record earlier this month for the shortest recorded interval between eruptions, at just over three days. The Billings Gazette

County Republican leader enters Montana US House race

Published on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:00am

HELENA (AP) — A third Republican has filed to run for Montana’s U.S. House seat left open by Rep. Greg Gianforte’s decision to run governor. Lewis and Clark County Republican

Federal agency hears testimony on the fate of gray wolves

Published on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:00am

BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — Federal officials are weighing impassioned testimony from farmers, ranchers, hunters and wildlife advocates at the only public hearing in the country on the government’s latest attempt

Lawsuit: Idaho Fish and Game check stations unconstitutional

Published on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho man says check stations set up by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game requiring motorists to stop are violations of the Idaho

Group starts effort to get medical marijuana on Idaho ballot

Published on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An organization that aims to get a medical marijuana initiative on the Idaho ballot says it’s turned in enough signatures to the Secretary of State to

Montana resort to pay $370,000 for liquor license violations

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

BOZEMAN (AP) — A Montana resort has agreed to pay $370,000 to the state after revenue officials threatened to pull its liquor licenses, a report said. Yellowstone Club bars and

STATE SHORTS

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

Helena woman crowned Miss Montana 2019 HELENA (AP) — A 22-year-old Helena woman will represent Montana in the Miss America Pageant in September. The Independent Record reports Mo Shea was

Police arrest man after woman, dogs killed

Published on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 12:00am

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in eastern Idaho say they’ve arrested a suspect after finding the bodies of a woman and two dogs that had been stabbed to death. Idaho