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IN SHORT

Unemployment at 3.6 percent HELENA (AP) — Montana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 3.6 percent in September, the lowest rate in just over 11 years. The state’s unemployment

Man to face death penalty in party stabbing rampage

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man suspected of going on a stabbing rampage at a children’s party, killing a little girl celebrating her third birthday and wounding eight others, will

Trump praises Gianforte for body-slamming reporter

MISSOULA (AP) — President Donald Trump praised a Republican congressman for body-slamming a reporter last year, calling him a “tough cookie” and saying he thinks it might have helped him

Group tries to ensure Native Americans vote in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Native American voting rights group says it plans to ensure that all Native Americans in North Dakota can vote in November despite a voter identification

IN COURT

The following are proceedings from the Park County Justice Court for Oct. 15: DISORDERLY CONDUCT Christian Salancinski, 52, of Livingston, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. He was fined $185. He

Former MSU professor inducted to Engineers Hall of Fame

BOZEMAN — Ted Lang, whose engineering career included 48 years as a Montana State University professor, will be inducted into the Montana Professional Engineers Hall of Fame on Nov. 7.

Warsaw Ghetto Museum closer to reality

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A museum dedicated to the Jews who suffered in the Warsaw Ghetto during Nazi Germany’s wartime occupation of Poland came closer to reality Friday with a

ODDITIES

Motorists stunned as metal balls roll down Seattle street SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities in Seattle temporarily closed a street after motorists were stunned by dozens of large metal balls that

Pressure turns to Mexico as caravan heads for US border

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — As some 3,000 Hondurans made their way through Guatemala, attention turned to Mexico, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to close the U.S.-Mexico border if

Trump says without evidence that Dems behind ‘caravan’

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Eager to bring immigration to the forefront as the midterm elections near, President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that Democrats or their allies are supporting a