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Missing hiker found dead in Crazy Mountains

Search and rescue crews on Wednesday afternoon located the body of a 39-year-old hiker who was reported missing Monday in the Crazy Mountains.

The Michigan man had been volunteering for the Rocky Mountain Goat Alliance on a joint project with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. He was reported missing in rugged terrain near the Cave Lake area.

Search and rescue workers located the man’s body at 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the Park County Sheriff’s Office.

ND recreational pot measure OK’d for ballot

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota have succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote later this year. Proponents submitted more than the

UK police treat crash as terrorism, man arrested

LONDON (AP) — A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring three people in what police suspect

Sage Lodge gifts land to Old Chico Cemetery

The oldest cemetery in Park County is expanding, with the help of Sage Lodge. The Old Chico Cemetery will be given an acre and a half, almost doubling the size

Yosemite park reopens, but fire’s toll on tourism still felt

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The reopening of Yosemite National Park can’t come soon enough for Douglas Shaw. The 20-day closure during peak tourist season at one of the busiest parks

Police: Man flies plane into his home after fight with wife

PAYSON, Utah (AP) — A Utah man flew a small plane into his own house early Monday just hours after he had been arrested for assaulting his wife in a

Cars plunge as Italian highway bridge collapses; 20 killed

MILAN (AP) — A highway bridge collapsed Tuesday in the Italian city of Genoa during a violent storm, sending vehicles plunging nearly 150 feet into a heap of rubble. Authorities

Nebraska executes first inmate using fentanyl

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska carried out its first execution in more than two decades on Tuesday with a drug combination never tried before, including the first use of the

Trump warns: Anybody who runs against me ‘suffers’

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday dared New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to challenge him in 2020 — and warned the Democrat, “Anybody that runs against Trump

Judge sets bail for adults arrested at New Mexico compound

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — A state judge on Monday cleared the way for five defendants who were arrested on child abuse charges at a remote New Mexico compound to be