Montana/Region

Dec. 12 Regional News Briefs

Montana attorney general elected president of national org HELENA (AP) — Montana Attorney General Tim Fox was elected the 2020 president of the National Association of Attorneys General during its

News stations in 6 Montana towns coping with cyber attack

News stations owned by Cowles Montana Media were “hit across the board” Sunday night in a cyber attack that continued to block access Wednesday to companywide operating software, their president

Montana shelter caring for 39 huskies found roaming wild

HAMILTON (AP) — An animal shelter is caring for 39 huskies found on a property in western Montana. Bitter Root Humane Association operations manager Cyra Saltzman said the dogs, including

NDakota ethanol company advances carbon project

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota ethanol company is preparing to store its carbon dioxide emissions underground and the state’s coal-fired companies are considering following suit. Red Trail Energy,

Dec. 11 Montana News Briefs

No injuries when Helena school bus rolls into ditch HELENA (AP) — No one was injured when a Helena school bus rolled into an irrigation ditch Monday morning Montana Highway

Man convicted of killing wife and injuring her roommate

BOZEMAN (AP) — A Montana man accused of killing his estranged wife and critically injuring one of her roommates was convicted Tuesday of multiple charges. Jurors in Gallatin County found

Group files brief in defense of North Dakota abortion law

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An anti-abortion group has filed a brief in defense of a North Dakota law that requires doctors to inform women that they can reverse the procedure

North Dakota man sentenced for burning reservation church

BISMARCK, N.D. — A New Town man was sentenced Monday to 2 ¼ years in prison for burning down a church on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, an act that

Governor asks for USDA disaster designation for 11 counties

Gov. Steve Bullock has now requested a secretarial disaster designation from U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for 11 Montana counties that reported significant weather-related crop losses in 2019. Approval of

Feds agree to review grizzly protections in contiguous US

BILLINGS (AP) — Federal officials will review whether enough is being done to protect grizzly bears in the contiguous U.S. states after environmentalists sued the government to try to restore