Montana/Region

Powder River Basin sees 10,000 permit drilling battle

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — In the coal-bed methane days, then-engineer Mark Watson would arrive at the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to find boxes stacked with drilling applications and

Ruling could expand gambling in Montana

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that clears the way for betting on the outcome of sporting events won’t have an immediate impact in Montana, but it

South Dakota could be first state to tweak ‘Marsy’s Law’

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota voters enthusiastically passed “Marsy’s Law” in 2016, joining several states that embraced the constitutional amendments giving crime victims such rights as being notified

Group behind Theodore Roosevelt library scraps 2-site plan

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The foundation working to build a Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in western North Dakota on Monday scrapped plans to split the planned complex into two parts,

Interests widen in fight over coal-export terminal

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SEATTLE (AP) — Six Western states and national industry groups have lined up against Washington state in a legal battle over its decision to reject permits for a massive proposed

Montana river recedes, but floodwaters likely to resurge

MISSOULA (AP) — Montana’s Clark Fork River near Missoula began to recede Saturday after cresting at its highest level in a century, but the floodwaters are expected to surge again

May 14 Regional News Briefs

Searchers recover body of missing backcountry skier KALISPELL (AP) — Searchers have recovered the body of a northwestern Montana physician who went missing while backcountry skiing in February. Flathead County

Professor warns of climate change’s effects on recreation

BILLINGS (AP) — Mildmannered Cathy Whitlock is blunt when she talks about climate change in Montana. “Spoiler alert,” she said. “The climate is getting warmer, and we’re going to have

Absentee voting begins in the June 5 primary election

HELENA (AP) — Election Day in Montana isn’t for another month, but absentee voting is getting underway in what has become most Montanans’ preferred way to cast their vote. County

May 11 Montana News Briefs

Man rescued from Montana floodwaters as waters keep rising MISSOULA (AP) — Montana rescuers pulled a man from surging floodwaters as authorities issued new evacuation orders and water continued to