Montana/Region

July 26 Montana News Briefs

Great Falls asks sheriff to reverse jail overcrowding order GREAT FALLS (AP) — The city attorney for Great Falls is asking the Cascade County sheriff to reverse an order saying

Judge says Dakota Access developer can’t sue BankTrack

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline has no claim under federal racketeering law for damages against a Dutch

US Forest Service proposes approval of northwestern mine

LIBBY (AP) — Federal officials proposed approval of the first phase of a silver and copper mine beneath a northwestern Montana wilderness area amid a legal fight between state officials

Wildfire cuts power in Idaho

GARDENA, Idaho (AP) — A wildfire in southwestern Idaho about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Boise is causing problems for motorists on a heavily-traveled north-south route and knocked out

Judge gives OK for Glendive irrigation dam

DENVER — A federal judge rejected claims that a long-stalled irrigation dam in Montana would doom a primitive, endangered fish species, prompting U.S. officials to say Tuesday that a contract

Bullock sues over IRS policy ending donor disclosure requirements for tax-exempt groups

HELENA — Montana's governor and the state Department of Revenue filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury Tuesday over a recent decision

Zinke lauds Utah as state tries to lure federal land agency

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lauded Mormon pioneers in a speech Tuesday at a rodeo in Utah where state leaders hope he’ll relocate the nation’s

July 25 Montana News Briefs

Student enters pleas in shooting MISSOULA (AP) — A Montana high school student has pleaded guilty to a series of juvenile charges but has denied driving at a school resource

Montana health agency accused of defying order on Medicaid

HELENA (AP) — The Montana Health Care Association said Tuesday that state health officials are defying a court order by once again cutting the reimbursement rates paid to nursing homes

Governor might call special session over sales tax ruling

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard might call a special legislative session after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the state’s favor that could yield millions