Montana/Region

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

Senate challenger Rosendale trailing Jon Tester in cash

HELENA — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale in Montana has about one-tenth as much cash heading into the general election season as Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester, underscoring the

Mountaintop lookouts still crucial for spotting wildfires

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers.

July 24 Montana News Briefs

Pence heads to Montana to campaign for Senate candidate BILLINGS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is heading to Montana to help Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale raise money

Montana to leave only 1 child protection caseworker in Livingston

HELENA (AP) — The state health department has agreed to leave one child protection caseworker in Livingston after initially proposing to close the office entirely to bolster staffing in the

Montana mother goes from school volunteer to paraeducator

KALISPELL (AP) — At her West Valley home on July 9, Janelle Ruby traced her finger along the raised dots of braille cells. Ruby, 35, is in the midst of

Montana Greens made to disclose cost of gathering ballot signatures

HELENA (AP) — Montana’s commissioner of political practices said Friday that the Green Party violated campaign laws by failing to report the cost of signatures gathered by a political consultant

Northwest Montana: Learning to live with grizzlies

GREAT FALLS (AP) — While living among grizzly bears might be new for people living on the prairie, cohabitation with these massive carnivores is just part of life in northwest

Groups sue North Dakota over oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three environmental groups are suing North Dakota over an air quality permit that allows construction of an $800 million oil refinery about 3 miles from Theodore

Rosendale shuffles cash to keep excess donations

HELENA — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale used excess donations from deep-pocketed GOP donors to pay himself back for personal loans from a previous congressional run, then he turned