Montana/Region

Colorado, Wyoming dig out from spring storm

DENVER (AP) — A “bomb cyclone” fizzled but a spring snowstorm that hit Colorado and Wyoming still created hazardous road conditions and snarled airport traffic. Blizzard conditions persisted Thursday in

April 11 Regional News Briefs

Police found 2 assault weapons, handgun after shootings MISSOULA (AP) — Court documents indicate a man accused of killing one person and injuring three others, including a Montana Highway Patrol

North Dakota governor signs a bill banning abortion procedure

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed legislation Wednesday that makes it a crime for a doctor performing a second-trimester abortion to use instruments such as

Trial begins for man in killing of nephew of Montana senator

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Trial has begun in Spokane for a man who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a nephew of Montana Senator Jon Tester. The

Officials put Butte cleanup plan out to public

BUTTE (AP) — U.S. environmental officials are taking comments from the public on a proposed final plan for the decadeslong Butte Superfund cleanup. EPA Acting Regional Administrator Deb Thomas said

Judge to hear governor’s dark-money case against IRS

GREAT FALLS (AP) — U.S. government attorneys are asking a judge to throw out Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department. The lawsuit

Butte Threshold Choir seeks to soothe as death draws near

BUTTE (AP) — On a recent morning in the Big Sky Senior Living facility's upstairs chapel, Easter Seals-Goodwill Highlands Hospice employee Ana Shaw asked the four women beside her to

Idaho governor signs bill expanding Medicaid coverage

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday signed into law a bill approving Medicaid expansion for about 90,000 low-income residents that adds work and other requirements to a

ND ranchers tackle calving

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Stephanie Hatzenbuhler said calving has been better than expected this year, but it's no picnic. "You have to kind of play along with Mother Nature, what

Reports critical of SD children’s home in reacting to runaway

ROCKERVILLE, S.D. (AP) — Reports from regulatory agencies are critical of how staff at the Black Hill's Children's Home responded after a girl fled from the facility, a runaway who