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Animal trapping remains hot topic in Montana
MISSOULA- Trapping wild animals in Montana dates back to before the Lewis and Clark expedition, but the issue of trapping on public lands has come under fire as more and more people recreate in Montana's wilderness.
Truck carrying load of beehives crashes in Montana
BILLINGS, Mont.-The Montana Highway Patrol says a truck carrying a load of beehives from Minnesota to California crashed in south-central Montana, spilling the hives and wrecking the truck.
Montana's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in...
Iko'Tsimiskimaki Beck, 16, of Missoula and Emily Jones, 13, of Stevensville today were named Montana's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
Montana airport gets rare TSA concession: Private...
Every spring, when West Yellowstone Airport in Montana opens for the season, the TSA flies in six people to staff the airport's one-lane security checkpoint. Every fall, it flies the screeners home.
Montana airport gets private screeners
The TSA said Monday it will allow a Montana airport to hire a private company to conduct the TSA screening.
Cherry hits 21 as Montana routs Idaho State 76-40
Will Cherry scored 21 points and Montana grabbed a share of the Big Sky lead with a 76-40 victory over Idaho State on Monday night. Art Steward added 14 points and Kareem Jamar 13 for the Grizzlies (17-6, 10-1), who used a 15-0 run early in the second half to nail down their sixth consecutive victory and vault into a tie atop the league with Weber State.
Survey seeks ideas for new COT names
What should the new name be for Montana State University Billings College of Technology?
Montana Tech Announces 2012 Football Schedule
Montana Tech announced their 2012 football schedule Monday. The Orediggers will open the season at home against the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers at Alumni Coliseum on September 1st.
'Custer Country' now 'Southeast Montana '
Montana 's "Custer Country" will become "Southeast Montana ," the tourism region's board of directors decided Monday by unanimous vote at its February meeting in Billings.
Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase
A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.
Is Ice Fishing in Montana on Your Bucket List?
An ice fishing trip to Montana is on the bucket list of many an angler, and who could blame them? The wide open skies and abundance of glacial and non-glacial waters is as attractive to an outdoorsman as a glow hook is to certain species of fish.
Montana man fined $1G for 'bucket list' chase
A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.
Montana has plenty of white-tailed deer, but not...
As Montana hunters stew over unfilled 2011 tags and break out the maps for an earlier-than-ever permit application deadline in 2012, here comes a new point to ponder: Big Sky Country's trophy white-tailed deer population lags behind that of Massachusetts.
Black Star Beer Barter Heats Up Whitefish, Montana
WHITEFISH, MT-- - The second annual Black Star Beer Barter held outside the Great Northern Brewery was an event that the town of Whitefish , Montana may never forget. Contestants traveled in from as far ...
Cowboy fantasies on a ranch in Montana
Ian Henderson and his daughter try living on a working ranch in the Montana mountains.

Montana wolf hunting closes along Glacier border
BILLINGS, Mont. -- Montana officials are closing down wolf hunting in parts of northwestern Montana bordering Glacier National Park after hunters filled the area's two-animal quota. Hunting closes after sunset Wednesday in portions of Lincoln and Flathead counties west of the park. Hunters across Montana have shot 145 wolves since the season opened in early September. That's out of a 220-animal ...
Go down the mountain
It's time for Jesus to take a powder by Tim Lydon When they emerge from the trees while cruising down a popular run at Montana's Whitefish Mountain Resort, skiers suddenly encounter the back of a life-size statue of Jesus Christ. Clad in a flowing blue robe, the statue's arms stretch toward the Flathead Valley below.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Firearms
Aiming at the civilian market by Alex Sakariassen Kalispell-based weapons technology firm NEMO Arms is primed to make the Flathead Valley a hub of state-of-the-art firearms manufacturing. Having just announced the acquisition of a local gun manufacturer, NEMO's aim has drifted from military contracts to a new target: the civilian gun market.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Montana's first oil well was drilled at Kintla...
The history of oil in Montana began in an area that never had any substantial development of the natural resource - the Flathead Valley.
Public comment pouring in on mountain Jesus statue
Officials managing the Flathead National Forest have receivedmore than 90,000 comments as they consider whether to renew a leasefor a 25-square-foot parcel of federal land on Big Mountain thathas b
UM Flathead research station receives $1M matching...
The last time that the Flathead Lake Biological Stationcollected data at multiple sites around Flathead Lake to use forstudying water quality and food-web interaction was 20 yearsago.
Montana Jesus statue sparks church-state fight
Big Mountain Jesus, a 6-foot statue of Christ gazing out over Montana's majestic Flathead Valley, is at the center of an increasingly bitter battle over the legality of such symbols on federal land.
Canadian province OKs law protecting the Flathead
British Columbia has passed a law that bans mining and drillingin nearly 400,000 acres upstream of Glacier National Park,fulfilling a trans-border agreement to protect the Canadian portionof the Fl
British Columbia OKs law protecting Flathead Basin
Canadian legislation to protect the Flathead River Basin frommining and energy development has formally passed the BritishColumbia Parliament.
Alleged 'motorcycle bandit' charged with 2 more...
KALISPELL - A 55-year-old Bigfork man charged with robbingGlacier Bank in Lakeside in September and suspected in a string ofnorthwestern Montana bank robberies committed by the so-called"motorcycle
Body of missing rafter found in Flathead River
The body of a 37-year-old Hungry Horse man has been recovered inthe Flathead River nearly three weeks after he jumped out of a raftto try to retrieve an oar.
Montana: Flathead Cherry harvest running late
Cool temperatures in the late spring and early summer in Montana are pushing back this year's Flathead cherry harvest.
1 dead, 1 critical after Flathead Valley glider...
KALISPELL - Authorities say one man is dead and another is incritical condition after a glider crashed near the FerndaleAirfield in northwestern Montana.
Suspect in Christmas double homicide in Flathead...
KALISPELL - Criminal proceedings against a man charged with theChristmas Day slayings of his ex-girlfriend and her teenagedaughter were postponed Friday until mental health experts canevaluate his
Reclusive Flathead island millionaire charged with...
A reclusive millionaire known for having built an ostentatiousmansion on Flathead Lake's Cromwell Island came forth fromobscurity this week amid allegations that he groped a femaleparamedic aboard
Survivor Island
No end in sight to PSC infighting by Jessica Mayrer Red faces, raised voices, and allegations of ethical misconduct made a return appearance at last week's meeting of the Montana Public Service Commission. "I have to object to the continued hijacking of the commission work sessions," said Republican commissioner Bill Gallagher, who represents Lewis and Clark, Lake, and Flathead counties, among others.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this...
Fair housing
Ain't over 'til it's over by Alex Sakariassen Tempers flared in Kalispell last spring over the establishment of a recovery-based group home in a residential neighborhood near Flathead High School's athletic stadium. Freedom House-designed to offer clean and sober housing for recovering drug and alcohol addicts-ran afoul of nearby homeowners and city officials concerned about oversight of the home.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story...
Montana fugitive wins $10K lottery scratch ticket
BUTTE, Mont. -- Authorities say a Montana man who owes thousands of dollars in child support and is wanted on felony drug charges has claimed a winning scratch ticket and is now on the loose with $10,000 to spare. Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry tells KTVM-TV that Robert Stayton recently claimed the winning ticket he bought in Helena, and Montana State Lottery officials did not ask any ...
Flathead hatchery aims to revive westslope...
KALISPELL - Montana 's state fish is getting new digs that could help preserve the future of the dwindling species.
Former Braves Football Star Named College Scholar...
Coltin Weber, a senior linebacker for Montana Western, has been named a scholar athlete by the Montana Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Weber, who was a star linebacker for Flathead High School before college, is one of 13 Montana high school and college football players to be selected for the award, which is in its 14th year. He maintains a 3.15 GPA at ...
Suit seeks to clarify law on medical marijuana...
KALISPELL - A medicinal marijuana advocacy group has fileda lawsuit against the Flathead County attorney in an effort toclarify state law on whether medical marijuana caregivers cantransfer ma
Sentencing delayed, man wants to withdraw plea
KALISPELL - A Flathead County judge has delayed the sentencingof a man who pleaded guilty to deliberate homicide while thedefendant argues he did not have adequate legalrepresentation.
Indian Country
Regulatory no-man's land by Jessica Mayrer It saddens Lloyd Irvine to watch hard-rock mining operations at the base of Chief Cliff Mountain in his hometown of Elmo, on the Flathead Indian Reservation. "Because of our beliefs, we're not here to destroy what was given to us," says the 67-year-old Irvine, who is half Kootenai and half Salish.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Rural counties saw no growth or slight decline in...
Much of Montana's growth in the last decade came in urban counties Gov. Brian Schweitzer says form the state's boot, from Flathead County in the northwest through Missoula and Ravalli counties to the south, and then west to Helena, Bozeman and Billings.
Kalispell-area pharmacy robbed, employee...
KALISPELL - Flathead County authorities have arrested a mansuspected of robbing a pharmacy at gunpoint and kidnapping anemployee.

  Boat with invasive mussel intercepted at Flathead...
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