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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 ...
Glacier National Park gets postage stamp
The U.S. Postal Service is featuring an image of Logan Pass inGlacier National Park on an international rate postage stamp to beissued later this month.
FWS to study rare Glacier stonefly for possible...
The western glacier stonefly, a tiny aquatic insect historically documented in just five of Glacier National Park's icy alpine streams, could one day be a candidate for the list of threatened and endangered species.
Optimistic CMR boys get started at Glacier
How a prep basketball team is playing in late February and early March is what really counts.
Boy charged in hazing won't return to Glacier High
A 15-year-old boy who had been suspended from Glacier HighSchool for hazing teammates on the freshman football bus inSeptember won't be returning to classes this school year.
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
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
Environmental law waiver faces skeptics on...
HELENA - No one can recall the last time an illegal immigranthiked into the rugged and remote wilderness of Glacier NationalPark in an attempt to slip into the U.S. But that isn't stoppingsome in C
McHenry County hiker missing in rough Montana...
The search for a hiker originally from McHenry County continued Wednesday in a rugged section of Glacier National Park in Montana .Jacob Rigby, 27, a seasonal employee of the National Park Service , has been missing since going hiking in the park last weekend. About 2 a.m. Monday, park dispatch received a call informing them Rigby was overdue from a personal day hike, a release from the park ...
Mount Cleveland, Glacier National Park
I have a real weakness for the stunning alpine of Glacier National Park, and I regularly find myself driving past other exquisite ranges (Missions, Swans, Bitterroots) to go get lost in them. So on July 27, I headed out with Kara McMahon and Morgen Lanning to try and find our way up Mount Cleveland- at 10,479 feet, its the highest peak in the park.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Hiker attacked by grizzly bear in Glacier National...
A grizzly bear attacked a hiker at about noon Friday on abackcountry trail in Glacier National Park.
Grizzly bear mauls hiker in Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park says a grizzly bear mauled a 50-year-oldhiker but the man was able to walk for help.
Hiker attacked by bear in Glacier
A hiker was attacked by a grizzly bear Friday afternoon on the trail from Many Glacier to Piegan Pass in Glacier National Park.
Glacier Park's Sun Road opens to vehicle traffic
WEST GLACIER - Glacier National Park officials say the entirelength of the Going-to-the-Sun Road is open to vehicle traffic forthe summer.
Lookout outlooks
Ana Maria Spagna?s piece ?Cabin Fever? (see Writers on the Range, July 7, 2011) profoundly missed the mark. While the author may dislike Wilderness Watch?s work to protect the Glacier Peak Wilderness by taking the Forest Service to court over this unlawfully built replica, her opinions and emotional attachment to the structure don?t change the facts surrounding its construction and history (or lack thereof).… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Glacier's Going-to-the-Sun Road opens all the way
After weather hampered its opening, the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park is now open in its entirety.
Glacier sets opening date for popular...
Glacier National Park officials announced Thursday that the entire 50 miles of Going-to-the-Sun Road is anticipated to be open for vehicle traffic on Wednesday.
Glacier hotel fire drill briefly thought real
A fire drill raised concerns in Glacier County that the Many Glacier Hotel was ablaze Wednesday afternoon.
This is what Going to the Sun looks like
We wrote yesterday about the historic snowfall at Glacier National Park, and how Going to the Sun Road wasn't open by July 4 for just the third time in history. Well, today Indy photographer Chad Harder turned us onto the GNP Flickr page, which has plenty of photos of the ongoing snowplow work.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Glacier Park Inc. buys St. Mary Lodge
MISSOULA - Glacier National Park concessionaire Glacier ParkInc. is expanding its Montana holdings with the purchase of the St.Mary Lodge and Resort.
Putting Going to the Sun's delayed opening into...
Tristan Scott reported in Saturday's Missoulian that Glacier National Park's Going to the Sun Road won't open by July 4 for just the third time in the park's 100-year history. The other two delayed openings occurred in 1933, the year Logan Pass debuted to the public, and in 1943, when the war caused staff reductions.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Wet spring brings out Glacier's grandeur
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK - The late spring snowpack is causing problems for crews working to clear Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road, but at least it has some positive side effects for visitors.
Avalanche, snow weight damage Glacier chalet
WEST GLACIER - A century-old rock chalet in GlacierNational Park that was damaged by an avalanche may be open for onlya few weeks this summer after crews working to ready thebackcountry hotel
Avalanche, snow weight damages Glacier chalet
WEST GLACIER - A century-old rock chalet in Glacier NationalPark that was damaged by an avalanche may be open for only a fewweeks this summer after crews working to ready the backcountryhotel for t
Aggressive mountain lion reported in Glacier
WEST GLACIER - Glacier National Park officials are warningvisitors that a mountain lion in the Upper McDonald Creek Valleyarea has been displaying aggressive behavior.
More Glacier National Park roads opening
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