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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 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's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
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 gets Hawaii in BracketBusters game
MISSOULA- Montana men's basketball coach Wayne Tinkle will finally get that opportunity to take his team on a destination road trip, but first the Grizzlies will host Hawaii in Missoula as part of the 10th annual Sears BracketBusters event, ESPN announced Monday afternoon.
Montana bus crash leaves 2 dead, dozens injured
MISSOULA, Mont. - A bus crashed Sunday on an icy interstate highway in southwestern Montana, killing at least two people and sending more than two dozen to area hospitals, officials said.
Bus crashes on icy Montana interstate, killing 2...
MISSOULA, Mont. - Eight people remained in serious or critical condition after their bus crashed on an icy interstate highway in southwestern Montana, killing two people and injuring the 32 others on board, officials said. The westbound Rimrock Trailways bus crashed on Interstate 90 about a mile west of Clinton, 18 miles southeast of Missoula, shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday, Dan Ronan of the ...
Bus crash in Montana kills two, injures 33: police
MISSOULA, Mont - Two people were killed and 33 others injured when a bus veered off an icy interstate highway in western Montana and rolled onto its side on Sunday, and police and hospital officials said. Police said the death toll might rise. A spokeswoman at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula, where the most severely hurt were taken, initially listed two victims as critically injured ...
Bus crash in Montana kills two, injures 32: police
MISSOULA, Mont - Two people were killed and 32 injured when a bus lost control on an icy interstate highway in western Montana on Sunday, and police said the death toll could rise. The Rimrock Trailways bus, which had been traveling west on Interstate 90 from Billings to Missoula, was found on its side in the median, according to Montana Highway Patrol Sergeant Scott Hoffman. The crash ...
Man accused of trying courtroom escape enters plea
A 23-year-old Missoula man accused of trying to escape from thecourtroom while making an initial appearance on theft and burglarycharges was back in court Thursday, and this time he went throughwit
Man convicted of raping woman, assaulting another
A 21-year-old man was convicted Thursday of raping a woman andsexually assaulting another in Missoula.
Montana Hope Project Sends Sick Girl To Disney...
Montana law enforcement officers are granting a critically ill Missoula area 2nd grader her wish to go to Disney World. Aspen is only 8-years-old, but she's suffering from a chronic lung disease.
MN man faces prostitution charges in Montana
A 20-year-old Minnesota man whose brother pleaded guilty to aprostitution charge in Missoula County last year faces similarcharges in Montana and Minnesota.
Missoula County bans overnight camping
Missoula County commissioners have passed a resolution requiringa permit to sleep overnight on county property in response to thepresence of Occupy Missoula protesters on the courthouse lawn forthe
Police: Missoula man molested 5-year-old girl
A 76-year-old Missoula man who police say molested a 5-year-oldgirl has been charged with sexual assault.
Clayton Christian of Missoula named new...
The Montana Board of Regents has named its chairman to replace retiring Commissioner of Higher Education Sheila Stearns.
Montana musician lends talents to help the hungry
MISSOULA- Legendary Montana musician Rob Quist is all tuned up and ready to help his fellow Montanans with the hungry crisis in a special benefit show in Missoula tonight.
Woman goes to police as UM launches assault probe
A woman told Missoula police that she woke up the morning afterattending a party and felt like she had been assaulted, but shecouldn't remember what happened, a police detective saidFriday.
Woman struck by car, killed in Missoula
Police in Missoula say an 83-year-old woman died after beingstruck by a car while walking on a city street.
Montana Grizzlies crush Northern Iowa 48-10
By: Court Weston The Montana Grizzlies rolled the Panthers of Northern Iowa 48-10 in Missoula on Friday night. ...
Montana cruises into FCS semifinals
MISSOULA, Mont. - Jordan Johnson threw for three touchdowns and ran for another Friday night as Montana routed Northern Iowa 48-10 to advance to the semifinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Friday night lights in Missoula
MISSOULA - The Northern Iowa football team does not have quite the history of fifth-ranked Montana.
Man involved in fatal crash sentenced to 10 years
A Missoula man who was given a suspended sentence for his rolein a drunken-driving crash that killed a woman will spend at leastfive years in prison for violating probation by doing drugs andhangin
Griz roar past Bears
MISSOULA - Just imagine if the Montana Grizzlies had a bye week before every game.
Signs point to more televised action for Montana's...
MISSOULA - After a week of uncertainty regarding the Montana and Montana State FCS playoff games - people in Montana will be able to watch the games, won't they? - the focus returned to action on the field Saturday as a compromise between ESPN and viewers to move the games to the network's pay-per-view service seemed to satisfy both sides.
Breaking news: Griz are back
MISSOULA - You got a sense of it during Montana's 45-10 domination of Weber State on Oct. 29.
Griz, Bobcats host FCS playoff games - Sat, 03 Dec...
On the basis of nicknames alone, the two Football Championship Subdivision playoff games being held in Montana this weekend sound pretty even. The Central Arkansas Bears are taking on the Montana Grizzlies at 11 a.m. PST today in Missoula, while it's a cat fight in Bozeman between the Montana State Bobcats and the New Hampshire Wildcats. Kickoff is at noon.
Man acquitted in Missoula transient's death
A man charged in the beating death of a fellow transient inMissoula was acquitted Friday of accountability for deliberatehomicide.

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