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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 oil spill unresolved, state says
BILLINGS, Mont., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Montana is examining whether a July oil spill in the Yellowstone River caused substantial damage to state natural resources, an attorney said.
Montana Considers Using Hunters To Kill Stray...
HELENA, Mont. - Montana officials gave their initial approval Thursday to a plan that would let hunters kill bison that stray beyond designated areas north of Yellowstone National Park and from the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap Indian reservations.
Montana avalanche warnings continued
HELENA, Mont. - Backcountry avalanche warnings were continued Friday for the mountains of west-central Montana and in the area north of Yellowstone National Park. The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center said the avalanche danger was high on all slopes in the Lionhead area near West Yellowstone and in the ...
Exxon to pay Montana $2.4 million in spill accord
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. would pay more than $2 million in penalties and cleanup costs to Montana for a pipeline rupture in July that spilled an estimated 1,500 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River, according to a proposed legal settlement unveiled on Thursday. Under the negotiated agreement between Exxon and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, the Texas-based oil company ...
Exxon reaches $1.6M Montana oil spill settlement
BILLINGS, Mont. - Exxon Mobil agreed Thursday to pay the state of Montana $1.6 million in penalties over water pollution caused by a pipeline break last summer that fouled dozens of miles of shoreline along the scenic Yellowstone River, a state official said.
Yellowstone County man charged with insurance...
A Yellowstone County man awaiting trial on felony tampering andother charges has been charged with new offenses alleging that hetried to collect more than $100,000 from an insurance company byclaim
Snow allows Yellowstone to open for snow travel
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Two weeks after Yellowstone opened for the winter season, enough snow has fallen to allow snowmobile and snow coach travel.
Montana Stockgrowers oppose bison roaming into...
BILLINGS - Members of an influential Montana livestock group said Friday they are not ready to allow wild bison to roam freely outside Yellowstone National Park and instead want more done to control a disease carried by the animals.
Exxon crew still working on pulling broken pipe...
Continuing a process that began at the end of October, crewsworking for the ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. are still pulling parts ofthe broken Silvertip pipeline from below the Yellowstone River.
Yellowstone County commemorates Homeless Persons'...
For the 18th year, RiverStone Health Healthcare for the Homelesswill host a candlelight vigil to remember homeless persons who havedied in the past year.
Feature photos and video: DUI remembrance
DUI crash victims were remembered on Thursday during the AngelTree ceremony at the Yellowstone County Courthouse.
Shop fire near Acton deemed accidental; cause...
The Yellowstone County Fire Marshal said Wednesday that thecause of a Monday fire that burned a shop building near Acton tothe ground is unknown but that it's not suspicious.
Prosecutor questions state agency's agreement with...
When the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office received ananonymous tip in March that a 43-year-old man had molested a younggirl, it was the first local law enforcement had heard of a crimethat was a
The Rockies Today, Dec. 2
Top news links, courtesy of Headwaters News. Montana governor halts bison relocation plan After the federal U.S. Department of Agriculture denied a plan to put some bison from Yellowstone National Park on the National Bison Refuge near Moiese due to concerns about brucellosis, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said the 68 bison the state planned to put on the Fort Belknap and Fort Peck reservations in the state won't be relocated either.<BR>Billings Gazette; Dec. 2Appeals court blocks motorized use...
The Rockies Today, Dec. 1
Top news links, courtesy of Headwaters News. PEER lawsuit alleges BLM allowed politics to steer study In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility alleges the Bureau of Land Management allowed politics to trump science after BLM managers told scientists in August of 2010 to exclude grazing in the BLM's Rapid Ecoregional Assessments, designed to examine the impact of fire, urban sprawl and other activities on six regions of the sagebrush West.<BR>Idaho...
North Dakota woman killed in wreck identified
A woman who died Thursday night in an accident on Interstate 94was identified by Yellowstone County officials Friday as SheilaRieman, 53, of Sentinel Butte, N.D.
Montana's 3-month bison season under way
Montana's three-month public bison hunt opened Tuesday in areas outside Yellowstone National Park, including for the first...
Montana torches oil-fouled debris from Exxon spill
State workers on Tuesday set fire to an oil-tainted logjam on an island along the Yellowstone River, the last of dozens of debris piles smeared with crude from an Exxon Mobil pipeline break that dumped 42,000 gallons of oil into the waterway.
Exxon Mobil says expects Montana spill to cost...
Nov 4 - Exxon Mobil said it expects that itsresponse to a July oil spill into the Yellowstone River inMontana will cost about $135 million, the company said onFriday.Exxon Mobil said it has reached ...
Montana, Park County discussing bison settlement
BILLINGS, Mont. - The state of Montana is negotiating a potential settlement with Park County officials who sued to block the migration of wild bison out of Yellowstone National Park, attorneys for the two sides said Wednesday.
Montana, Park County discuss bison settlement
BILLINGS, Mont. - The state of Montana is negotiating a potential settlement with Park County officials who sued to block the migration of wild bison out of Yellowstone National Park, attorneys for the two sides said Wednesday.
EPA passing lead on Exxon spill cleanup to Montana
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to relinquish oversight of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s 1,000-barrel oil spill into the Yellowstone River, leaving the state to coordinate the remainder of the cleanup, federal and state officials said Thursday.
Soil, water sample results delivered to landowners...
?The Environmental Protection Agency, which completed samplingsoil and water on 40 properties along the Yellowstone River afterthe July 1 oil pipeline break, has delivered those results to thelando
Montana spill calls for new cleanup tech
The bursting of a pipe carrying oil below Montana s Yellowstone River is a reminder of the pipelines that crisscross the country and of the particular environmental dangers that these pipelines present.
Home building to stay soft through next year
Commodity prices are helping the economies of Yellowstone County and Montana , but the recovery in home construction is nowhere in sight.

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