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Infrared camera in wild aimed at Montana owl nest
Denver Holt has been studying the long-eared owl for 27 years. He's banded over 1,700 of the birds and found 225 nests in Montana. But he's never been ...
Montana pet owner to feds: The dog ate my money
A Montana man whose 12-year-old golden retriever ate five $100 bills hopes to be reimbursed by the federal government. Wayne Klinkel tells the ...
Goat that walked into Mont. bar was taken from zoo
So the goat that walked into a Montana bar last weekend ... was stolen from a petting zoo. Fairmont Hot Springs Resort general manager Steve Luebeck ...
Judge to retire after sending racist Obama email
A Montana federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama
APNewsBreak: $1.7M penalty proposed in Exxon spill
Federal regulators proposed $1.7 million in civil penalties against Exxon Mobil Corp. on Monday for safety violations linked to a pipeline rupture ...
Yellowstone bison hunt takes most since '89
Hunters killed more wild bison migrating from Yellowstone National Park this season than they have in decades, with the numbers driven by strong ...
Montana looks at allowing roadkill for dinner
Elk, deer, antelope and moose: If Montana residents can scrape it up, they can eat it. State lawmakers are poised to say just that after the Senate ...
Correction: Blackfeet Hunts-Musicians story
In a story March 5 about three Blackfeet tribal members who pleaded guilty to holding illegal big-game hunts for country musicians, The Associated ...
Pro-gun voters put heat on Democratic senators
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before. Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a ...
Outpouring follows death of Sportsman Channel host
The Sportsman Channel says it's deeply saddened by the shooting death in northwestern Montana of one of its TV hosts who traveled the world in search ...
Mont. man kills Sportsman Channel host, then self
A northwestern Montana man shot and killed the host of the Sportsman Channel show "A Rifleman's Journal" in an apparent jealous rage while the TV ...
Parents seek US probe into son's Singapore death
Months before Shane Todd's girlfriend found his body hanging in his Singapore apartment last June, the engineer told his parents he thought his life ...
Not guilty verdict for former Montana quarterback
Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before acquitting a former University of Montana quarterback in a rape trial that has played out amid ...
Ex-Montana quarterback acquitted of rape
Jurors deliberated for more than two hours Friday before acquitting a former University of Montana quarterback in a rape trial that has played out ...
Hackers use alert system for zombie warnings
Warnings about the zombie apocalypse may seem pretty amusing, but officials say they're dead serious about figuring out who hacked into the nation's ...
TV station hacker warns of zombies in Montana
A Montana television station's regular programming was interrupted by news of a zombie apocalypse. The Montana Television Network says hackers broke ...
Coal sales investigated by feds; no violations yet
The U.S. Department of Interior is investigating whether mining companies are skirting royalty rules as they increase exports of coal to Asia, federal ...
Former Montana QB's rape trial begins
More than 150 potential jurors packed a hotel ballroom Friday for the rape trial of a former University of Montana quarterback, as attorneys attempted ...
States propose limiting use of drones by police
Lawmakers in at least 11 states are looking at plans to restrict the use of drones over their skies amid concerns the unmanned aerial vehicles could ...
APNewsBreak: Feds: Warming imperils wolverines
The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," could soon join the list of species threatened by climate ...
Montana man made up sob story that got him pizza
A Montana man whose tearful reluctance to rob a pizza restaurant earned him free food apparently made up the sob story that gained him the clerk's ...
Coal decline hits fuel's Western stronghold
Hundreds of millions of tons of coal, packed into seams up to 60 feet thick, are still to be had beneath the rock-strewn hillsides speckled with snow ...
John Mayer organizes, sings at benefit concert
John Mayer performed at his first concert in nearly two years, a fundraiser he helped organize to benefit firefighters that helped save his home and ...
Ryan Leaf kicked out of drug treatment center
Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been moved from a central Montana drug treatment center to the state prison in Deer Lodge. Regional probation and ...
3 Mont. tribal leaders indicted in singers' hunts
Three Blackfeet tribal leaders were indicted Tuesday on charges they held illegal big-game hunts for a film crew and country music stars including ...