On tonight's evening newscast: A new strike force will target organized crime that law enforcement says continues to plague the Baaken oil patch. According to Montana U.S Attorney, Mike Cotter, those offenses range from drug and weapon trafficking to environmental and white-collar crimes.
Three men in Montana's Republican Party are vying for the role of party chair. Party executive director Chris Shipp said today that Representative Jeff Essmann of Billings and former Madison County Commissioner Dan Happel will challenge Will Deschamps of Missoula for the position. Deschamps has been chairman since 2009.
Insurance companies offering plans in Montana under President Barack Obama's health law are requesting double-digit rate increases next year.
The first part of June has brought badly-needed rain to Montana, but it's barely making up for a particularly dry month of May. Glacier National Park rangers have captured and euthanized a black bear near the head of Lake McDonald.
A grizzly bear that killed five sheep over the weekend is in the custody of wildlife officials and being relocated near Flathead National Forest.
A 92-year-old Seeley Lake man has died after the car he was driving collided with a dump truck south of Seeley Lake.
In the wake of allegations against the American Lands Council, the state legislative panel that embraced its ideas last session has fallen silent on public land jurisdiction.
Montana's Environmental Quality Council in 2013 found, quote, an "urgent need to correct the way federal public lands are managed." But the committee has no plans to revisit the subject after subsequent legislative proposals failed this year.
A 15-member committee has been chosen to help facilitate the closure of the Montana Developmental Center in Boulder over the next two years.
Wildlife officials are looking for the public's input on five options that could replace Montana's almost 15-year-old Yellowstone bison management plan.