On today's evening newscast: Montana’s insurance regulator says she’s not surprised that health insurance companies are asking for rate increases of more than 20 to 30 percent next year. But, Securities and Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen says, her office will review those requests and decide whether the higher prices are justified.
Missoula officials say a court clerk's resignation this week isn't related to altered documents that were part of a DUI investigation.
An Idaho sheriff's office and railroad officials are trying to determine who piled rocks on a track in the path of an Amtrak passenger train in western Idaho. The Coeur d'Alene Press reports the Empire Builder train's onboard camera shows the four-foot pile of rocks on tracks near Rathdrum.
A 17-year-old high school student from Whitefish is proposing a ballot initiative to allow teachers with concealed weapons permits to carry guns on school grounds.
Congressman Ryan Zinke has introduced a forest management reform bill that he says would prevent unnecessary litigation, improve forest health and help prevent wildfires.
Officials with the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office have identified a man found in a burning car in Belgrade.
A vote on a labor agreement affecting more than 900 workers at Montana's largest mining company has been postponed.
A 51-year-old Butte man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for distributing child pornography and possessing a firearm that was not registered to him in the national registry.
Glacier National Park Officials fielded questions about the condition of the Going-to-the- Sun Road last night at a community meeting in Columbia Falls.