Yesterday, on the deadline for candidates to file for public office, a Democrat officially filed to challenge incumbent Republican Tim Fox for the seat of Montana’s Attorney General.
Montana environmental regulators want more details about potential water contamination before they will approve a copper mine that opponents fear could harm the Smith River and its acclaimed trout fishery.
The state Labor Department says Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent in January.
A former Great Falls chiropractor has changed his plea to guilty in connection with the sexual assault of an employee.
A former Billings Clinic nurse has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a girl. The Billings Gazette reports 46-year-old Todd Kinzel was charged after two girls said he had touched them in an inappropriate way during what he told them was a "comprehensive exam."
Two Great Falls residents who pleaded guilty to setting a fire in their apartment in May of last year, in an effort to collect on a new renters insurance policy, have been sentenced to two years in prison each.
A veterinarian and a NorthWestern Energy crew were part of a rescue effort that helped bring a horse that got stuck in the mud in the Sun River to safety.
Two sides of the refugee debate faced off on whether or not Montana should take in refugees from other countries yesterday.
Getting public records from Montana's top elected officials sometimes takes a bit of nudging.
The father of a 5-year-old Denver boy whose mother shot him while he slept at his grandfather's house in Montana says he had tried for months to convince Colorado child welfare workers that his son was not safe while with his mother.
A man charged with killing a Great Falls man and fleeing, setting off a three-day manhunt in the hills north of Helena, is expected to plead guilty later this week in District Court in Great Falls.