On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, Montana's governor has vetoed a bill he says would have created a task force to study the transfer or sell-off of public lands.
The Environmental Protection Agency says it can't remove all asbestos that presents a potential health risk to people in Libby.
Police in Havre say three Montana State University-Northern students were badly injured in a weekend stabbing at an off-campus apartment.
Montana's top education official says the state is unlikely to reach the required participation rate in student achievement tests this year.
A former Youth Services counselor in Billings has been sentenced to 15 years with 10 suspended for raping a pregnant 17 year old who was under his supervision.
Author Jon Krakauer doesn't like to make public appearances, so there will be no book tour to promote his latest work, "Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town."
Speed limits on some interstate highways in Montana will increase to 80 mph this fall, but the cost of a speeding ticket will go up, too.
A convicted murder from Seattle now faces charges of transporting methamphetamine into Missoula with plans to sell it.
An eastern Montana judge has agreed to settle a sexual harassment complaint filed by his former court reporter and plans to resign on Jan. 1.
The city of Colstrip and its mayor are defendants this week in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former Colstrip police chief Larry Reinlasoder.