On today's morning newscast: Montana lawmakers are planning to consider whether state officials can issue permits required under the EPA's new clean-water rule.
The city of Missoula has been awarded a $400,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant for redevelopment.
A Yellowstone County coroner's official has identified the 5-year-old who drowned in a culvert last week as a Billings boy. Lt. Bill Jones confirmed yesterday that Tristan Hunt died of fresh-water drowning.
A man has been charged with burglarizing a Great Falls church. The Great Falls Tribune reports officers responded to a call of glass breaking at Our Saviors Lutheran Church.
Flathead Lake is a good two feet below full pool following this particularly dry spring in northwest Montana.
The longtime operator of one of the largest coal-fueled power plants in the West has completed a spin-off of assets that include the 2,000-megawatt Colstrip Generating Station in southeastern Montana.
The Montana Supreme Court says companies must preserve video recorded at the time of a workplace accident, even if company officials determined the footage is not relevant. The court said in a 6-1 ruling Friday that a judge, not the company, must decide whether the footage is valuable.
Montana lawmakers are planning to consider whether state officials can issue permits required under the EPA's new clean-water rule. The Water Policy Interim Committee yesterday discussed giving priority to a study of state versus federal water jurisdiction under an executive order issued last week by President Barack Obama.
Montana Highway Patrol authorities say a 22-year-old Superior woman died in a crash near Glendive, but a 5-month old infant survived. The Billings Gazette reports the Leandra Baldwin overcorrected after driving off the road, and her car rolled into the median and across the eastbound lanes.