On today's morning newscast: Officials in southwestern Montana are investigating after a man shot and killed his wife and three children, set a fire in the family's one-room cabin and then killed himself. Detective Steve Barclay said an investigation determined the man shot his wife and 1-year-old child inside, then went outside and shot two more children - ages 4 and 6.
The U.S. government has made offers worth more than $230 million to nearly 12,000 landowners on the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap reservations to buy fractionated parcels of land and turn them over to tribal governments.
An officer at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls has pleaded guilty to several drug charges. The Great Falls Tribune reports 1st Lt. Michael Alonso pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy, wrongful possession, use and distribution of ecstasy.
A federal judge in Montana will decide how long former billionaire Tim Blixseth will remain in jail now that an appeals court rejected the fallen real estate mogul's plea to be released.
A Great Falls woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in the methadone overdose death of a 19-year-old man last year.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say poachers killed a female black bear near St. Regis, leaving the carcass and two abandoned cubs behind.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is starting the search for a new president. Current president Narayana Kocherlakota announced in December he will step down when his current term ends.
A Bozeman daycare provider faces a felony charge after a 6-month-old in her care suffered a broken leg.