The state of Montana has settled a lawsuit with retired state and local government employees that will allow them to keep a 3 percent annual increase in pension benefits.
Union workers have again rejected a proposed four-year contract with the only company mining platinum and palladium in the United States.
Montana’s Public Service Commission yesterday refused to stop Liberty Utilities from trying to buy the parent company of Mountain Water, Missoula’s water utility.
Crews are working to restore power to Glendive after a severe thunderstorm with up to 120 mph winds knocked out much of the city's power. The Billings Gazette reports that powerful straight-line winds damaged buildings, tipped over grain bins and flattened power lines Monday night.
Glacier National Park officials say they plan to reopen access to one of the park's main attractions that had been closed due to a nearby wildfire. The west side of Going-to-the-Sun Road will open today to Logan Pass on the Continental Divide.
Missoula County officials have released the name of a Washington state man who was found dead in a vehicle outside a western Montana hospital. Sheriff's spokeswoman Brenda Bassett said the victim was 25-year-old Jake Colvin, of Valley, Washington.
The attorney for a man who escaped from police custody after being arrested for trying to rape a woman last year said he choked her because she was trying to attack him with knives.
The Chippewa Cree tribe's former roads department head and environmental health leader has pleaded guilty to taking bribes and stealing tribal funds.