On today's morning newscast: Flathead County officials say at least two homes and up to eight outbuildings were burned in a fast-moving fire that forced the evacuation of another two dozen homes in Evergreen, near Kalispell.
Glacier National Park officials say a wildfire that closed a popular area of the park only slightly affected the overall number of visitors in July.
Montana officials have filed criminal charges against a man accused of scamming investors into giving him more than $24,000 to produce a cowboy documentary he said would be narrated by Clint Eastwood.
State wildlife officials have given initial approval to a plan expanding the ability of landowners to obtain elk-kill permits to reduce the spread of disease to cattle.
The Yellowstone County prosecutor is deciding whether to file charges against a 17-year-old after an inquest determined that the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old friend was justifiable homicide. Seventeen-year-old Seth Culver shot 15-year-old MacKeon "Mackey" Schulte when the younger boy knocked on his bedroom window late at night.
A 30-year-old man is recovering after fall 30 feet down an elevator shaft in a Butte business.
State wildlife officials have relocated a female grizzly bear that was responsible for killing domestic sheep east of Avon. USDA Wildlife Services captured the bear on Monday near the site of Sunday's livestock depredation.
Members of armed groups that call themselves constitutional advocates have arrived in Lincoln to support a mine owner during an ongoing dispute with the U.S. Forest Service about a federal mining claim.
A Gallatin County judge has agreed to dismiss the case against a man who is accused of killing and butchering a cow 18 years ago.
A cleanup effort on lower Silver Bow Creek is now complete with the removal of 5.8 million cubic yards of tailings and contaminated dirt. The Montana Standard reports Montana's Department of Environmental Quality diverted 26 miles of the creek to begin work on the streambed and bank with the support of the Environmental Protection Agency. Gov. Steve Bullock and other officials toured the area Wednesday.
The woman who was killed when the SUV she was in slammed into a light pole in Billings has been identified as Darlene Walters. The Billings Gazette reports that 57-year-old Walters was driving the 2008 Ford Escape when it crashed at about 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Heights area.