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MSU Northern Men’s Basketball Signs JC Transfer
HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — Montana State-Northern men's basketball coach Brad Huse has announced the signing of 6-foot-5 forward Jesse Vaughan of Spokane, Wash.
The Havre Daily News reports Vaughan is transferring to Northern from Shoreline Community College in Seattle, where he led the team with 26
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KGVO State-Wide & Regional News Judge Strikes Down More Montana Election Laws
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge has struck down more Montana campaign finance laws in an ongoing challenge that the regulations restrict free speech.
U.S. District Judge Charles Lovell ruled Wednesday that state laws requiring attack ads to disclose the targeted candidates' voting record and ban knowingly false statements in such ads are unconstitutionally vague
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KGVO State-Wide & Regional News Young Grizzly Bear Captured Near Ferndale
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — State wildlife officials say a young grizzly bear caught grazing on lawns in a residential area near Ferndale has been released on the west side of Hungry Horse Reservoir.
Fish, Wildlife and Parks grizzly bear management specialist Tim Manley says the 2½-year-old bear was caught on Tuesday and released the same day
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KGVO State-Wide & Regional News Montana Men Win Big Sky All-Sports Trophy
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The University of Montana men and the Sacramento State women have captured the Big Sky Conference all-sports trophies for the 2011-12 school year.
The Montana men shared the Big Sky Conference football title with Montana State, won the basketball title and their first regular-season tennis title to score 70
(R) Brittany Basye with (L) Kelly Gillum (Image from facebook.com) Montana State Names Basye Women’s Golf Coach
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State athletic director Peter Fields says interim golf coach Brittany Basye has again been named the head coach of the MSU women's team.
Basye returned to MSU as interim coach in August 2011 after serving as assistant coach for the 1999-2000 season and then head coach from 2000-07
Photo courtesy of Help Find Sherry Arnold/Facebook Montana Teacher Murder Suspects Plead Not Guilty
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The suspects in the disappearance and killing of a Montana teacher have pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted kidnapping.
Forty-eight-year-old Lester Van Waters Jr. and 23-year-old Michael Spell were arraigned Tuesday on new charges filed since the March discovery of Sherry Arnold's body in a shallow grave in North Dakota
