Associated Press
Montana authorities Learning How to Respond to Nuclear Theft
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Montana law enforcement agencies are learning how to respond to an attack on a nuclear weapons convoy.
Woman Pleads Guilty in Drug Trafficking Case
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Federal prosecutors have their first guilty plea in a multistate drug trafficking case involving at least 20 people, including a Coeur d'Alene gastroenterologist and his family.
Report Says ‘Ice Road Trucker’ Plane Crashed While Making Second Landing Attempt
A witness to an airplane crash that killed "Ice Road Truckers" driver Darrell Ward says the Cessna 182D was making a second attempt to land at a western Montana airstrip when it suddenly veered 90 degrees the right.
City of Billings Ordered to Pay Police Back Pay Over Lawsuit
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The city of Billings has been ordered to pay nearly $3 million to police officers in back pay and wages, penalties and other costs as a result of a lawsuit filed by a retired officer and 26 others in 2009.
Elliston-Area Campsites Blocked Off to Motorized Vehicles
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Barriers are being put up around areas of the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest to keep out vehicles, forcing campers to walk to campsites that are near waterways.
Panel sends Colstrip Closure Bills to Montana Legislature
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An interim committee is sending five bills to the 2017 Montana Legislature meant to blunt the economic impact of a planned partial closure of Colstrip's coal-fired power plant within the next six years.
Montana Re-Opens Short Stretch of Yellowstone River
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana has re-opened a short stretch of the Yellowstone River to fishing, boating and other activities after officials reported not finding any more dead mountain whitefish there in the last week.
Judge Orders DNA Testing in 1994 Homicide Case
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A state judge has ordered DNA testing on several pieces of evidence collected during the investigation of a 1994 homicide in the Helena area.
Team Studies Fires This Year in ’88 Yellowstone Burn Areas
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Fire managers in Yellowstone National Park are curious to find out why wildfires are burning so actively this summer in areas that burned back in 1988.
20-Year-Old Dies in Cascade County Rollover Crash
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old Livingston man has died after losing control of his vehicle and crashing through a fence in Cascade County.