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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
(Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images) 
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
KGVO State-Wide & Regional News Judge Denies Electric Coop’s request to leave SME
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge has denied a power cooperative's request to resume its fight to leave a bankrupt wholesale supplier.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ralph Kirscher on Tuesday ruled against Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative's on its claims against the Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission and Cooperative
Joe Raedle, Getty Images Lawyers Quit Cody Doctor Over Conduct Concerns
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Lawyers for a neurosurgeon who practices in Wyoming and Montana have informed a federal judge they believe their client engaged in criminal or fraudulent conduct.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal (FREE'-den-thawl) on Monday allowed Cody lawyers Bradley Bonner and Laurence Stinson to withdraw from representing Dr
Pool, Getty Images Man Aces Hole-in-One Contest, but Doesn’t Get Paid
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Nearly two years after Troy Peissig aced an $18,000 hole-in-one contest at a charity tournament, the Montana golfer has yet to see a dime.
Now state authorities are issuing an arrest warrant against the operator of an insurance company they say failed to pay up on a policy purchased by the tournament
Photo From nationalgeographic.com State Appeals Court Blocks on Bison Transfers
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Montana will appeal a district court ruling that blocks further transfers of bison out of Yellowstone National Park.
About 60 park bison were moved to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in March over the objections of some ranchers and eastern Montana officials
