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Montana parents respond to if they text their kids while at school

Have you ever wondered if the snow was safe to eat? Obviously, the "yellow" snow is something to steer clear of. But, how about the "not so fresh" stuff?

The Associated Press reported that an interesting bill is moving through California State Legislature. A Democratic Assembly member, Kevin McCarty, pushed a bill through a legislative committee to ban tackle football for children under 12 years old...

Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91.

Some residents were temporarily evacuated after the engine of a train carrying oil caught fire in Townsend on Tuesday night. No one was injured in the fire on the front engine of a Montana Rail Link train.

The Democratic Party enthusiastically endorsed popular singer and activist Rob Quist as their nominee to replace Ryan Zinke in Congress, however, medical issues and related money problems have surfaced since his nomination.

The Associated Press reported Tuesday morning that the Obama administration has confirmed the fact that health insurance premiums through HealthCare dot gov will be increasing sharply next year.

EDITOR'S NOTE: When Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse parlor in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, standing with other war correspondents in the front yard was William Downs MacGregor of The Associated Press.

Missoula Mayor John Engen is taking issue with a report released Friday by the Missoulian newspaper, which was then picked up statewide by the Associated Press, regarding the legal and other costs incurred so far in acquiring the Mountain Water Company.