Bail was set at $2 million for 20 year-old Zakai Houck on Thursday. Houck was accused of attempted deliberate homicide in a shooting incident Monday night.
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke finalized the withdrawal of more than 30,000 acres of federal lands in southwest Montana’s Paradise Valley from mining for 20 years, subject to valid existing rights.
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell yesterday announced a two-year moratorium on mineral exploration near Yellowstone National Park for the next two years.
A controversial wolf and coyote hunt begins with registration Friday morning on a private ranch near Trout Creek in Sanders County. Organizers say they have received death threats from 'anti's'.