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Idaho Restricts Witness Access To Execution
The Idaho Department of Correction says it will not allow media witnesses to view the entire execution of Paul Ezra Rhoades, and two separate groups are protesting the policy.
Rhoades is scheduled to die by lethal injection today, making him the first person to be executed under Idaho's new lethal injection guidelines...
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AARP Petition Drive
Thousands of petitions have been delivered to Montana’s Congressional delegation – all carrying the message that cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits isn’t in the best interest of the state. The petition drive and delivery was organized by A-A-R-P Montana...
Grizzly Bear That Bit Hunter Near Cody Euthanized
Wildlife officials say an old and underweight grizzly bear was euthanized after biting a deer hunter on the thigh west of Cody.
Wyoming Game and Fish spokesman Dennie Hammer says the man surprised the bear while he was hunting late last week in an area of dense willows near the confluence of the South Fork of the Shoshone River and Buffalo Bill Reservoir...
Groups Back Legislation To Help Grand Teton Deal
Environmental groups say they support legislation being billed as way to help the federal government pay for a significant new addition to Grand Teton National Park.
Federal and state officials agreed last year that the Interior Department will pay $107 million for more than two square miles of Wyoming state land within the boundaries of Grand Teton...
Appeals Court Refuses To Stop Idaho Execution
A federal appeals court is refusing to stop the scheduled execution of Idaho inmate Paul Ezra Rhoades.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied Rhoades' plea to halt his lethal injection scheduled for Friday...
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At Least 3 Medical Marijuana Operations Raided
A medical marijuana advocacy group spokeswoman says federal and state law enforcement officials have raided at least three western Montana providers.
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Man Charged With Raping Missoula Woman
A Polson man is charged with pretending to be his friend, going as far as putting on the man's deodorant, in an attempt to have sex with the friend's sleeping girlfriend.
39-year-old Vaughn David James appeared in court Monday. Justice of the Peace John Odlin ordered James held on $250,000 bail on a rape charge...
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Fannie and Freddie, Will Bonuses Be Returned?
Congressman Denny Rehberg and Senator Jon Tester co-sponsored a measure to prevent taxpayer funded bonuses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The government sponsored enterprises recently approved nearly $13 million in compensation for their top executives after taking $141 billion in taxpayer-funded bailout funds...
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‘Vital Signs’ For Yellowstone [AUDIO]
Yellowstone National Park's "Natural Resource Vital Signs" report is helping park managers and scientists more fully understand the status of important ecological "health indicators." Park spokesman Dan Hottle explains the report.
Among the health indicators studied, a number of significant new highlights have emerged:
• Earthquakes: More than 3,000 earthquakes were detected in
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Judge Gives Green Light To New West’s Divestiture
A judge has given the go-ahead to break up Montana's third-largest health insurance company as part of an antitrust settlement.
U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull's Monday order sets the ground rules for the divestiture of New West Health Service's commercial insurance business...