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Board Approves Idaho Online Class Requirement
Idaho is set to become first state in the nation to require high school students to take at least two credits online to graduate.
The state Board of Education gave the online education requirement final approval Thursday, despite heavy criticism of the plan at public hearings this summer...
Health Dept.: Hantavirus Killed Wyoming Man
The Wyoming Department of Health says hantavirus killed a Carbon County man last month.
Only nine cases of hantavirus have been reported to state health officials since 2000. Three of those people died.
Health officials said Thursday the latest death was in an Albany County hospital...
Report IDs Nation’s 101 top Conservation Projects
U.S. Rep Denny Rehberg says he hopes the Obama administration has turned a corner after releasing a new Interior Department report identifying 101 high-priority conservation projects as part of President Barack Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative...
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Blind Reading Service Going Off The Air Nov. 18
The head of the Montana Audio Information Network says the reading service for the blind will go off the air on Nov. 18.
Executive director Kate Cotnoir says its funding was not renewed in the last legislative session. She says that without $60,000 to cover operating costs, the network has no choice but to shut down...
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Deer, Antelope Harvest Down In Northeast Montana
Wildlife officials say a harsh winter combined with spring flooding and a summer disease outbreak have reduced antelope and deer numbers, leading to fewer hunters visiting northeast Montana.
Scott Hemmer of Fish, Wildlife and Parks says that hunter numbers are down 31 percent from this time last year...
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Baucus Comments On Super Committee Closed Door Sessions
In an interview Friday, Senior Senator Max Baucus comments on Republican Congressman Dennis Rehberg’s statement that the Debt Reduction Committee meetings should be open to the public.
Under the committees’ rules the meetings can be closed to the public following a majority vote...
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Griz Cat Blood Battle Begins This Week
This week UM and MSU fight it out, not on the football field but with blood donations during the 6th Annual Brawl of the Wild Blood Drive Challenge. American Red Cross Representative Julie Brehm gives details of the event.
The most blood donated or pledged determines who the winner is...
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Fallen Soldier Memorial Unveiled [Photos]
The Grateful Nation Montana Fallen Soldier Memorial unveiling took place Friday night on the University of Montana campus.
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Great Falls Woman Missing Since Early October
Police in Great Falls are asking for help in locating a developmentally disabled woman who was last seen in early October.
Officers say 46-year-old Kelly Marie McClure told her employer she needed to go to Arizona for a family emergency and would return to work at Goodwill on Nov...
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Documents Released In Fire Chief Investigation
An investigation into the former Frenchtown Rural Fire District chief found several employees backed up a volunteer firefighter's claims that John Bibler sexually harassed and threatened her.
Jenny Ross accused Bibler of threatening her life and the lives of her children and dog in front of others at the department while twirling a bullet in his fingers...