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![Tester Says Debit/Credit Card Fee Is A Bad Move](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/Legislation-debit-card-fees.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Tester Says Debit/Credit Card Fee Is A Bad Move
The Bank of America will begin charging a $5 monthly fee starting in 2012 for customers who use the debit cards to make purchases. Senator Jon Tester says it's a wrong move that will harm consumers and that smaller community banks have no such policy.
![Montana Officials Want To Prosecute Irish Man](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/Deportation.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana Officials Want To Prosecute Irish Man
Lewis and Clark County officials have issued an arrest warrant for an Irish man who police say wrote bad checks in Montana totaling more than $55,000 and then fled to Colorado.
Authorities are also seeking to extradite Kevin Barry McAuley from Colorado where he was being held by federal officials following his arrest on Sept. 1 for being in the United States illegally. On Thursday he pleaded guilt
![Officials To Zap Lake Trout In Swan Lake](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/SwanLake_lake.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Officials To Zap Lake Trout In Swan Lake
Officials say a three-year study to determine if lake trout embryos in Swan Lake can be killed by sending an electric current through the water in selected areas will begin immediately following the completion of an environmental assessment on the plan.
![Manufacturers Eye Former Smurfit-Stone Site](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/smokestack.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Manufacturers Eye Former Smurfit-Stone Site
A Missoula official says two manufacturing companies are considering the former Smurfit-Stone paper mill site in Frenchtown as a possible area for production facilities.
Missoula Economic Partnership President Jim Bowman has declined to name the companies but says one makes wind turbines and the other is a pellet manufacturer...
![1 Person Dead After House Explodes Near Bozeman](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/house-explosion.jpg?w=980&q=75)
1 Person Dead After House Explodes Near Bozeman
Gallatin County authorities say a 74-year-old man has died after a house east of Bozeman exploded and burned to the ground.
County officials said the explosion was felt up to four miles away early Thursday.
![FBI: 3-Year-Old Witnessed Triple Slaying In Montana](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/mt-map.jpg?w=980&q=75)
FBI: 3-Year-Old Witnessed Triple Slaying In Montana
An FBI affidavit says that a 3-year-old child witnessed the killing of three people on Montana's Crow Reservation and named a family member as the shooter.
Twenty-two-year-old Sheldon Bernard Chase was captured in Washington state and is due before a federal judge on Thursday to face charges that he killed his grandmother, cousin and cousin's boyfriend in their home on Tuesday.
![Missoula Man Reported Missing Found Safe Friday Night](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/missing_man1.mp3.png?w=980&q=75)
Missoula Man Reported Missing Found Safe Friday Night
Missoula Police Detective Travis Welsh says Mr. Bryan was found safe Friday night in a motel in Anaconda, and did not ask for any assistance. The Police Department thanks the public for all their help in locating Mr. Bryan.
![Airport Seeks Public Comment On Intrastate Air Service](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/airplane.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Airport Seeks Public Comment On Intrastate Air Service
Missoula International Airport is helping to facilitate a survey on their website asking for the public’s input in regards to intrastate air service. Airport Spokeswoman Leslie Wustrack says Billings is the number one requested destination...
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Montana Starts Public Hearings On Bison Relocation
More than 120 people have turned out in Deer Lodge for the first of three public hearings on Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' proposal to relocate Yellowstone bison to four possible sites in the state.
One of those sites, the Spotted Dog Wildlife Management Area, is just six miles away from the ranching community...
![Candidates Report Fundraising Totals For Quarter](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/dollar-sign.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Candidates Report Fundraising Totals For Quarter
Steve Bullock's campaign says the attorney general has raised about $157,000 over the last three months in his run for governor.
Overall, the Democrat boasted $328,000 in the bank as he gathers his party's support to replace the term-limited Brian Schweitzer.