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![FBI: Suspect In Triple Slaying In Montana Arrested In Spokane](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/fbi-photo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
FBI: Suspect In Triple Slaying In Montana Arrested In Spokane
The FBI says it's still trying to piece together what led to the fatal shooting of three people on Montana's Crow Reservation after the arrest of the suspected gunman Wednesday in Washington state.
Sheldon Bernard Chase was arrested without incident in Spokane, Wash. The FBI says he's suspected of using a rifle Tuesday afternoon to kill his grandmother, 80-year-old Gloria Sarah Goes Ahead Cummins;
![GOP Field For Governor Grows Even Larger](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/essmann.jpg?w=980&q=75)
GOP Field For Governor Grows Even Larger
State Sen. Jeff Essmann is joining a crowded Republican primary field vying for governor in 2012.
That brings the GOP field to eight after the recent announcements from science fiction author Drew Turiano of Helena and anti-wolf activist Bob Fanning of Pray. There are still several months before the filing deadline for more to enter the race.
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Grant Funds New Learning Center at UM
The Big Sky Brain Project, a collaboration between the University of Montana’s Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience and spectrUM Discovery Area, recently received a five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health...
![3 Dead, Suspect Sought On Montana Crow Reservation](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/Crow-map.jpg?w=980&q=75)
3 Dead, Suspect Sought On Montana Crow Reservation
Schools, a hospital and other public buildings on the Crow Reservation in Montana were on lockdown Tuesday as authorities searched for a suspect in a shooting that left three people dead.
The FBI said agents were on the reservation investigating the deaths.
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Prescription Drug Abuse Is On The Rise Among Teens [AUDIO]
CEO of www.drugfree.org Steve Pasierb (pa-serb) says prescription drug abuse among teens is on the rise in Montana but parents have another place to get information and help to prevent this kind of abuse.
The website also covers other topics including domestic violence, childhood obesity and pregnancy risks...
![Montana Breweries Win Top Awards](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/10/KettleHouseBrewingCo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana Breweries Win Top Awards
Three Montana breweries were awarded with top honors at the 30th Annual Great American Beer Festival last weekend in Denver including one brewery from Missoula. Kettle House Brewing Company won a bronze medal in the gluten-free beer category for its Seeley Axe White Beer.
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Montana Objects To Gun Ban For Medical Pot Users
Montana's attorney general is objecting to a U.S. government policy that bars firearms dealers from selling guns or ammunition to medical marijuana users.
Steve Bullock writes U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in a Monday letter that the federal government should act carefully "when its laws and policies involve conflicts with those of the states."
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Marijuana Initiative Qualifies For Ballot
The secretary of state says that medical marijuana advocates have collected enough signatures to let voters decide whether they like the Legislature's new crackdown on the industry.
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Many In Montana Still Don’t Have High-Speed Internet
276,000 people in Montana still don't have high-speed Internet. Hathaway rancher and executive Vice President of The U.S. Cattleman's Association, Jess Peterson says that's not good enough.
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Grizzly Killed After DNA Links It To 2nd Mauling
Yellowstone National Park officials say they have killed a grizzly bear that fatally mauled a hiker after DNA evidence linked the bear to the scene of a second hiker's death.
But park officials say they may never know definitively whether the same bear that killed Brian Matayoshi in July also killed John Wallace in August because there was evidence of multiple bears near Wallace's body.