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![‘Bad Hair Bandit’ Arrested In Northern California](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/08/bandit.jpg?w=980&q=75)
‘Bad Hair Bandit’ Arrested In Northern California
A woman the FBI believes has robbed as many as 20 banks throughout the West has been arrested after a bank robbery in Northern California.
Authorities say Cynthia Van Holland was arrested after a bank in Auburn was held up around 2:30 p.m. Monday.
![UM Student Charged In Teen Sex Solicitation Case](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/08/Computer-keyboard-Credit-SXC.jpg?w=980&q=75)
UM Student Charged In Teen Sex Solicitation Case
A 22-year-old University of Montana student who authorities say brought a condom to a meeting involving what he thought would be a 14-year-old girl has been charged with sexual abuse of children.
![Columbia Falls Plant Shuts Down After Injuries](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/08/forklift.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Columbia Falls Plant Shuts Down After Injuries
Plum Creek Timber Co. has temporarily shut down its plywood plant in Columbia Falls after two workers were injured.
Tom Ray is Plum Creek's vice president of Northwest Resources and Manufacturing. He says the injuries prompted a safety review and the plant shut down Monday.
![Plane Crash Victims Were Student, Professor](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/08/GVVBK_7059_720445.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Plane Crash Victims Were Student, Professor
Authorities say the two Butte men who died in a single-engine plane crash were a Montana State University student and a Montana Tech professor.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus confirmed they were the only people aboard the Piper PA-38 Tomahawk when it crashed Monday morning west of Butte.
Butte-Silver Bow Coroner Lee LeBreche identified the victims as 61-year-old Richard John
![FEMA Opens Office In Missoula](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/08/fema.jpg?w=980&q=75)
FEMA Opens Office In Missoula
FEMA, The Federal Emergency Management Agency, is opening a Disaster Recovery Center in Missoula on Thursday. Public Information Officer Chris McKniff gives details of how FEMA can help those affected by the recent spring flooding.
McKniff says the funds are grants, not loans and do not need to be paid back...
![Block Pruning Begins On South Third Street Monday](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/08/tree-pruning.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Block Pruning Begins On South Third Street Monday
Expect minor traffic delays starting Monday on 3rd street between 7:30 am to 5 pm as Missoula Parks and Recreation’s Urban Forestry Division begin pruning trees. The project includes 137 trees between Higgins and Russell Streets.
![Seahawks Waive Former Montana Standout Reynolds](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2011/08/chase.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Seahawks Waive Former Montana Standout Reynolds
The Seattle Seahawks have waived former University of Montana running back Chase Reynolds.
The Seahawks cut Reynolds on Sunday, three days after he carried six times for eight yards in a 24-17 preseason win over the San Diego Chargers.
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Two Dead In Butte Plane Crash
Police and fire officials responded to a single-engine airplane crash west of Butte Monday morning.
The plane crashed between Rocker and Ramsay, south of the Interstates 90 and 15 interchange.
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Montana Confirms Salmonella Case Matching Outbreak
State health officials have confirmed Montana's first case of salmonella that matches a nationwide outbreak linked to ground turkey.
Jim Murphy of the Department of Public Health and Human Services says the case was confirmed Friday in an adult from Cascade County.
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Fires In Big Horn County, Near Swan Lake And Bob Marshall Wilderness
Several wildfires are burning across Montana after a cool, wet spring delayed the state's fire season.
A 1,000-acre blaze that started Wednesday is burning in the Black Canyon area of Big Horn County. Three structures are being threatened by the fire five miles southwest of Fort Smith.