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Medical Pot Providers Face Conspiracy Charges
Three medical marijuana providers have been arraigned in the first criminal case stemming from a series of federal raids this spring on Montana pot distributors.
Jason Burns, Jesse Leland and Joshua Schultz appeared Wednesday on charges of conspiracy, manufacture of marijuana, distribution of marijuana and money laundering.
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Montana Mining Heiress Leaves Fortune To Arts
Huguette Clark, the Montana copper mining heiress who died in New York last month at 104, has left most of her $400 million fortune to the arts.
According to her will, obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, Clark gave a prized Claude Monet water-lily painting not seen by the public since 1925 to Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art.
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Governor Schweitzer Says Budget Numbers Back His Prediction
Gov. Brian Schweitzer says the latest revenue figures show his budget projections were right all along and that Republican lawmakers deflated the figure to justify steeper cuts.
Last week, legislative fiscal analysts reported state tax collections for the year are about $70 million higher than predicted.
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Former Hamilton Teacher Faces Rape Charges
A former Hamilton High teacher and coach is charged with having sex with a 15-year-old student.
26-year-old Gage Brumwell of Bozeman appeared in Ravalli County Justice Court Monday on charges of rape and unlawful transactions with children. Bail was set at $30,000.
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Schweitzer Says State Exports To China Will Grow
Gov. Brian Schweitzer, fresh off a trip to China, says that nation will continue to buy more Montana products in the coming years.
Schweitzer returned this past weekend from a two-week trip to China where he was a keynote speaker at a conference in Beijing on coal technologies. But he also travelled to several other states and cities in that country.
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Pilot Killed In Crop Dusting Plane Crash
Blaine County officials say a single-engine crop dusting plane crashed about 50 yards from a north-central Montana farmhouse, killing the pilot.
County Commissioner Vic Miller says the plane crashed at about 5:15 a.m. Tuesday between Turner and Hogeland.
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Judge Approves Settlement Over Indian Royalties
A federal judge has approved a $3.4 billion settlement over mismanaged Indian royalties that represents the largest claim ever made against the U.S. government.
The plaintiffs, including Elouise Cobell of Montana, claimed in the 15-year-old suit that the individual accounts of hundreds of thousands of Indians were mismanaged by the government for more than a century, costing them billions of dolla
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Man Sought In Armed Robbery Of Helena Restaurant
Authorities are looking for a man who robbed a Helena restaurant at gunpoint.
Police Chief Troy McGee says the suspect entered the Suds Hut Famous Chicken on North Montana Avenue at about 12:15 a.m. Monday with a handgun in one hand and a duffel bag in the other and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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Webinars This Week On Yellowstone Snowmobiles
There's still about another month to weigh in on a proposal to restrict the number of snowmobiles allowed in Yellowstone National Park.
The National Park Service plans hold two Web-based meetings and two actual meetings on the proposal this week — one in the Denver-area and one in Washington, D.C.
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Medical Pot Group Asks Judge to Block New Law
An attorney for a medical marijuana industry group is asking a judge to block a new Montana law eliminating the sale of medical pot before it takes effect next month.
James Goetz, attorney for the Montana Cannabis Industry Association, told Helena District Judge James Reynolds Monday that the law is unconstitutional.