Downturn In Coal Industry Costs More Montana Jobs – State Headlines
Montana Rail Link has announced that 36 employees have been furloughed due to the decrease in the number of coal trains being sent to the west coast.
Homeless man arrested in Missoula for strangling a woman. He was charged with assault with a weapon and placed in jail on $50,000 bond.
Missoula School Board election results announced.
Mostly sunny in western Montana today, high near 80.
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