Glacier National Park

A one-size-fits-all proposal to give border agents control over environmental laws is facing critics who argue it doesn't make sense in places like Montana's Glacier National Park. Officials in Glacier and the North Cascades National Park of Washington state say there is scant evidence the rugged and remote wilderness is used by traffickers...

Scientists who monitor the effects of global warming are watching glaciers shrink all over the world but this year could go down as an exception in parts of the Rocky Mountains. Autumn is here but not all of the unusually deep snow that accumulated last winter has melted away in the high country of the Rockies...

Officials in Glacier National Park say a search is under way for a 27-year-old seasonal park employee who did not return from a personal day hike in the southern part of the park. Jacob Rigby was reported overdue at 2 a.m. Monday. His vehicle was found at the Fielding Trailhead along U.S. Highway 2, but air and ground searches Monday turned up no sign of him.

Glacier National Park officials say bone fragments found in the park are being analyzed to see if they belong to a 27-year-old man who disappeared in the park three years ago. Spokeswoman Denise Germann says a hiker found a portion of two items of clothing in early July that match the clothing worn by Yi-Jien Hwa, who was reported missing in August 2008. Hwa was a seminary student in Lexington, Ky

Officials in Glacier National Park say a Canadian man has died in a motorcycle crash on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Park rangers say that 70-year-old Richard Fish of Alberta, Canada was driving a motorcycle when it collided with a vehicle east of the Avalanche parking area at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Montana Sen. Max Baucus plans to marry his girlfriend and former state director Melodee Hanes at the Sieben Ranch north of Helena on Saturday. A spokeswoman for the 69-year-old Baucus says the wedding will be a small, casual event with close friends and family...