Helena

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Helena City Commission plans a public hearing Monday about asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to examine potential problems with an increased number of coal trains traveling through the city. The Independent record reports that about 15 trains a day go through now but that could increase if more coal is shipped to the West Coast to be sent to other countries... Read M

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Helena teen has denied a Youth Court charge of criminal endangerment in the Easter Sunday death of a pedestrian. The Independent Record reports the woman, who was 17 at the time, denied the juvenile delinquency petition Wednesday...

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A 30-year-old Helena woman has pleaded guilty to two felony charges for a drunken driving crash that killed one passenger and injured another.

Authorities say one man died Sunday morning and another was seriously injured when they were hit by a vehicle while crossing a street in Helena, and that the driver fled the scene.

A 24-year-old Helena man who police say shot himself in the shoulder during a struggle with officers over a gun faces a criminal endangerment charge along with two drug charges.

A 24-year-old Helena man who police say shot himself in the shoulder during a struggle with officers over a gun faces a criminal endangerment charge along with two drug charges.

Police in Helena say a four-hour standoff that started when a man fired a handgun in the direction of his girlfriend ended about 7:35 a.m. Sunday when a SWAT entered the residence using a key and set off a flash-bang device.

The company that has the Essential Air Service contract in Montana is adding weekday flights between Billings and Helena beginning May 1. Silver Airways of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., announced Wednesday that it would operate flights between the two cities twice each weekday...

A jury in a coroner's inquest in the death of a 41-year-old man has found no wrongdoing by officers who used stun guns to subdue him. Roger Chandler died last August, shortly after officers shocked him with stun guns. Lewis and Clark County sheriff's officials have said Chandler was combative with officers who were responding to a report of a man acting violently in a Helena home...