A hazardous weather outlook is in effect for portions of central, south central and southeast Montana, as well as north central Wyoming, the National Weather Service says. It includes more snow and cold this weekend into early next week. Significant accumulation of snow is likely over southeast Montana, with 6 to 10 inches expected from Read More…
Once unthinkable, Colstrip power plant and Rosebud Mine soon could be legally separated as utilities and lawmakers conspire on a future without Westmoreland Coal Co. In the Senate Natural Resources Committee on Friday, Sen. Duane Ankney, R-Colstrip, and two power plant shareholders revealed plans to replace Rosebud Mine coal with fuel from an unidentified source, Read More…
A federal judge in Montana has largely kept in place an injunction that blocks a Canadian company from performing preliminary work on the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris on Friday denied a request by Calgary-based TransCanada to begin constructing worker camps for the 1,184-mile pipeline that would ship crude from Read More…
BOZEMAN — The conductor of the Bozeman Symphony has resigned amid an investigation into allegations that he bullied and harassed musicians, staff and patrons. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports the outside investigation into Matthew Savery will continue after he tendered his resignation Thursday with the symphony’s board of directors. Savery did not immediately return a Read More…
BOZEMAN — The conductor of the Bozeman Symphony has resigned amid an investigation into allegations that he bullied and harassed musicians, staff and patrons. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports the outside investigation into Matthew Savery will continue after he tendered his resignation Thursday with the symphony’s board of directors. Savery did not immediately return a Read More…
A Helena student group has secured a primary sponsor for a bill that members hope will improve gun safety in Montana. Following its formation last year, Helena Youth Against Gun Violence helped craft a bill that would fine those who fail to secure a gun if someone else uses it in an act of violence. Read More…
On Wednesday afternoon, Father Patrick Beretta was driving west with his two English Mastiffs on his way Washington’s San Juan Islands when something very strange–alarming–started happening. “I didn’t know what it was. … It was a vibrating sound, and the whole car started shaking,” Beretta said. “Then, it was as if the whole mountain was falling on Read More…
The Missoulian is compiling a list of summer camps — both day camps and residential — planned in western Montana this summer. If you own or manage a camp and want to be included, send the name of the camp, dates, a brief description, price, how to apply or register and a telephone number or email address. Read More…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that Imerys Talc America has appealed an order to pay out millions in damages and has therefore not paid those damages. In addition, a statement from an Imerys spokesperson about the Three Forks facility has been added. Imerys Talc America, which operates a talc-milling plant in Three Read More…
Two Montana women who were questioned by a U.S. border agent who overheard them speaking Spanish are suing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection over their claims the agent had no reason to detain them. Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez say in their lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court that the agent held them Read More…
Demolition is underway on Helena’s Capital Hill Mall, which was finished in 1965, and will be nothing more than a memory in a month or so. Helena’s Capital Hill Mall was finished in 1965 and remodeled several times over the last 54 years. Demlition on the 213,000-square-foot struc… The 213,000-square-foot structure between 11th and Prospect avenues Read More…
Only one hour before the federal government shut down for its longest period ever, the owners of Red Lodge Mountain and the U.S. Forest Service filed the paperwork on a long-awaited land exchange. Signed Dec. 20 and filed the next day, the deal swaps 382 acres of land owned by AG/JMA Red Lodge Realty Holdings Read More…
Creating a new trail across multiple landowners’ property is no easy task. With the Forest Service and Red Lodge Mountain land exchange completed, the ski area’s manager is now looking to secure a permanent trail easement across Palisades Livestock’s property and convey it to the agency so Ranger Trail No. 107 can be built. Palisade Livestock is Read More…
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions that may be disturbing to some readers. Four months after he was mauled by two grizzly bears in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Brad Johnson’s memories of the attack are frighteningly detailed. Maybe it’s because he is a doctor, well versed in anatomy. Maybe the violence is so burned into Read More…
A sedan struck a school bus in Miles City on Wednesday morning, sending 7 people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Matthew Zellers said the injured were taken to the hospital “mainly as a precaution.” At about 8:30 a.m., a sedan traveling on Sioux Avenue struck the bus, which had Read More…
GREAT FALLS — Investigators say a woman who was found face down in her driveway in northern Montana likely died of exposure. The Great Falls Tribune reports 48-year-old Lisa Marie Doty was found dead on the south side of the city Saturday. According to the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office, her vehicle slid off the road Read More…
There was still a slick of fluid on the black calf’s forehead, as Dean Becker scooped it up from the cold concrete and guided it 20 yards to the nearest straw bed. The animal was shivering, having followed its mother to the feed yard only to settle on the coldest spot possible while the cow Read More…
The Senate passed an omnibus public lands bill on a vote of 92-8 on Tuesday, allowing permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and blocking a proposed gold mine on the edge of Yellowstone National Park. “Everybody is crying,” said Chico Hot Springs owner Colin Davis, who led a coalition of 400 Paradise Read More…
U.S. officials have again been faulted by a federal judge for failing to adequately consider the potential climate change effects of expanding a massive coal mine in the sagebrush-covered hills of southeastern Montana. U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy Cavan recommended in a Monday ruling that the Interior Department be given 240 days to re-analyze the expansion. Read More…
As James E. Jensen, the former Miles City athletic trainer accused of sexually abusing hundreds of children, tried to plead guilty to a federal charge Tuesday, a judge poked holes in the feds’ case. Jensen is charged with coercion and enticement of a minor. He filed documents Thursday showing he intends to plead guilty, and faces at Read More…