MONTANA
Noxious weed found in Missouri River in Mont.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A noxious weed that can entangle swimmers, fish and boat propellers has been discovered for the first time at two separate locations of the Missouri River.August 30, 2010
Mont, N.D., pass Wyo as deadliest places to work
Wyoming no longer is the nation's deadliest place to work.August 19, 2010
Mont. pipeline ruling good for oil companies 
HELENA, Mont. — Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Tuesday that a recent ruling by the state Public Service Commission means Montana oil companies have a better shot at putting their oil in a proposed pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
By By Matt Gouras, The Associated Press , August 18, 2010
Power plant dedicated near Culbertson
CULBERTSON, Mont. (AP) — About 200 people attended a dedication ceremony for a $100 million natural gas-fired power plant in northeastern Montana, the first generation facility commissioned in the state in four years.
August 13, 2010
Police: 1 of 2 Ariz. escapees captured in Wyo.
PHOENIX (AP) — Federal agents on Monday captured one of two inmates who escaped from an Arizona prison as he walked, armed with a handgun, outside a Wyoming church, and were still hunting for the other fugitive and a suspected accomplice.
By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press Writer , August 09, 2010
Huse inks extension at Montana State
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University has extended the contracts of football coach Rob Ash and head basketball coaches Brad Huse and Tricia Binford through mid-2014.
August 05, 2010
Bear rampage kills 1, injures 2 at Mont. campground
At least one bear rampaged through a heavily occupied campground Wednesday near Yellowstone National Park in the middle of the night, killing one person and injuring two others during a terrifying attack that forced people to hide in their vehicles as the victims were torn from their tents.
July 29, 2010
Montana tornado kills two at farm
HELENA, Mont. — A tornado ripped a family’s farmhouse from its foundation in Montana’s remote northeastern corner, killing two people and leaving neighbors and authorities to dig through the rubble to rescue a 71-year-old woman who was found next to her grandson’s body. Her nephew was found dead 200 feet away.
By By Matt Volz, The Associated Press , July 28, 2010
Tornado touches down in NE corner of Mont, kills 2
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A rare tornado tore through a farmhouse and killed two people inside, leaving nothing but the house's foundation and a few twisted vehicles as it swept through Montana's remote and sparsely populated northeastern corner.
By MATT VOLZ Associated Press Writer , July 27, 2010
Petition seeks to have wolves howl across US
July 20, 2010
Petition seeks to have wolves howl across country
Tens of thousands of gray wolves would be returned to the woods of New England, the mountains of California, the wide open Great Plains and the desert West under a scientific petition now before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
July 20, 2010
N.D. motorcyclist dies in southern MT crash
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Highway Patrol says a 68-year-old North Dakota man died after his motorcycle struck a deer near Red Lodge.
July 19, 2010
Six charged in alleged scheme to defraud energy co.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Six men face federal charges for allegedly using a fake billing scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Texas-based energy company.
June 30, 2010
Suspect pleads not guilty in knife attack
MINOT (AP) — A Montana man accused of attacking another man with a knife at a North Dakota gas station has pleaded not guilty.
The attorney for 30-year-old Peter Maki of Kalispell, Mont., says he will argue that his client is innocent due to lack of criminal responsibility because of mental disease or defect.
June 26, 2010
Woman killed after house collapses in Mont. storm
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Roosevelt County commissioner says a woman was killed and her husband injured when their house near Froid collapsed as a severe storm passed through northeastern Montana.
June 17, 2010
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