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• About 500 wild horses now at Montana ranch

  March 17, 2013 12:43 PM

  ENNIS, Mont. (AP) - About 500 wild horses have arrived so far at the Spanish Q Ranch in western Montana as Bureau of Land Management officials work to reassure neighboring landowners about the long-term holding facility. The Montana Standard reports the horses, all geldings, began arriving Feb. 27. Officials say... more »

• King Soopers, City Market recalling ice cream

  November 7, 2012 10:22 AM

  DENVER (AP) - King Soopers and City Market are recalling ice cream because of concerns over pecan allergies. The recall involves Kroger Deluxe French Vanilla ice cream sold in Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The federal Food and Drug Administration says people... more »

• Fewer trees dying than before from a beetle in Montana

  September 10, 2012 7:48 PM

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Federal officials say a mountain pine beetle outbreak that left Western states with vast stands of dead and dying trees has eased for the second consecutive year. With fewer trees for the beetles to eat, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday that 3.8 million acres with... more »

• Montana officials look into who poisoned several animals

  August 6, 2012 7:50 PM

  Federal officials say they are investigating the poisoning deaths of four wolves and six eagles found in May in Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness Area. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement Monday that the animals were found near the Big Prairie Ranger Station. Recent laboratory results concluded... more »

• Colorado men held in missing teacher case

  January 15, 2012 7:46 PM

  SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) - Authorities say two Colorado men are being held in a North Dakota jail on Sunday in connection with the disappearance of a Montana math teacher. Williams County Sheriff's deputy Jon Garrison says 47-year-old Lester Vann Waters Jr. and 22-year-old Michael Keith Spell are in the... more »

• Bison plan could remove 360 animals from Yellowstone

  November 20, 2011 10:35 AM

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Up to 360 migrating bison would be shot by Montana hunters, captured for slaughter or shipped elsewhere this winter under a proposal from Yellowstone National Park. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show park officials considering "selective culls" to help reduce the bison population from... more »

• Administration urges new wilderness protections

  November 10, 2011 3:09 PM

  HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Obama administration is calling for new wilderness and conservation area declarations in nine states. The Secretary of the Interior released a report Thursday that he hopes will result in new legislation from Congress establishing the new land protections. Most of the areas proposed... more »

• Democrats off to Vegas, focus West in 2012 contest

  October 4, 2011 7:38 PM

  LAS VEGAS (AP) - Democratic strategists say rapid population growth in the West means Colorado, Montana, Nevada and New Mexico will be major battleground states during the 2012 elections. Democrats are heading to Las Vegas this month to host a conference on how to appeal to the new voters... more »

• Bozeman, Mont., man killed while crossing I-25

  September 25, 2011 8:33 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A Bozeman, Mont., man in Denver to watch the mixed martial arts fights died when a vehicle struck him as he tried crossing Interstate 25. The Denver coroner's office identified the man as 25-year-old Dustin Jefferson. Police spokesman Lt. Matt Murray says officers were responding to... more »

• Victim in Mont. grizzly attack was shot by friend

  September 23, 2011 8:29 PM

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Authorities say a hunter attacked by a grizzly in a Montana forest was killed not by the bear, but by a gunshot fired by a companion trying to save him. Lincoln County Sheriff Roby Bowe said Friday that 39-year-old Steve Stevenson of Winnemucca, Nev., died... more »

• More asbestos found in superfund site

  July 5, 2011 6:51 AM

  LIBBY, MONT. (AP) - Libby residents have longed for the day when they will be rid of the asbestos that turned their town into the nation's deadliest Superfund site. Now they are being forced to live through the agony again, thanks to two piles of bark and wood chips... more »

• Deal would speed cuts in western coal pollution

  June 19, 2011 11:49 AM

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Aging coal-fired power plants across the West could be forced to install costly pollution control equipment under a new agreement between federal regulators and environmentalists. Many utilities already have cut air emissions in recent years to meet health standards. Next up are even deeper cuts... more »

• Group collects items for Montana flood victims

  June 5, 2011 7:14 PM

  A charity group in Colorado Springs is organizing a relief effort for residents in Montana who have been devastated by floods. Heavy rainfall and melting snowpack has flooded the Crow Reservation in Southeast Montana. Dozens of homes have been destroyed. In Colorado Springs the group One Nation Walking Together... more »

• Montana wants permission to kill gray wolves

  September 27, 2010 5:50 PM

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana officials are seeking federal approval to kill 186 endangered gray wolves in a special "conservation hunt," while neighboring Idaho wants permission to kill up to 50 of the predators that officials say are eating too many elk. Documents released Monday detailed the states' new... more »

• Zucchini-wielding woman fends off bear

  September 24, 2010 11:29 AM

  It's certainly not the first bear attack in western Montana, but it might be the strangest. Shortly after midnight Wednesday a woman living in the mountains near Frenchtown let her three dogs outside. One began barking. She opened the door and saw an adult black bear running toward one... more »

• Contest under way to design Colorado wildlife crossing

  September 14, 2010 10:09 AM

  Firms from around the world are competing to design a wildlife crossing that could be installed over Interstate 70 in Vail. The Colorado Department of Transportation is working with the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University on the contest and five firms have been selected as finalists. The... more »

• Montana plane crash revives 'lap child' debate

  September 7, 2010 9:31 AM

  Federal transportation safety officials are using the crash of an overloaded plane in Montana to revive a debate about whether infants and toddlers should be allowed to travel on the laps of adults. The National Transportation Safety Board is asking the Federal Aviation Administration to require children under 2... more »

• Teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot

  September 3, 2010 9:49 AM

  General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark... more »

• Colorado researchers study link between climate, wildfires

  September 2, 2010 8:39 AM

  Scientists in Montana, Colorado and Idaho are conducting a $3.85 million research project into how a changing climate will influence wildfires. Work started Wednesday on the project, which is being pursued in partnership with scientists in Australia and New Zealand. Montana State University professor Cathy Whitlock says the... more »

• Homeowners flee Montana wildfire

  August 27, 2010 12:43 PM

  Wildfires drove early morning evacuations in western Montana. A cold front brought lightning and sparked seven fires on forest service and private land. Ravalli County authorities began knocking on doors at 3 a.m. Friday, warning residents about three miles west of Hamilton that a fire in the Bitterroot National... more »

• Colorado Army deserter arrested at border

  August 13, 2010 9:03 AM

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Montana say they have arrested a 28-year-old Colorado man accused of deserting the U.S. Army. Officials say Eric Wagner of Lakewood, was taken into custody Wednesday at the Chief Mountain port of entry into Glacier National Park. Customs spokeswoman Lynn Shozoda... more »

• Possible wildlife-baiting explored in bear mauling

  August 4, 2010 8:37 AM

  State wildlife officials investigating a fatal grizzly bear attack outside Yellowstone National Park are looking into allegations that a photographer might have been baiting wildlife in the area. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department spokesman Ron Aasheim told KTVQ-TV in Billings Tuesday that the agency is investigating the allegations.... more »

• Final grizzly bear in deadly attack caught

  July 30, 2010 9:53 AM

  Montana wildlife officials say they have captured the fourth and final grizzly bear believed involved in the fatal mauling of a Michigan man at a campground near Yellowstone National Park. A sow and two of her three cubs had been trapped by Thursday. The final year-old cub was found... more »

• Judge: USFWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat

  July 30, 2010 8:06 AM

  A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is arbitrarily excluding "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled Wednesday the agency excluded large swaths of Western habitat from protection when it recommended in 2009 that... more »

• Tornado kills 2, injures 1 in northeast Montana

  July 27, 2010 10:07 AM

  Two people were killed and another was injured when a tornado touched down at a ranch in the far northeast corner of Montana. Sheridan County Coroner David Fulkerson confirmed the deaths and the injury caused by Monday night's storm. He did not have any information on the condition of... more »

• Vandalism, theft at Colorado's Canyons of the Ancients

  July 13, 2010 9:13 AM

  A conservation group says it's concerned about vandalism, looting and destruction at the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwest Colorado and other protected lands. The nonprofit Conservation Lands Foundation, based in Durango, said Monday it's leading a volunteer restoration project at the Canyons of the Ancients. ... more »

• Tornado removes roof on sports complex in Montana

  June 21, 2010 12:51 PM

  Billings city officials have declared an emergency after a tornado peeled the roof off of a sports arena and damaged several other businesses and homes. Billings Police Sgt. Kevin Iffland says the commission gave verbal approval to the declaration Sunday evening, allowing the Montana Army National Guard to help... more »

• Parole revoked for man missing since 1972

  May 28, 2010 7:42 PM

  The state Board of Pardons and Parole has revoked the parole of a 78-year-old convicted killer who skipped out on supervision 38 years ago. The board decided Friday to hold Frank Dryman at the Montana State Prison. He can seek another parole hearing in five years. Dryman was arrested... more »

• 2 ice climbers die in Yellowstone National Park

  May 25, 2010 4:39 PM

  Yellowstone National Park officials say two Montana men have died while trying to climb a frozen waterfall below the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. The park was withholding the men's names until their families could be notified. Park officials say both were in their late... more »

• Billings imposes moratorium on medical marijuana licenses

  May 11, 2010 8:22 AM

  A Montana city council has voted for a six-month moratorium on new medical marijuana businesses. The early Tuesday morning vote came after a long evening of public comment and debate, and followed two arson attempts on two Billings medical marijuana businesses. Under the moratorium, business licenses won't be... more »

• I-25 crash victim identified as Montana man

  May 5, 2010 10:56 PM

  The Colorado State Patrol has identified a man killed in an accident on Interstate 25 Wednesday morning. He was 22-year-old Daniel Woldtvedt from Sunburst, Montana. Investigators say Woldtvedt struck the back of a stopped car on northbound I-25 at a high rate of speed. The car was stopped because... more »

• 2 more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park

  April 7, 2010 1:03 PM

  Scientists say Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt. Researcher Dan Fagre said Wednesday that warmer temperatures have reduced the number of named glaciers in the northwestern Montana park... more »

• Lawsuit challenges bison tranfer to Ted Turner

  March 24, 2010 5:12 PM

  Montana - A coalition of wildlife advocates wants a Montana judge to overturn an agreement that allows dozens of Yellowstone National Park bison to be transferred onto billionaire Ted Turner's private ranch. A lawsuit filed Tuesday asked a District Court Judge to declare the animals a public trust and protect... more »

• 3 Fort Carson soldiers killed in Afghanistan

  February 18, 2010 3:58 PM

  Three Fort Carson soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Feb. 13, according to the Dept. of Defense. The fallen troops have been identified as Staff Sgt. John A. Reiners, 24, of Lakeland, Fla.; Sgt. Jeremiah T. Wittman, 26, of Darby, Mont.; and Spc. Bobby J. Pagan, 23, of Austin,... more »