Hecla mining company says it’s halting reclamation work at the closed Troy silver and copper mine amid a legal fight with state regulators over cleanup expenses at other sites.
Since yesterday one new fire has been discovered in the Kootenai National Forest. The Ten Mile Fire is burning 15 to 20 acres in the Rexford and Fortine Ranger Districts.
Smoke from fires in California and Oregon is visible in Western Montana today, bringing air quality in many areas to “moderate.”
Victims of sexual abuse by members of the clergy in Montana's Diocese of Great Falls-Billings are voting on a proposed $20 million settlement.
A 32-year-old man has denied charges that he abandoned a 5-month-old baby in the woods outside Lolo after a car crash.
Now that improved state revenues mean more than $45 million is being restored to state agencies, the directors for the state budget and health departments are meeting with health care providers to talk specifics.
