The initial rush for gay couples to marry in Montana has declined after 436 couples married during the first year since the state's marriage ban ended. The rush began after U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ruled Montana's constitutional amendment limiting marriage to between a man and a woman violated the U.S. Constitution.
A retired clergyman and an attorney want voters to pass a law requiring power companies to purchase and sell more renewable energy.
A proposed inspection fee increase has dairy farmers and processors worried.
An Alberton woman was saved from a modular home fire when a passing driver saw the blaze, jumped a fence and brought her outside. Frenchtown Rural Fire spokesman Mel Holtz says the fire was reported yesterday after a motorist on the Interstate saw the flames and called 911 before going inside to find the victim.
Federal officials say their final analysis of a Montana community wracked by deadly asbestos contamination shows a costly and much-criticized cleanup is working - even though about 700 properties have yet to be investigated.
The Montana Republican Party has named as its new executive director a man who has worked on election campaigns in four other states. Party officials said in a statement that Timothy Gould will begin his duties on Dec. 1.