The Montana Supreme Court says a University of Montana campus police officer was wrong to continue to detain and question a student suspected of underage drinking without advising her of her right against self-incrimination.
Montana wildlife managers want a 40-percent reduction in the quota for bobcats killed by trappers in the southwestern portion of the state amid signs the population is declining.
A spokesman for the developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline says the company is pleased with yesterday’s decision by the South Dakota Supreme Court to dismiss a legal appeal from opponents fighting the project.
There’s a potential problem with how Montana determines which schools will get special assistance under the replacement for the federal No Child Left Behind law. It’s with how schools handle basic student attendance records.
Montana’s fat winter snowpack is depleted, and the state is drier now than at the same time last year. State officials and the National Guard say that means Montana can expect a long wildfire season.
Authorities say the body of an Oregon man has been recovered from the Selway River in Idaho, after going missing May 21.
State officials say there is just $4 million in a firefighting reserve fund with another above average fire season forecast for this year.
A pastor who authorities say was involved in a scam that defrauded a Montana man of $150,000 has pleaded no contest.