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The investigation is active and no other information is available at this time.

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — In an Aug. 9 report that the United Nations called a “code...

The CDC has updated its mask guidelines for schools. Some states will listen, some wont. Taylor Avery, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention released guidance Friday saying vaccinated teachers and students no longer must wear masks inside school buildings to protect against the transmission of COVID-19. The guidance, issued amid falling infection rates and hospitalizations, recommends unvaccinated individuals, including children, should s...

Investigation urged into Canadian mining waste in Montana The renewed urgency comes as Canada’s largest diversified mining company lays plans to expand its footprint by building new mines along the border without a tested strategy in place to treat the chemical-laden flows Author: Tristan Scott Associated Press Even with the U.S.-Canada border restricting travel for at least another month, the international exchange of mining waste leaching from British Columbia into a transboundary waters...

Why have thousands upon thousands of very wealthy people suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to buy a home in Montana?  At this moment, Montana is one of the hottest real estate markets in the entire country.  When a desirable house is put on the market, it can often spark a wild bidding war.  Of course the vast majority of the potential buyers involved in these bidding wars do not actually have any roots in Montana at all.  Vast hordes of wealthy individuals from Los Angeles, San Francisco,...

While hotels across the state are booked solid, during the pandemic many people opted to move there permanently, creating the “Zoom Town Boom” effect across the state.

Contract miners at the huge Chilean copper mine are demanding they be paid prevailing wages, while oil workers at the “green division” of the Brazilian state oil from Petrobras are continuing a strike that began May 20.

THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. (AP) — For a moment, the entire courtroom froze. Judge Amy Eddy had spent the last several minutes winding her way through a painstakingly detailed explanation of her impending decision, touching on each argument she had been presented with while alternately glancing at prosecutors, defense attorneys and Rachel Ann Bellesen, the 37-year-old mother of four sitting stoically with the weight of the last seven months dangling over her head. Then two heavy words knifed thr...

THOMPSON FALLS, Mont. (AP) — For a moment, the entire courtroom froze.

The third convicted Montana Freemen is living in Billings after spending the majority of the last 25 years of his life in prison.