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Colorado coal town grapples with future as plant shuts down
CRAIG, Colorado (AP) — In a quiet valley tucked away from Colorado's bustling ski resorts, far from his hometown...
Blanton back behind bars
A Eureka man arrested for shooting a dog will spend a year behind bars after admitting last month that he broke the terms of his suspended sentence.
Increasing number of deaths stretches coroner's office thin
An uptick in deaths in recent years spurred commissioners to bring on a fourth deputy coroner in the county.
Eureka Airport fuel upgrade stalls
County commissioners shelved a proposed fuel system upgrade at the Eureka Airport after the project missed out on possible state funding earlier this month.
‘No place to go’: hotel sale displaces at least 100 guests
Edward Lauman has lived with his son Carl Lamar at The FairBridge Inn, Suites & Outlaw Convention Center for eight years.
Officials identify Colorado skier who died of hypothermia
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — Officials in western Montana have released the name of a Colorado skier who died last week while skiing outside the boundary of the Lost Trail Ski Area on the Montana-Idaho border.
Tractor trailer driver dies after rig goes off Interstate 90
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A semitractor-trailer went off Interstate 90 just east of Bozeman and into the median before going down an embankment and across a county road that runs under the interstate, killing the dri...
Montana seeks to overturn court ruling on abortion access
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 1999 opinion that found the state constitution's right to pri...
Yellowstone rampage brings prison time for California man
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a California man to nine months in prison for a drunken rampage in Yellowstone National Park in which he did thousands of dollars in damage to a hotel and struggled wit...
Arizona man accused in Oath Keepers plot jailed until trial
PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix man accused of coordinating teams that were on standby to deliver guns to members and associates of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot will remain jai...
Accused dealer pleads not guilty
A Kalispell man arrested after allegedly offering to sell drugs in Lincoln County via text message has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges.
Taxpayers face overloaded IRS as filing season opens
WASHINGTON (AP) — Count 30-year-old Ethan Miller among that subset of Americans who were actually eager to file their taxes once income tax filing season ope...
Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show
NEW YORK (AP) — Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who ...
Oath Keepers militia members, led by Yale lawyer, plead not guilty to Jan. 6 sedition
WASHINGTON — Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the Yale Law School graduate who founded the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group, pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy for his role in the assault on the U.S. Capitol by...
Engineering firm sought for landfill expansion
Health department officials say they are reviewing the qualifications of engineering firms interested in working on the county’s planned landfill expansion.