Labor Department says poster scam spreading

Small businesses across Montana are contacting the Montana Department of Labor and Industry complaining of aggressive marketing companies trying to sell labor law posters. 

State Parks seeks comment on fee rule

Stage I fire restrictions issued in NW Montana

Fire managers for local land management agencies, including the Flathead and Kootenai National Forests, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Glacier National Park, and Flathead, Lincoln, Lake and Sanders Counties implemented Stage I Fire Restrictions in Northwest Montana on Monday, July 23. This includes the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex (Bob Marshall, Scapegoat and Great Bear Wilderness) lands on the Flathead, Lewis and Clark, Helena and Lolo National Forests.

Let's preserve our state's wild places for generations, call congressmen

Letter to the Editor,

Special Olympics Torch Run comes through county

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is once again coordinating the local leg of the Montana Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. The run is to raise funds and awareness of Special Olympics.

Here is one reason I am voting Republican

I am opposed to any expansion of Medicaid because of the massive costs that Montana will face in the future.

Frey named Site Manager of the Year

USDA Rural Development’s Rural Housing Service in Montana has named Libby resident Deborah Frey as the Multi-Family Housing Site Manager of the Year for Elderly Housing in 2011.

After reappearing in Montana range, grizzly killed over cows

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials in central Montana have killed the first confirmed grizzly bear in modern times in the Big Snowy Mountains south of Lewistown, state wildlife officials said Friday.

Montana property owners eligible for tax rebates

The property tax rebate is a rebate of up to $675 of property taxes paid on a principal residence.

Massive conservation easement a done deal

The Trust for Public Land, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and Stimson Lumber Co. recently completed a project that permanently protects the resources on more than 27,000 acres in Northwest Montana.

Psychiatric hospital gets more time to correct deficiencies

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's state psychiatric hospital has more time to correct deficiencies that have resulted in patient deaths, the Montana State News Bureau reports.

1st recreational marijuana sales in Montana top $1.5 million

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — During the first weekend of legal recreational marijuana sales in Montana, customers purchased more than $1.5 million in products, the Department of Revenue said.

Kathleen “Kathy” Briggeman

Kathleen “Kathy” Briggeman

Hunter kills grizzly north of Yellowstone National Park

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said the bear reportedly charged the hunter before the hunter shot it “at close range in self-defense.”

Pacific Northwest Economic Region supports hydro energy bill

Mike Cuffe, Montana state senator from Lincoln County, brought the letter of support during the PNWER business meeting Monday, July 16 in Boise Idaho.

State Crime Lab maintains status as top-performing forensic lab

Only 14 other laboratories worldwide earned the distinction.

Amtrak struggles with delays in NW Montana

Eight months after Amtrak adjusted its schedule through northwest Montana to curb delays, the long-distance passenger train is still struggling to stay on time during trips between Chicago, Seattle and Portland.

A push for the beverage industry

Montana needs I-186 - and mining, too

In reviewing previous letters and mailers pro and con regarding I-186, the extreme stance that voting “yes” will prevent “any future mining” in Montana is purely hyperbolic rhetoric designed to frighten voters.

The disappearing public

To the editor: