A $2 million grant for retraining workers expected to be displaced with the closure of two units at the Colstrip coal-fired power plant in southeastern Montana remains untapped because plant owners haven't given the workers layoff notices.
A New Jersey appeals court is allowing a new law to go into effect that lets terminally ill patients get life-ending drugs.
A semitractor-trailer crossed the centerline and struck a car just south of Hardin, killing the driver and a passenger in the car and injuring another passenger.
Lewis and Clark County officials say an autopsy is planned to determine the cause of death of a Helena man whose body was found in Canyon Ferry Reservoir over the weekend.
A recently updated Medicare rule will help fund rural residency programs for new doctors across the United States.
Billings Clinic has also begun a program to help train psychiatrists with the hope some of them will stay in Montana, where there is a shortage.
Yellowstone National Park closed a backcountry campsite in the southeast part of the park due to a new half-acre wildfire today.
A Montana man has been charged with felony intimidation after making threats to shoot people until himself was shot.
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality opened a 30-day public comment period today for a proposed major revision at Spring Creek Coal Mine in southeast Montana.
Montana's Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines says he's traveling to China next week to continue agricultural trade discussions.
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