Montana News : Montana History Database
05-15-2006
06/02/2006 Helena man pleads guilty to giving drugs to 15-year-old girl
06/02/2006 Airman sentenced for selling cocaine, smuggling guns
06/02/2006 Great Falls commissioners approve city employee contract
06/02/2006 Former Soviet dissident to marry in Great Falls
06/02/2006 State plan aims to help Montanans control weight
06/02/2006 Nonnative fish may be removed from part of stream
06/02/2006 Inmate stabs himself in court
06/02/2006 Poplar man pleads not guilty to murder charge
06/01/2006 Montana Supreme Court says children can't authorize police searches
06/01/2006 BPA finalizes help to aluminum companies
06/01/2006 Two Washington murder suspects arrested in Missoula Motel
06/01/2006 UM audit outlines possible ethics violations at space research center
06/01/2006 Primary will decide Ravalli County Sheriff's race
06/01/2006 Melcher is an interested observer in race for Senate
06/01/2006 Body of missing airman found in Sun River
06/01/2006 Bozeman schools fires curriculum director
06/01/2006 Association questions use of Indian education funding
06/01/2006 Man charged with negligent homicide in fatal crash
06/01/2006 Crews continue seraching Sun River for missing airman
06/01/2006 Helena check processing center to close within two years
06/01/2006 Consumer Counsel says he'll ask FERC to reconsider ruling
06/01/2006 Local, state, federal law enforcement preparing for biker event
06/01/2006 Police Arsonist stole fire extinguishers, started fire
06/01/2006 Montana to get $8 million to prepare for terror attacks
06/01/2006 Glacier Bancorp to acquire Utah bank
06/01/2006 Board to hold mercury hearing in Billings
06/01/2006 Missoula voters to decide library levy
06/01/2006 Rancher donates conservation easement in Centennial Valley
06/01/2006 Montana gets almost 8 million from Homeland Security
05/31/2006 Richards to leave Senate race and support Tester
05/31/2006 Victor High Publishes Children's Book
05/31/2006 Milltown Cleanup Starts Tomorrow
05/31/2006 Plaintiffs Say 'Sweetheart Deal' in Roosevelt Lawsuit
05/31/2006 Lobbing Ethics and Reform
05/31/2006 Montana Standard publisher moving to Glens Falls, N.Y.
05/31/2006 Topsoil moisture up as spring planting in last stretch
05/31/2006 Former minister accused in civil suit now faces criminal charges
05/31/2006 Schweitzer talks about link between oil demand, war in Iraq
05/31/2006 Butte newspaper publisher leaving for New York
05/31/2006 Man pleads not guilty in dog's shooting death
05/31/2006 County worker alleges unjust firing
05/31/2006 Former officer pleads not guilty to misconduct with inmates
05/31/2006 Milltown Reservoir Draw Done to Begin
05/31/2006 Study shows ground-level ozone increasing at Yellowstone
05/31/2006 Judge sets bail at 50,000 for teen drug defendant
05/31/2006 Water-treatment funding problem persists
05/31/2006 Triplets' parents expect to take them home in June
05/31/2006 Bride remembers search-and-rescue unit in wedding plans
05/31/2006 Ground broken at site of Catholic high school
05/31/2006 Volunteers sought for loon work at Glacier
05/31/2006 Sikorsky announces contract for Bozeman center
05/30/2006 PPL Montana gives $100K in donations
05/30/2006 Arizona museum chief to lead Montana Historical Society
05/30/2006 Duplicate medals to be presented to war hero's widow
05/30/2006 Officers to distribute ice-cream coupons to law-abiding drivers
05/30/2006 Steamboat Geyser to grace new postage stamp in 'Wonders' series
05/30/2006 UM College of Technology hires new dean
05/30/2006 New director for Montana Historical Society chosen
05/30/2006 G&F Commissioner Elk at Wyoming refuge starved
05/30/2006 VaxGen declines to develop Montana meningitis vaccine
05/30/2006 Arizona museum director named Historical Society head
05/30/2006 Man arrested in alleged kidnapping
05/30/2006 Donations sought for church damaged by vandalism
05/30/2006 Burns to hold lobbying firm fundraiser
05/30/2006 Montana farmers, ranchers join national energy project
05/30/2006 Body of missing Libby-area woman found in wreckage
05/30/2006 Montana debate Where should the buffalo roam?
05/30/2006 Opening delayed for popular Idaho-Montana bike trail
05/30/2006 Montana Veterans Memorial dedicated in Great Falls
05/30/2006 Victim sets up Great Falls purse snatcher
05/30/2006 Lewis and Clark exhibit focuses on plants
05/30/2006 Montana postal customers donate 305,000 pounds of food
05/30/2006 Wyoming man sentenced in vehicle theft ring
05/30/2006 M-D-U shelving proposal for Gascoyne power plant
05/30/2006 Where the Buffalo Roam a Sore Topic in Montana
05/30/2006 Where the buffalo roam a sore topic in Montana
05/29/2006 Montanans like state's direction, not country's
05/29/2006 Campaign 2006 Preview
05/29/2006 Corvallis Memorial Day Parade
05/29/2006 Promoting Peace In St.Ignatius
05/29/2006 Missoulian's Remember Fallen Soldiers
05/29/2006 Team plans 600-mile Alaska trek without extra support
05/29/2006 Baucus holds 60 percent approval rating, Bush's rating falling
05/29/2006 Rehberg has double-digit lead over challenger, Lindeen
05/29/2006 Billings police say couple passing counterfeit bills
05/29/2006 Pickup raffle raises 184,000 for Special Olympics
05/29/2006 Former deputy pleads not guilty to mistreatment of prisoner
05/29/2006 Lee Poll Burns' approval rating falls to 38 percent
05/28/2006 In Montana, Burns Continues to Slide
05/28/2006 Top-level reorganization at Missoula Children's Theatre
05/28/2006 Beartooth Highway reopens officially
05/28/2006 Proposed mercury rule to be discussed in Great Falls
05/28/2006 Conference examines tribal suicide problem
05/28/2006 Quiet spring for human-bear encounters in Montana
05/28/2006 State officials request public comment on environmental issues
05/28/2006 `Amazing' Montana won't be forgotten
05/27/2006 Responsibility for Bozeman area's highway crosses shifts
05/27/2006 Replica of memorial to be displayed in Butte
05/27/2006 Noennig-Essmann race apparent money leader among legislative contests
05/27/2006 Judge maintains bail after ger
05/27/2006 Libby Dam to operate at full capacity
05/27/2006 Deputy escapes serious injury in crash of patrol car
05/27/2006 Schweitzer's Middle East trip wraps up
05/27/2006 Bozeman man wins 15,000 on Jeopardy
05/27/2006 Free ice cream cones for dogs a hit
05/27/2006 Teen actress, real-life dad settle into comfortable roles
05/26/2006 Big Timber museum to display flowers pressed by Lewis and Clark
05/26/2006 Forum to address community revitlization, good-paying jobs
05/26/2006 MSU group assists water project in Kenya
05/26/2006 Burns, Baucus in majority as Senate confirms Hayden to head C-I-A
05/26/2006 Gaming Negotiation Session
05/26/2006 Holiday Weekend Events
05/26/2006 Cemetery Workers Prepare For Holiday
05/26/2006 Memorial Weekend Travel Tips
05/26/2006 Grizzly cubs hit, killed by train
05/26/2006 Yellowstone visitors warned of high water
05/26/2006 Commission rejects electronic billboard rule changes
05/26/2006 MSU professor honored for shipwreck research
05/26/2006 Great Falls man claims 25,000 lottery prize
05/26/2006 Calls to state Tobacco Quit Line top 10,000
05/26/2006 Billings gets 17.3 million loan for water improvements
05/26/2006 Authorities say Billings fire started accidentally
05/26/2006 Lawsuit filed over Lewis and Clark County subdivision
05/26/2006 Judge stops additional work on proposed development
05/26/2006 Three charged in Crow Agency church vandalism
05/26/2006 Man who rammed prison vehicle to undergo evaluation
05/26/2006 Senate votes to cap cost of border cards
05/26/2006 US Airways announces Kalispell-Phoenix flight
05/26/2006 Winter storm watches posted for weekend
05/26/2006 National Guard's fighter jets relocate for summer
05/26/2006 MSU architecture professor wins national award
05/26/2006 More city commissioners recommended in Great Falls
05/25/2006 Paddlefish harvest season to close Saturday night
05/25/2006 Council weighs ordinance banning riding in backs of pickup trucks
05/25/2006 Missoula man, Billings woman claim 50,000 lottery prizes
05/25/2006 Immigration How Montana's delegation voted
05/25/2006 Montana's senators split on immigration bill
05/25/2006 Montana state lawmaker charged in domestic incident
05/25/2006 Superior HS students ask Lt. Gov for help in curbing alcohol and tobacco use
05/25/2006 Judge's order keeps work from resuming at Rock Creek development
05/25/2006 'Planet Kids' provides safe haven for children in crisis
05/25/2006 Burns outraises Democratic hopefuls
05/25/2006 Kalispell police officer placed on administrative leave
05/25/2006 PSC member sues own board over PPL decision
05/25/2006 Company renews request for ethanol plant permit
05/25/2006 Despite gas prices, Yellowstone and Grand Teton optimistic
05/25/2006 Police search for suspect in drug arrest case
05/25/2006 Montana proposes doubling bison hunting licenses outside Yellowstone
05/25/2006 Indian tribes, schools sue BIA over reorganization
05/25/2006 No tickets match numbers in lottery jackpots
05/25/2006 Dave Hunter tapped as Revenue Department deputy director
05/25/2006 Prominent Montana politician, market guru facing tax evasion charges
05/25/2006 Prominent U.S. stock market guru granted bail in Australia
05/25/2006 Silver Bow County may generate its own electricity
05/25/2006 Harrison students gather to support fired teacher
05/25/2006 Fortine lawmaker jailed on partner assault
05/25/2006 Schweitzer flies to Iraq, sees Montana troops
05/25/2006 Former UM official named new Idaho education dean
05/24/2006 Montana science scores are stellar
05/24/2006 Schweitzer flies to Iraq, sees Montana troops
05/24/2006 Man accused of trying to kidnap 3-year-old in Great Falls
05/24/2006 Lady Justice statue returned to courthouse roof
05/24/2006 Two killed in separate crashes on Montana's roadways
05/24/2006 African victims of AIDS educate others through music and words
05/24/2006 State 'cools' road construction during Memorial Weekend
05/24/2006 Missoula's Westside residents 'tired' of stench
05/24/2006 Libby asbestos victims now eligible for Social Security benefits
05/24/2006 2 killed in separate crashes on Montana's roadways
05/24/2006 Sickened Libby residents now eligible for disability payments
05/24/2006 Kalispell woman dies after crashing into telephone pole
05/24/2006 MDT minimizing construction delays during Memorial weekend
05/24/2006 Veteran ID theft could include more than 100,000 Montana veterans
05/24/2006 Billings woman pleads guilty to Social Security misuse
05/24/2006 Scenic highway set to open
05/24/2006 Man sentenced to 8 years for wrecking BIA officer's car
05/24/2006 Senate committee approves burials in old Montana ghost town cemetery
05/24/2006 Man donates 2.5 million to schools in late wife's name
05/24/2006 Schweitzer visiting troops in Iraq
05/24/2006 Judge sentences deadbeat dad to six months in prison
05/24/2006 Montana science scores among top in nation
05/24/2006 Billings School Board votes to shut down alternative high school
05/24/2006 Butte man dies from injuries he received in May 1 crash
05/24/2006 Report Montana science scores among nation's tops
05/24/2006 Court orders Superior woman to pay DEQ penalty
05/24/2006 UM makes EPA's list of best commuter workplaces
05/24/2006 Devil's Tower National Monument has new manager
05/24/2006 Roundup woman pleads guilty to postal theft
05/24/2006 Hearing scheduled in Hutterite abuse case
05/24/2006 Belgrade High principal resigns
05/24/2006 Computer outage strikes Montana state government
05/23/2006 UM broadcast students win national honors
05/23/2006 Great Falls man receives life sentences for incest, rape
05/23/2006 PSC plans hearing on proposed Cut Bank Gas rate increase
05/23/2006 Bill would ban illegal immigrants from count that determines House seats
05/23/2006 Republicans blame Baucus for highway money snafu
05/23/2006 Lottery contacted by attorney representing possible Powerball winner
05/23/2006 Deputy shoots bear in tree in Lockwood
05/23/2006 Bible college student charged in adult phone charge theft
05/23/2006 Former processing plant workers were exposed to asbestos
05/23/2006 Butte woman dies of bicycle crash injuries
05/23/2006 Victim in Havre stabbing identified
05/23/2006 Missoula officer serves as liaison to gay, lesbian community
05/23/2006 State computer system restored after outage
05/23/2006 Judge asks about permit in bald eagle religion case
05/23/2006 Salesnet sells to Montana firm
05/23/2006 Computer outage strikes Montana state govt.
05/23/2006 Homeless man accused in wine bottle assault
05/23/2006 Missing Missoula man found unharmed
05/23/2006 Valley Ice Garden sold to beverage distributor
05/23/2006 Vandals damage Great Falls schools, businesses
05/23/2006 Fire danger bumped in Missoula following warm weather
05/23/2006 Officials say regional oil discounts are narrowing
05/22/2006 Federal ag agency seeks farmers' help in study of wheat yield
05/22/2006 Bozeman man honored by national small-business advocacy group
05/22/2006 Computer outage strikes Montana state government
05/22/2006 Computer Outage Strikes Montana Gov't.
05/22/2006 Spokeswoman Agency plans to recommend another hunt
05/22/2006 Crackdown On Seatbelt Use
05/22/2006 Dog Bit Prevention Awareness Week
05/22/2006 Fire Danger Up
05/22/2006 Missing Hiker Near Seeley Lake
05/22/2006 Technicians still working to fix state government's computer outage
05/22/2006 Effects of warm, dry weather seen on wheat, moisture conditions
05/22/2006 RightNow buying Salesnet for 9 million
05/22/2006 Two arrested in Havre weekend stabbing
05/22/2006 Great Falls schools may revamp purchasing system
05/22/2006 Survey shows positive response by bison hunters
05/22/2006 Indian religion confronts Endangered Species Act in eagle case
05/22/2006 New interpretive center to open this weekend
05/22/2006 Computer outage cripples state government
05/22/2006 New managed named for Bozeman PBS station
05/22/2006 Church arson doesn't keep parishioners away
05/22/2006 Forest wants rangers to police ATV offenses
05/22/2006 Weekend Missouri River rise brings no flooding
05/22/2006 Rollover accident closes part of Highway 10
05/22/2006 Authorities Paddlefish season arrests average
05/22/2006 Flood warnings issued for several Montana rivers
05/22/2006 FWP Commission seeks comment on tentative quotas
05/22/2006 Montana couple arrested for burglary of Pierre restaurant
05/22/2006 Governor's Emergency Preparedness Summit starts today
05/22/2006 Hotel, motel construction booming in Billings
05/21/2006 Billings administrators revise Crossroads plan
05/21/2006 Governor eyes more changes in bison management
05/21/2006 New Lewis & Clark signs erected at access sites
05/21/2006 Prisons, jails added more than 1,000 inmates a week 2004 to 2005
05/21/2006 MSU-Billings raises 23 million through campaign
05/21/2006 Flood warning issued for Gallatin River near Logan
05/21/2006 Mining, Indian colleges test private land near uranium mines
05/21/2006 Lightning may have sparked Great Falls house fire
05/21/2006 Butte drug dealer gets 20-year sentence
05/21/2006 Train to begin running between Butte, Anaconda
05/21/2006 Paddlefish roe harvest down this year
05/21/2006 Travel packages aim to lure tourists wary of gas prices
05/21/2006 World Bowl has Montana connections
05/20/2006 A Panhandle road to more trade
05/20/2006 Vandals damage church at Crow Agency
05/20/2006 Radio-frequency chips coming to cattle, but not easily
05/20/2006 Interpretive center volunteer leaves 100,000 bequest
05/20/2006 Groundbreaking for Catholic high school planned
05/20/2006 Defendant says Butte robbery tied to drug debt
05/20/2006 State denies permit for power plant
05/20/2006 Judge imposes 15-year sentence in Helena child pornography case
05/20/2006 UM to get some money from new novel by James Grady
05/20/2006 Bail set at 150,000 in child sex-abuse case
05/20/2006 Casino robberies bring 18-year sentence
05/20/2006 Refinery celebrates centennial
05/20/2006 High river forces evacuation of house in Florence area
05/20/2006 Defendant in Butte marijuana case wants change of venue
05/19/2006 Stubble fire burns 150 acres near Great Falls
05/19/2006 Livingston man charged with intimidation
05/19/2006 Man sentenced for setting house fire, collecting insurance
05/19/2006 Former Missoula airport director pleads guilty to bribery
05/19/2006 Deborgia Community Prepares For Fire Season
05/19/2006 New Aquatic Facilities Preparing To Open
05/19/2006 Former Airport Director Admits To Bribery
05/19/2006 New president picked for CSU East Bay; UM's Muir an also-ran
05/19/2006 Justices uphold death sentence amid jury bias claims
05/19/2006 Lame Deer girl wins prize in science competition
05/19/2006 Troy mine bond increased to 12.95 m million dollars
05/19/2006 Woman making night deposit at bank is robbed
05/19/2006 PSC chilly toward utility buyer
05/19/2006 EPA to investigate water contamination in Billings neighborhood
05/19/2006 Demand up 20 percent at Missoula Food Bank
05/19/2006 Robbery suspect surrenders to police
05/19/2006 Lottery officials ponder Powerball ruling
05/19/2006 Man accused of beating woman with elk antler
05/19/2006 PPL to release water from Hebgen Dam
05/19/2006 Former Merck executive named CEO of LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals
05/19/2006 Authorities identify woman killed in I-90 crash
05/19/2006 Ag talks end without plan to resume U.S. beef exports to Japan
05/19/2006 Jackpots a bust for Montanans
05/18/2006 Supermax guards say staffing is dangerously low
05/18/2006 Internet restitution option popular
05/18/2006 States want federal government to tax little cigars like cigarettes
05/18/2006 Morrison, Tester unveil health care proposals
05/18/2006 'Chop Shop' provides Missoula students unique learning opportunity
05/18/2006 Challengers say morale is 'low' in Missoula sheriff's department
05/18/2006 Missoula casino robbery suspect turns himself in
05/18/2006 Missoula woman gets call to donate bone marrow
05/18/2006 Offenders can pay online for restitution, supervision costs
05/18/2006 State summit, Web site to address influenza pandemic
05/18/2006 Group sues over federal opinion on dam operations
05/18/2006 Victor school trustees decide - again - to give four-day week a try
05/18/2006 FERC PPL Montana does not have monopoly on power
05/18/2006 Former Seeley Lake superintendent must complete probation
05/18/2006 Irish president thanks people of Butte for friendship, support
05/18/2006 Appeals court rules Missouri must pay old Powerball ticket
05/17/2006 Polson man pleads not guilty to drunken driving
05/17/2006 Boy crashes tractor into pumps at Lewistown gas station
05/17/2006 Zoning Change Denied For Super-Walmart
05/17/2006 Sheriff's Candidates'Jail staffing and funding need to be addressed'
05/17/2006 Missoula County, City consider sharing new 'Public Safety' building
05/17/2006 Judge hears new motions in W.R. Grace case
05/17/2006 Flood Warning Issued for Bitterroot River
05/17/2006 Montanans in Action backs initiatives
05/17/2006 Grant to help tribal cooperative with marketing, development
05/17/2006 Washington woman dies in crash near Missoula
05/17/2006 Lawyers argue to have trial delayed
05/17/2006 New project aimed at easing state poverty
05/17/2006 Fire season gets early start in state
05/17/2006 Lawyers try to get case thrown out
05/17/2006 Proposed farm aid draws protests from House leaders, president
05/17/2006 Judge orders Billings company to pay asbestos fine
05/17/2006 Montana science fair competitors win awards
05/17/2006 Miles CC hires new president
05/17/2006 Judge turns down newspaper request for court records
05/17/2006 Montana post office district has new manager
05/17/2006 Judge says federal prosecutor is shirking duties
05/17/2006 Disaster aid petition has 1,400 signatures
05/17/2006 Man charged with kidnapping girlfriend, her children
05/17/2006 Sylvan Pass closed temporarily after road worker finds explosive
05/17/2006 President of Ireland launches Irish Studies program at UM
05/17/2006 U.S., Japanese officials resume talks over U.S. beef
05/17/2006 Authorities release name of victim in Helena crash
05/17/2006 Rimrock Trailways ends Billings to Great Falls route
05/17/2006 Townsend-to-Three Forks road getting more passing lanes
05/17/2006 Zoning regulations restrict coal-bed methane drilling on Bozeman Pass
05/17/2006 FWP seeks info on mule deer poaching near Anaconda
05/16/2006 MT Class C Golf
05/16/2006 UM gets first chartered student chapter of NAJA
05/16/2006 PSC commissioner blasts fellow Republican running for open seat
05/16/2006 Grizzly Bear Shot
05/16/2006 Missoula Sheriff Works To Retain Employees
05/16/2006 Drinking And Driving Dramatization
05/16/2006 Riverbanks Ready To Burst
05/16/2006 President Of Ireland Visits UM
05/16/2006 Authorities release name of cyclist killed on highway
05/16/2006 House-passed bill would formalize water agreement
05/16/2006 PSC endorses idea of summer energy symposium
05/16/2006 Victim of Swan Valley crash identified
05/16/2006 Lawmakers want to waive penalty
05/16/2006 In Montana, Burns Trails Both Democrats
05/16/2006 State Special Olympics get underway tomorrow in Great Falls
05/16/2006 Lowering of Milltown Reservoir tentatively set for June 1
05/16/2006 Governor names Montanans to oil prices task force
05/16/2006 DEQ offering three biodiesel workshops
05/16/2006 Billings school board wants options to closing alternative HS
05/16/2006 Fiserv opens Montana processing center
05/16/2006 Officer was justified in shooting prison grounds intruder
05/16/2006 Missoula man sentenced for negligent vehicular homicide
05/16/2006 Officials discuss oil discounts, shipping problems
05/16/2006 Helena woman killed in one vehicle crash
05/16/2006 Bicyclist struck by van on Highway 83
05/16/2006 Badge of patrolman killed in 1973 retired
05/15/2006 DEQ names new project manager for Livingston Superfund site
05/15/2006 Journalism school's accreditation renewed
05/15/2006 Groups file suit over Flathead Forest road, snowmobile proposals
05/15/2006 FWP looking for information on dead grizzly bear
05/15/2006 Whitehall man claims 140,000 Montana Cash prize
05/15/2006 Montanans offer mixed reaction to National Guard plan
05/15/2006 Man killed in Missoula County crash ID'd
05/15/2006 Winter wheat in better condition than last year, despite stress
05/15/2006 Environmental groups sue over Flathead proposals
05/15/2006 Schweitzer appoints Missoula man to Board of Regents
05/15/2006 At N. Idaho rally, Democrats say they're primed for comeback