The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved spending more than $42.9 million on repairs to Fort Peck Dam. The dam was damaged during the record 2011 flooding that broke levees and damaged homes along the Missouri River. The Billings …
Helena’s fire tower is in violation of fire codes after city officials renovated the Montana city’s landmark with wooden roofing shingles. The city created a wildland-urban interface district in 2008 with rules that forbid use of the shingles when more …
The Montana agency that responds to natural disasters and emergencies is a dysfunctional, divisive workplace with a climate of fear and the perception of bullying by some managers, according to an internal report conducted last year. The three-page report by …
Even Shawn McQuillan’s 88-year-old grandfather says his 20-year-old grandson drives too cautiously. The younger McQuillan, who says he has never been in a car accident or received a ticket, testified against a measure Friday that would allow some insurance companies …
Victims of asbestos exposure in northwestern Montana have asked a state judge to deny $4 million in fees and costs requested by attorneys in a legal settlement with chemical company W.R. Grace and Co. In letters submitted to state District …
The City of Billings, Mont., has settled a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit filed by a man who argued officers should have arrested a drunk driver two hours before she caused the death of his wife in a crash. The …
Attorneys for asbestos victims in a Montana mining town are seeking more than $4 million in fees and costs out of a legal settlement with chemical company W.R. Grace that was set up to cover the victims’ ongoing medical costs. …
Federal officials say they anticipate finishing by late 2014 a risk study to guide the cleanup of a contaminated Montana mining town where hundreds have died from asbestos exposure. That comes after a panel of scientists recently backed a draft …
Missoula’s ban on the use of cellphones while driving transitions on Tuesday from an educational phase involving warnings to one with citations carrying fines up to $300. The Missoulian reports that a second citation within a year can lead to …
A 48-year-old Billings, Mont., man has been charged with a seventh driving under the influence. The Billings Gazette reports in a story published Friday that Robert Luis Cedeno pleaded not guilty to felony DUI and misdemeanor charges of driving without …