A Montana judge on Wednesday released a redacted investigative report in the 2009 boat crash that injured U.S. Senate candidate Denny Rehberg, a document that confirms many facts of the case and includes some new details. The 155-page document is …
Police in Butte, Mont., say officers in unmarked cars issued 30 citations in three days to motorists violating the city’s ordinance against texting or talking with a cellphone while driving. A first offence fins is $100. Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff John …
The Bozeman Police Department is asking a judge to reject proposed sanctions against the force for allegedly covering up details of a police stun gun incident that left a Montana man with serious head injuries. Attorneys for Soheil Jesse Verdi …
A proposed standard for federal cleanup of asbestos contamination in a Montana town concludes that even a tiny amount of the material can lead to lung problems – a benchmark far more rigorous than any in the past and one …
The head of the U.S. Small Business Administration says low-interest loans will be offered to qualifying Montana residents and business owners affected by the Dahl fire near Roundup. The 34-square-mile blaze destroyed 73 homes and 150 outbuildings in late June …
A Montana State Crime Lab toxicologist who frequently offers expert trial testimony about blood-alcohol content is charged with driving under the influence. The Missoulian reports Lynn Kurtz was charged with a misdemeanor DUI last month. Court records say a Missoula …
Montana officials say the new securities restitution pool has paid out to its first fraud victim. State Auditor Monica Lindeen said that a Plains resident who lost his life’s savings of $55,000 in a hurricane relief scam will get $13,500 …
The city of Billings, Mont., says it spent nearly $21,000 defending itself against a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg and his wife that alleged negligence by the city’s fire department in 2008 led to more damage after a …
A Bozeman, Mont., nurse who was fired after serving as a surrogate mother for a patient has settled her wrongful discharge lawsuit with Billings Clinic. Anicee Acosta-Yearick worked for Bozeman OB/GYN, which is owned by Billings Clinic, for 16 years …
A proposed settlement in the W.R. Grace and Co. bankruptcy case would pay $19.5 million into a trust for people sickened by asbestos exposure from the company’s now-shuttered vermiculite plant in Libby, Mont. Jon Heberling, the attorney representing the Libby …