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  • Informational meeting planned for area irrigators
  • Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks will also be present to help answer 219 questions. A total of 310 permits through the conservation district will also be addressed. Local Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Officials will explain the ...
  • Sidney Herald
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  • 2/4/2012 6:00:57 PM
  • Bighorns difficult to capture on Wild Horse Island
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman John Fraley says officials would try to capture more on Saturday. This is the third year of the sheep capture operation and officials surmise the bighorns might have learned to hide in the trees.
  • KULR8
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  • 2/4/2012 1:57:34 PM
  • Bear stakes out den beneath Montana cabin
  • "So far, the bear is ahead in this game," Wing said. Jamie Jonkel, bear manager with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said it is not uncommon for bears to den under rural, seasonal homes. If wildlife sees an empty cabin in the woods ...
  • Billings Gazette
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  • 2/4/2012 1:28:56 PM
  • Bear stakes out den beneath Georgetown Lake cabin
  • "So far, the bear is ahead in this game," Wing said. Jamie Jonkel, bear manager with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said it is not uncommon for bears to den under rural, seasonal homes. If wildlife sees an empty cabin in the woods ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 2/4/2012 5:22:10 AM
  • Roy Yost, 68
  • Yost. Roy worked at the Berkeley Pit where he made many good friends. His enjoyments in life were his best friend “Grizz” (his dog), camping, fishing and stock car racing. He was preceded in death by his parents, parents-in-law, and his ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 2/3/2012 10:55:37 PM
  • Sheep flights extended into third day
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials hope to capture a total of 50 sheep, so the helicopter netting operation will continue today, said John Fraley, the agency’s spokesman in Kalispell. Helicopter operations continued only until 11 a.m. Friday ...
  • Daily Interlake
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  • 2/3/2012 9:08:15 PM
  • Hibernation digs
  • "So far, the bear is ahead in this game," Wing said. Jamie Jonkel, bear manager with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said it is not uncommon for bears to den under rural, seasonal homes. If wildlife sees an empty cabin in the woods ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 2/3/2012 8:32:27 PM
  • Rescue team looking for entangled whale off Hawaii
  • A humpback whale rescue team is looking for a whale off Hawaii that is caught in fishing lines. Jeff Walters, the marine mammal branch chief at the National Marine Fisheries Service, said Friday the gear could kill the whale. He says the lines are caught .
  • Montana Standard
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  • 2/3/2012 6:09:17 PM
  • Wounded Warriors ‘Whole Again’
  • The nonprofit, based in Florida, was established to help Iraq and Afghanistan veterans adjust to civilian life, stay connected to fellow veterans and enjoy temporary escapes, like a weekend on a Montana ranch or fly fishing in New York. Last week ...
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 2/3/2012 2:05:54 PM
  • Seattle theater opening play based on Montana author's book
  • Starting Tuesday, a repertory theater in Seattle opens a new play based on a novel from famed Montana author Ivan Doig The Book-It Repertory Theatre begins a month-long run of its adaptation of “Prairie Nocturne” on Feb. 7 that runs through ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 2/3/2012 1:44:26 PM
  • Raise, release program; planned for May 15
  • Under Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ (MFWP) Upland Game Bird Release Program, landowners who attempt to establish pheasant populations in suitable habitat can be reimbursed for raising and releasing pheasants. Landowners can apply if the land ...
  • The Western News
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  • 2/3/2012 10:09:41 AM
  • Judge rejects challenge on sage grouse listing
  • Judge B. Lynn Winmill on Thursday granted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's request to rule against two environmental groups in their lawsuit seeking increased protections for the bird. Western Watersheds Project and WildEarth Guardians had ...
  • KULR8
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  • 2/3/2012 8:58:06 AM
  • Montana included in Michael Foods egg recall
  • Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use in 34 states, including Montana. The eggs carry six brand names: Columbia Valley Farms, GFS, Glenview Farms, Papetti’s, Silverbrook ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 2/3/2012 8:29:28 AM
  • Northwest Montana’s wolf hunt closed
  • The order halting the hunt came after Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials received word that the pre-established harvest quota for wolves in the WMU had been met. For more information, visit FWP’s website at fwp.mt.gov click “Montana ...
  • Lake County Leader Advertiser
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  • 2/3/2012 6:42:06 AM
  • Montana Country Poets and Pickers gathering is this weekend in Chinook
  • More than 30 cowboy poets and musicians come together this weekend in Chinook for the 18th annual Montana Country Poets and Pickers Western Heritage Roundup. The event starts tonight at 7 at the Chinook High School Auditorium and continues on ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 2/3/2012 3:50:18 AM
  • Bighorns begin journey
  • “It’s a little slow right now but these operations can change pretty quickly,” said Bruce Sterling, a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist based out of Thompson Falls. “This is third straight year we’ve done this, so when they hear that ...
  • Daily Interlake
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  • 2/2/2012 6:24:47 PM
  • Whooping cranes guided by plane to stay in Ala.
  • Operation Migration is part of the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, a coalition of public and private groups that includes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Wisconsin
  • Montana Standard
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  • 2/2/2012 5:06:03 PM
  • Montana political practice nominees have partisan ties
  • HELENA — The four people nominated by state lawmakers to be the next commissioner over ethics and campaign complaints all have partisan ties. Legislative leaders on Thursday gave Gov. Brian Schweitzer four suggestions to replace former ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 2/2/2012 10:25:11 AM
  • MARK WARD: Great skiing conditions found around western Montana
  • Once winter arrived in Montana a couple of weeks ago ... teams are heading down to Hebgan Lake this weekend to ice fish a tournament, which is an official North American Ice Fishing Circuit event. The weekend begins Friday night with an ice ...
  • Missoulian
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  • 2/2/2012 6:57:36 AM
  • Montana State lands line strength, kickers
  • The Montana State Bobcats rolled the dice largely with high school players on National Signing Day, and here's the kicker: Well, actually here's two kickers. The Bobcats, with only 12 scholarships to offer and a strong nucleus returning from the ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 2/2/2012 3:51:29 AM
  • Lawrence Joseph Malyevac, 63
  • Larry attended St John’s Elementary School and graduated from Boys’ Central High School in 1967, attended Montana Tech ... He spent many weekends taking his kids fishing, camping, or golfing. With four children, there was always an adventure ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 2/1/2012 11:33:47 PM
  • Details Released in Billings Double Murder
  • BILLINGS - The suspect in the double homicide case made his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon, and more details are being released in the investigation that left two sisters dead. Twenty-year-old Andrew Denning faces two counts of ...
  • KULR8
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  • 2/1/2012 9:46:24 PM
  • City’s golf course project out for public comment
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is accepting comments before deciding whether to issue a permit for Kalispell’s riverbank stabilization project at Buffalo Hill Golf Course. The agency has issued a draft environmental assessment and is proposing to ...
  • Daily Interlake
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  • 2/1/2012 6:54:37 PM
  • Kathleen Marie Wichman
  • She came to Montana to attend nursing school at St. Joseph’s Hospital ... She also enjoyed hunting, fishing, and baseball. Kathleen is survived by her children, Eileen (David) Childers of Missoula, Allen Wichman of Anchorage, Alaska, Lois ...
  • Lewistown News-Argus
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  • 2/1/2012 10:04:54 AM
  • Frank G. Miller
  • He then went to work for the state of Montana in the Highway Department Core Drill Section ... He enjoyed many years hunting up White’s Gulch and fishing below Canyon Ferry Dam. Margaret always made him the best lunches (even peeling his ...
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/31/2012 11:20:39 PM
  • Bounty question lies in hands of ranchers
  • “There’s got to be an attitude change with Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and if nobody is willing to do it, Jefferson County is willing to represent Montana,” Wortman said ... he thinks that  people hunting, fishing and sight seeing should compensate ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/31/2012 10:16:14 PM
  • Wolf hunt closed in North Fork
  • Wolf Management Unit 110 had a quota for two wolves to be harvested by hunters with wolf permits. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced the closure Tuesday. Only one other wolf-hunting district in Northwest Montana has been closed. District 101 ...
  • Daily Interlake
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  • 1/31/2012 7:53:04 PM
  • ZooMontana Workers House Male Bears Together
  • Ozzy is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service and must be at an AZA-accredited facility. Zoo staff say they hope his relationship with Bruno will help their case to keep Ozzy at ZooMontana.
  • KULR8
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  • 1/31/2012 4:46:57 PM
  • Judge: State of Montana must release salary data
  • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge has ordered the Montana Department of Administration to release salary information for 14,000 state employees to a Bozeman-based think tank. Lee Newspapers of Montana reports District Judge Dorothy McCarter of ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/31/2012 12:43:34 PM
  • Guest Editorial: Separating myth from fact in FJRA
  • A prime example of this ongoing confusion about what wilderness designation does and doesn't do appeared as a commentary in the Jan. 2 Montana Standard. In that column, snowmobile club representatives from Dillon, Wisdom and Wise River rattled off a ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/31/2012 8:54:30 AM
  • Annual state-by-state scorecard finds challenges for Montana
  • According to the 2012 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard by the Corporation for Enterprise Development, 26.1 percent of Montana households are "asset poor," meaning they have little or no financial cushion to rely on in a financial crisis ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/31/2012 3:53:51 AM
  • Wolf, lion bounty proposed for Jefferson Co.
  • The problem is that mountain lions and gray wolves, which only recently were taken off the list of endangered species, are managed as game animals by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. That state agency sets quotas and hunting seasons.
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/31/2012 1:16:22 AM
  • Ranchers want bounty on predators
  • The problem is that mountain lions and gray wolves, which only recently were taken off of the list of endangered species — are managed as game animals by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. That state agency sets quotas and hunting seasons; and as their ...
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/30/2012 10:46:03 PM
  • Pakistani and Indian chefs compete on reality TV
  • Each of the three judges gave the team's meal a score out of 10. The judges loved the Iranian-inspired fish biryani cooked by the Pakistanis, their chicken kebab stuffed with figs, olives, bread and mango chutney, and their shahi tukda _ a dessert of fried
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/30/2012 10:38:53 PM
  • Suspect in northeastern Montana death makes court appearance
  • BILLINGS — A Florida man suspected in the death of a man whose body was found in a ditch in northeastern Montana has made an initial court appearance in North Dakota. Charles Bowman Bowen, 46, appeared Monday before District Judge David Nelson ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/30/2012 3:50:52 PM
  • Stockgrowers directors: Bison management a top issue
  • “Bison management, specifically in regards to the recent decision from Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) to translocate quarantined bison to Fort Peck and Fort Belknap tribes, as well as a decision to allow more tolerance ...
  • Lewistown News-Argus
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  • 1/30/2012 2:03:29 PM
  • Candidates must be eligible to run
  • Let our Montana Attorney General know that we expect him to insure that all candidates are eligible for at least federal or state elected positions in this 2012 election season. It is his duty and the duty of all state Attorneys General to seek ...
  • Lewistown News-Argus
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  • 1/30/2012 2:03:29 PM
  • FWP Announces Important Preseason Dates for Hunters
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wants to alert all hunters to important updates to the 2012 preseason calendar, especially new deadline and drawing dates. The biggest change this year is the deadline for residents and nonresidents to apply for deer and ..
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 1/30/2012 1:49:10 PM
  • Man arrested, 2 women dead in Montana apartment
  • BILLINGS — Police in Billings say a 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of two women were found in an apartment on the city’s west side over the weekend. Lt. Kevin Iffland says Andrew Scott Denning was ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/30/2012 10:07:16 AM
  • From Your Senator: Aquatic Invasive Species — Prevention is vital
  • Last week I audited an Aquatic Invasive Species Summit presented by Fish, Wildlife and Parks ... water quality and fisheries have been damaged in waters near Montana. The zebra mussel has the dubious distinction of “Priority 1” which ...
  • Lake County Leader Advertiser
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  • 1/30/2012 9:45:48 AM
  • The future of Montana broadband must be a priority
  • It is now a critical question for the Big Sky State as well. Here in Montana we enjoy wide open vistas, clean air, starry nights and vast areas of low population. It is the attraction of Montana but may also be our bane if we do not have access ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/30/2012 3:12:05 AM
  • Candidate's hand-painted signs depict all 56 Montana county courthouses
  • Jim O'Hara appears to be a small fish in a big pond among eight Republican candidates ... O'Hara's burst of fame will come in part because he is a fan of Montana's courthouses. O'Hara, who finishes up his second six-year term as a county ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/30/2012 3:12:05 AM
  • Raises, higher fees — it’s a wash
  • Taken alone, either piece of news recently from the Montana ... and fishing we must invest in the best and brightest management personnel. My retired friends and I chuckle that we spend one hundred times more on travel and equipment to fish ...
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/29/2012 10:04:17 PM
  • Preserving the Lower Valley
  • Jerry Brosten recalls fishing and exploring as a youngster along the lower Flathead ... wetlands and wildlife habitat adjacent to the Creston Fish Hatchery.
  • Daily Interlake
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  • 1/29/2012 6:58:10 PM
  • Airline eyes Montana flight connecting Billings and Helena
  • HELENA — An official with Florida-based Silver Airways Corp. says the airline is close to making a decision about offering flights between Helena and Billings. Vice President Mickey Bowman said the company is still examining the idea but ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/29/2012 1:43:12 PM
  • CSAs are keeping Montana produce in Montana
  • For the better part of a century, food production in Montana has dwindled continuously. According to USDA, in 1950, 70 percent of food grown in Montana stayed in Montana. By 2010, that number was less than 10 percent. Montana is the second ...
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/28/2012 11:17:03 PM
  • Beating the freeze
  • Brian Schweitzer — Commerce, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Labor and Industry and Revenue ... In simple terms, here’s how it works: Stoll’s division conducts a salary survey of various jobs in Montana and its four neighboring states every two years.
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/28/2012 10:55:35 PM
  • State workers: Despite pay freeze, some getting raises
  • Brian Schweitzer— Commerce, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Labor and Industry and Revenue ... In simple terms, here’s how it works: Stoll’s division conducts a salary survey of various jobs in Montana and its four neighboring states every two years.
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/28/2012 10:34:06 PM
  • Fresh ideas for family winter travel
  • The sport, said to have Scandinavian roots, holds its national finals in this small Montana town where you’ll also have ... cross-country skiing and winter fly fishing.
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/28/2012 10:34:06 PM
  • Forest jobs bill built on trust, strikes balance
  • Montana’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act (FJRA ... Why is this such a surprise? Loggers like to hunt and fish on the weekend as much as anyone. Wilderness wanderers need paychecks, too. We all need clean water. The fact is most of us make use of our ...
  • Daily Interlake
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  • 1/28/2012 7:13:40 PM
  • Stockgrowers board names bison management top priority
  • “Bison management, specifically in regards to the recent decision from Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) to translocate quarantined bison to Fort Peck and Fort Belknap tribes, as well as a decision to allow more tolerance ...
  • Sidney Herald
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  • 1/28/2012 6:02:05 PM
  • FSA reminds farmers, ranchers of important deadlines
  • USDA Montana Farm Service Agency Acting State Executive Director ... Honey Bees and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). In addition, March 15 is the 2012 sales closing deadline for the Non-Insured Crop ...
  • Sidney Herald
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  • 1/28/2012 6:02:05 PM
  • North Dakota Oil Field Workers Strain Law Enforcement in Montana
  • BILLINGS – As thousands of workers and their families move to North Dakota's Bakken oil field in search of jobs, nearby rural Montana communities' resources are being pushed to the limit. Housing, education and infrastructure are top government concerns re
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 1/28/2012 4:00:24 PM
  • Montana State to tear down 'Monopoly houses'
  • BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana State University plans to tear down about 55 so-called “Monopoly houses” that for decades housed students. School spokesman Tom Stump said the tiny bungalows along West College Street are wearing out and most are ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/28/2012 2:34:30 PM
  • Florida man being extradited to Montana from ND
  • Montana authorities say a Florida man has been arrested in North Dakota and is being extradited to Montana to face a negligent homicide charge in the death of another Florida man. Roosevelt County Sheriff Freedom Crawford says police took 46 ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/28/2012 10:59:45 AM
  • Wolf hunt remains open in Region One
  • Kent Laudon, wolf biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said that this is just the second season wolves have been hunted in Montana. In 2009, wolves were delisted from the federal Endangered Species List, marking the first regulated ...
  • Lake County Leader Advertiser
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  • 1/28/2012 9:33:51 AM
  • Japan, Russia to boost ties despite islands row
  • The islands are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and are believed to have oil, natural gas and mineral deposits. "Resolving this problem and concluding a peace treaty is more necessary than ever," Gemba said. "But unfortunately ... our positions are diff
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/28/2012 1:48:34 AM
  • Bighorn killed west of Anaconda, but was it by a coyote or a wolf?
  • ANACONDA — A bighorn lamb killed last week west of Anaconda was the work of a coyote, and not a wolf, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks ... Gunderson spent the morning ice fishing at Georgetown Lake when he got a call ...
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/27/2012 10:56:46 PM
  • Harvey Hannah, 77
  • Stateside the family lived in Texas, Wyoming, Montana, Kentucky, Florida, Texas and back to Montana. Golf was the sport he loved to hate, fishing was his passion and storytelling was his forte. He became an accomplished sculptor and eventually ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/27/2012 10:49:36 PM
  • Sheep killed west of Anaconda
  • ANACONDA — A bighorn lamb killed last week west of Anaconda was the work of a coyote, and not a wolf, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks ... Gunderson spent the morning ice fishing at Georgetown Lake when he got a call ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/27/2012 9:52:20 PM
  • Reynolds Resigns as Lake County Undersheriff Amid Investigation
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has an ongoing poaching investigation involving law enforcement officers in Lake County, while POST has multiple ethics investigations open that could lead to some officers losing their law certification, including Lake ...
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 1/27/2012 2:57:09 PM
  • Reynolds Resigns as Lake County Undersheriff
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has an ongoing poaching investigation involving law enforcement officers in Lake County, while POST has multiple ethics investigations open that could lead to some officers losing their law certification, including Lake ...
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 1/27/2012 1:16:56 PM
  • Tornado-damaged Montana flag returned to MetraPark
  • BILLINGS — Two Montana Army National Guard soldiers and the Breakfast Exchange Club of Billings made it their mission to return a Montana state flag damaged in a June 2010 tornado to MetraPark, where it had flown. Staff Sgt. Jacob Lindau said ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/27/2012 8:59:15 AM
  • Montana Ranks 8th for Business Climate Tax Index, Report Says
  • Montana ranks No. 8 for its tax climate for business – dropping a notch from seventh place in 2011 – according to a 2012 report released Wednesday by an organization that monitors fiscal policies. Wyoming ranked No. 1, according to the eighth edition ...
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 1/27/2012 6:28:55 AM
  • Bill not inclusive
  • Nearly all of the land will still be available for hiking, fishing, hunting, and other recreation, while creating jobs in the U.S. and here in Montana. Producing these minerals here at home will help out our balance of trade, too.  We have huge areas of ..
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/26/2012 10:36:28 PM
  • Ice fishing at Peterson Lake
  • In the background is fellow fifth-grader Kalea Quinby. The students were part of a group of about 55 fourth- and fifth-graders from Smith Valley participating in the Hooked on Fishing program put on by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
  • Daily Interlake
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  • 1/26/2012 8:13:18 PM
  • Tester racks up another $1.1 million in donations for Montana Senate race
  • HELENA — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is reporting that he raised another $1.1 million in the final three months of 2011 for his re-election campaign against Republican U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg. Tester reported closing out 2011 with $3.8 million on ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/26/2012 10:04:51 AM
  • Tim Hauck sets his hook with the Browns
  • "I did fish a bunch in 2002," allowed the Big Sky Conference's top defender in 1988-89. "But my second hiatus from football, I got more fishing in." Around the holidays Hauck's phone rang again, but the caller wasn't who he expected. He figured ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/26/2012 8:53:16 AM
  • Kristy Reynolds, 41
  • Kristy had a green thumb for growing plants. She enjoyed watching and having the company of her two cats and fish. She liked to go for rides in the country and relax by the lakes. As she peacefully went to sleep, Kristy joined the angels who she ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/26/2012 8:24:38 AM
  • NeighborWorks Montana aims to replace old mobile homes
  • The group will discuss plans for a spring cleanup in Sun Prairie. Residents are invited to attend. NeighborWorks Montana, a group that works to revitalize declining neighborhoods and provide affordable housing, launched an initiative Wednesday ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/26/2012 5:11:22 AM
  • Wolf hunt strategy
  • NEW GAME SPECIES Montana is in its second wolf hunt in state history. Biologists with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks have said that most of the wolf kills would come during the rifle season for deer and elk, when thousands of ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/26/2012 4:35:34 AM
  • Outdoors calendar Jan. 26
  • On Jan. 28, join the Wild Divide Chapter of the Montana Wilderness Association for a Wilderness ... On Jan. 28, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Western Bar in Augusta will sponsor an ice fishing derby at Willow Creek Reservoir. Entry fee is $15 ...
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/26/2012 1:07:59 AM
  • Hatred of predators reaches ridiculous fervor
  • In 1992, three years before wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks official estimate of the elk herd was 89,000 elk in Montana. Today we have a statewide estimate of ...
  • Montana Standard
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  • 1/25/2012 10:37:40 PM
  • Researcher gets glimpse of mountain plovers' flight south from Montana
  • BILLINGS - Tiny backpacks carried by mountain plovers that nest in northeastern Montana have given researchers their first ... Despite petitioning by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided in May that the birds were not ...
  • Missoulian
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  • 1/25/2012 7:31:33 PM
  • Power restored in much of northcentral Montana
  • Northwestern Energy said power is restored in most areas of the region. However, it was an interesting day in northcentral Montana. High winds forced Showdown Montana ski resort to close Wednesday as winds battered the region. Showdown Montana ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/25/2012 3:06:41 PM
  • Victim of Montana snowmobile accident identified
  • HELENA — Lewis and Clark County officials have released the name of a 27-year-old Helena man who died in a snowmobile accident about 24 miles northeast of Helena. Coroner Mickey Nelson told the Independent Record (http://bit.ly/A8irtE) on ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/25/2012 2:45:13 PM
  • Montana FWP flunks Economics 101; looks for a bailout
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is reported to be running out of money because of decreased hunting license purchases and is considering asking the Legislature for license fee increases. This is the first obvious symptom of something known as agency ...
  • Havre Daily News
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  • 1/25/2012 1:40:47 PM
  • Montana FWP employees getting raises
  • HELENA — Three top Fish, Wildlife and Parks employees recently received annual raises of more than $10,000 as the agency tries to make wages more competitive with similar jobs in surrounding states. 650 of the agency’s 700 employees received ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/25/2012 11:10:28 AM
  • Grant aims to help absent Montana soldiers vote
  • HELENA — The Montana Secretary of State says a new $160,000 federal grant will be used to help absent soldiers vote. Chief elections officer Linda McCulloch says the money comes from the Federal Voting Assistance Program and will be used to ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/25/2012 7:57:11 AM
  • Montana’s Political Courage
  • In one of the first initiatives Montana voters passed, the 100-year-old Corrupt Practices Act prohibits direct corporate campaign contributions. Montana’s state and local elections are still transparent by mandated disclosure laws. The U.S. Constitution ..
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 1/25/2012 6:31:17 AM
  • Some Montana FWP employees get steep pay raises
  • HELENA - Three top Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are among a handful ... as well as of other state government jobs, showed that Montana state salaries overall are 11 percent below the competitive market in the Dakotas, Idaho and Wyoming.
  • Missoulian
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  • 1/25/2012 5:05:24 AM
  • Some Montana FWP employees get steep raises
  • HELENA - Three top Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are among a handful ... as well as of other state government jobs, showed that Montana state salaries overall are 11 percent below the competitive market in the Dakotas, Idaho and Wyoming.
  • Missoulian
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  • 1/24/2012 8:22:50 PM
  • Montana PSC seeks to intervene in Southern bankruptcy
  • BILLINGS — Montana utility regulators sought to intervene in the bankruptcy case of a troubled power cooperative on Tuesday, saying the state’s participation could help shield consumers served by other utilities from any potential spillover effects.
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/24/2012 12:37:33 PM
  • North American Bat Death Toll Exceeds 5.5 Million
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists estimate that at least ... Fortunately WNS has not been found in Montana yet, an agency spokesperson told me on Tuesday. Here’s more from the agency’s release: Bats with WNS exhibit unusual behavior during ...
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 1/24/2012 10:43:01 AM
  • Western Montana residents charged with DUI, endangerment
  • MISSOULA — Two Missoula residents face charges for driving under the influence and endangering children in the vehicles with them. Jana Lorenz, 45, is charged with two counts of felony criminal endangerment, misdemeanor DUI after her car ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/24/2012 7:51:13 AM
  • Judge rules federal law trumps Montana's medical marijuana act
  • HELENA — A judge has ruled that Montana's medical marijuana law doesn't shield providers of the drug from federal prosecution, delivering a new blow to an industry reeling from a state and federal crackdown. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/24/2012 3:26:22 AM
  • Elk-brucellosis group set to meet
  • A group of 12 men with diverse backgrounds will explore options and discuss possible changes to Montana’s elk management plan for ... as well as on the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 3 Citizen Advisory Council. “In the past, the talk has always ...
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/23/2012 10:18:33 PM
  • Kalispell welcomes phased-in pollution standards
  • Developed as part of the Clean Water Act, Montana’s new standards are for phosphorus and nitrogen. At high enough concentrations, the naturally occurring nutrients can cause algae blooms harmful to fish and other water life. Montana pushed for the phased .
  • Daily Interlake
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  • 1/23/2012 6:50:58 PM
  • Hunter Ed class offered in time to meet March 15 permit deadline
  • The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks is offering a special hunter education course geared to allow graduates to meet the new March 15 application deadline for special deer and elk permits. This class is open to anyone but the class size limited
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/23/2012 1:43:10 PM
  • Montana farmers, ranchers sue accounting firm over investment advice
  • HELENA - A Montana accounting firm is facing lawsuits from six current or former farm and ranch owners who say they lost millions of dollars in real estate investments the firm advised them to make. The Independent Record reports the lawsuits were filed ..
  • Missoulian
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  • 1/23/2012 11:20:00 AM
  • Foot of snow, humor lead to Montana Facebook phenomenon
  • MISSOULA — A foot of snow, some Montana humor and the power of social networking have combined to create a new phenomenon called “frosting.” Frosting involves taking a photo of yourself in the snow pretending the weather is nice.
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/23/2012 10:58:31 AM
  • Montana accounting firm sued over investment advice
  • HELENA — A Montana accounting firm is facing lawsuits from six current or former farm and ranch owners who say they lost millions of dollars in real estate investments the firm advised them to make. The lawsuits were filed between July 2009 ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/23/2012 9:18:18 AM
  • Ranch Wife Diaries
  • I remembered reading her memoir, “Breaking Clean,” in your Montana Literature class ... I don’t need to be a big fish in any pond to be happy doing what I love and writing about it so a few people in Lewistown might read my articles.
  • Lewistown News-Argus
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  • 1/23/2012 8:56:50 AM
  • Montana man pleads guilty to eagle crime in SD
  • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Montana man has pleaded guilty to illegally selling ... wings and a tail to another person in June 2010 near Spearfish. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigated.
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/23/2012 6:47:59 AM
  • Montana's wildlife policies raise ethical question
  • Montana is looking to recreational hunters for help in enforcing ... management mercenaries whose actions could give hunting a black eye? That's the concern of Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioner Ron Moody, who recently questioned whether the agency's ..
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/22/2012 10:34:04 PM
  • Montana's wildlife policies raise ethical question
  • Montana is looking to recreational hunters for help in enforcing ... management mercenaries whose actions could give hunting a black eye? That's the concern of Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioner Ron Moody, who recently questioned whether the agency's ..
  • Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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  • 1/22/2012 5:11:56 PM
  • Dakotas, Montana counties eligible for SBA loans
  • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Small Business Association says small, nonfarm businesses in 22 North Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Montana and South Dakota are eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans. The SBA’s Alfred Judd ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/22/2012 4:14:40 PM
  • Montana's wildlife policies raise ethical question
  • HELENA (AP) — Montana is looking to hunters for help in enforcing more of its wildlife management policies. But one regulator worries they are being asked to cross an ethical line in doing so. Fish, Wildlife and Parks already uses hunters to ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/22/2012 2:27:18 PM
  • Montana, Dakotas counties eligible for low-interest disaster loans
  • BISMARCK, N.D. - The Small Business Association says small, nonfarm businesses in 22 North Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Montana and South Dakota are eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans. The SBA's Alfred Judd says the loans ...
  • Missoulian
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  • 1/22/2012 10:45:23 AM
  • Montana's wildlife policies raise ethical question over bison hunting
  • HELENA — Montana is looking to hunters for help in enforcing more of its wildlife management policies. But one regulator worries they are being asked to cross an ethical line in doing so. Fish, Wildlife and Parks already uses hunters to keep the wolf ...
  • Billings Gazette
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  • 1/22/2012 10:31:04 AM
  • Montana's wildlife policies raise ethical question
  • (AP) — Montana is looking to hunters for help in enforcing more of its wildlife management policies. But one regulator worries they are being asked to cross an ethical line in doing so. Fish, Wildlife and Parks already uses hunters to keep the ...
  • KULR8
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  • 1/22/2012 8:58:01 AM
  • FWP May Raise Fees to Help Lagging Revenues
  • BILLINGS — Montana hunters and anglers, including senior citizens and youngsters who now receive licenses at a discount, could pay higher fees in the future as officials discuss ways to increase funding for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Park
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 1/21/2012 2:21:19 PM
  • Montana officials propose plan to kill more lions
  • The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission has given preliminary approval to increase the number of mountain lion permits from 20 to 30 in the West Fork Bitterroot region in western Montana. The Ravalli Republic reports (http://bit.ly/yTe8Zx ...
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/21/2012 2:14:10 PM
  • Montana officials propose plan to kill more lions
  • Story Updated: Jan 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM MST HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission has given preliminary approval to increase the number of mountain lion permits from 20 to 30 in the West Fork Bitterroot region ...
  • KULR8
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  • 1/21/2012 1:59:51 PM
  • Bighorn sheep reintroduction plan rejected
  • Story Updated: Jan 21, 2012 at 10:00 AM MST HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission has voted to reject a plan to reintroduce bighorn sheep to historic range in the Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park ...
  • KULR8
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  • 1/21/2012 8:59:12 AM
  • Canadian on Montana's death row seeks clemency
  • HELENA — A Canadian awaiting execution in Montana for killing two men in 1982 has filed clemency request that he hopes will ultimately lead to pardon. Ronald A. Smith of Red Deer, Alberta, filed the request Wednesday with the Montana Board of ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/21/2012 3:15:36 AM
  • Montana avalanche warnings continued
  • HELENA (AP) — Backcountry avalanche warnings were continued Friday for the mountains of west-central Montana and in the area north of Yellowstone National Park. The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center said the avalanche danger was high ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/20/2012 1:53:53 PM
  • Montana regents approve hiring of new commissioner
  • The state Board of Regents voted unanimously to hire its former chairman, Clay Christian, as the new commissioner of higher education for Montana. Christian, a Missoula businessman, will take over on March 1 with a two-year contract and an ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/20/2012 10:47:46 AM
  • AG’s office looks into Lake County
  • “We have some follow-up work to do; we really don’t have a time frame.” These investigations are not related to the ongoing Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks investigation into potential game violations involving law enforcement officers in Lake Count
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  • 1/20/2012 7:41:39 AM
  • Among Other Things: Sasquatch name game
  • You may remember the one about Montana. Others pertained to Washington ... With the dog in the Center of the stream helping Sasquatch Dodge the big fish, Perry pulled the strange Bodie onto a Warm Beach. “Wow,” the detective said with ...
  • Lake County Leader Advertiser
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  • 1/20/2012 7:41:39 AM
  • Montana powder day: Skiers love it, drivers hate it
  • Snow piled up around Great Falls, Helena and much of northcentral Montana on Thursday as a winter storm accompanied by subzero temperatures continued to hammer much of the Rocky Mountain West. Motorists in Great Falls were having a hard time ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/20/2012 3:52:35 AM
  • Release Act a bad bill
  • but what it really does is open Montana’s 6.4 million acres of national forest roadless areas to industrial interests. The legislation does nothing to increase sportsmen’s access. I know from my own long hunting and fishing experience that national ...
  • Independent Record
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  • 1/19/2012 10:59:05 PM
  • Montana FWP considers using hunters to kill stray bison
  • HELENA — Montana wildlife commissioners have given tentative approval ... where 68 Yellowstone bison have been approved for relocation. Fish, Wildlife and Parks director Joe Maurier says the proposal comes as officials seek increased tolerance ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/19/2012 1:40:45 PM
  • Montana parade organizer pleads guilty to DUI
  • BUTTE — The longtime director of Butte Celebrations, which organizes the city’s St. Patrick’s Day and Fourth of July parades, has pleaded guilty to felony driving under the influence. Mollie Kirk, 61, pleaded guilty to her fourth DUI on ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/19/2012 1:33:35 PM
  • Pair sentenced in Western Montana arson, vandalism spree
  • HAMILTON — Two Hamilton residents charged in an arson and vandalism spree that caused more than $100,000 in damage have been sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections. Micah Brown, 19, was sentenced Wednesday to five years with ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/19/2012 12:07:41 PM
  • Montana kidnapping suspect said he was going to Texas
  • GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — One of the suspects in the alleged kidnapping of a Montana teacher now presumed dead received court permission to leave Colorado just two days before the woman disappeared. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports 22 ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/19/2012 10:06:00 AM
  • Romancing the Stone
  • But before returning to duty, he planned a fishing trip. It rained nonstop that day and the ... The Grosses bought a mining claim on a piece of land in Southwest Montana and Gross became a “rock hound.” “It was strictly a mom and pop operation ...
  • Flathead Beacon
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  • 1/19/2012 6:02:37 AM
  • Authorities seek extradition of suspects in missing Montana teacher case
  • BILLINGS — With Sherry Arnold's body still missing and no indication of a possible motive in the case, authorities on Wednesday started extradition procedures against two men held in North Dakota in the kidnapping of the Montana teacher now ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/19/2012 3:53:46 AM
  • Reward offered after shot fired at Montana train window
  • The Independent Record (http://bit.ly/300hsn) reports Montana Rail Link is putting up the reward as police continue to investigate the Jan. 2 incident. Police Chief Troy McGee has said dispatchers received a call at 10 p.m. reporting the blast ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/18/2012 9:34:23 PM
  • Montana authorities seek extradition in kidnapping
  • BILLINGS — Authorities on Wednesday started extradition procedures against two men held in North Dakota in the kidnapping of a Montana teacher who is presumed dead. Richland County Attorney Mike Weber said he expects a hearing within the next ...
  • Great Falls Tribune
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  • 1/18/2012 12:51:49 PM

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