HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana lawmaker says that convicts should be allowed to escape prison time if they instead agree to the "infliction of physical pain." Republican Rep. Jerry O'Neil is drafting a bill that would allow those convicted of misdemeanors or felonies to negotiate corporal punishment instead of another sentence
A February fishing fun day has been set at Lake Frances to raise money for the Valier volunteer fire department.
The Lake Frances Fishing Gathering will occur all day Feb. 16 at the reservoir next to Valier
Montana Governor Steve Bullock will deliver his first State of the State address tomorrow (Wednesday) evening. We'll carry live coverage of the address on KZIN followed by Republican response. Tune in
(Information in the following story is from: Billings Gazette, http://www.billingsgazette.com)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — State prosecutors have filed a negligent homicide charge against a Malta teenager for the October 2010 shooting death of a 16-year-old hunting companion
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Republican chairman of a special committee charged with fixing the beleaguered state pension systems wants to take new employees out of the system.
Sen. Dave Lewis of Helena told his colleagues Tuesday that the pension system is fatally flawed and needs to be shut down by not allowing more employees to join
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Cenex Harvest States Inc. has been fined $500,000 after pleading guilty to acriminal charge for not properly reporting the extent a chemical release during a fire at its milk co-op in
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A pawned ukulele was instrumental in the arrest of a Missoula man suspected in three home burglaries over the past six weeks. The Missoulian reports 57-year-old John Jesse O'Shea is jailed on $50,000 bail after being charged with two counts of burglary and one count of theft
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Crow Tribe is expected to sign an agreement today giving a Wyoming mining company rights to lease an estimated 1.4 billion tons of coal beneath the tribe's southeastern Montana reservation
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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — After seven public meetings across Washington about a proposed coal export terminal near Bellingham, more than 14,000 comments have been collected
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a body found near Shepherd may be that of an Illinois man kidnapped from a Billings hotel room
STOCKETT FATAL
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a woman died in a rollover crash near Stockett southeast of Great Falls