Havre News

Leaders of the Montana University System issued new policies Friday for handling claims of sexual assault, the latest development in a controversy that has led to a federal investigation into whether a college botched its response to rape reports made by female students.

HAVRE, Mont. -- The university system moved forward Friday with a new policy for handling sexual assaults in the wake of an investigation at the University of Montana, hoping to ensure that all the state's campuses comply with federal and state gender equity laws.

Two north-central Montana medical marijuana providers who had 2010 drug charges thrown out because an undercover officer used a fake medical marijuana card during the investigation face new charges after their arrests last month.