Sweet Grass News

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Sweet Grass Port Director Larry Overcast was busy on the first day that stricter identification requirements were in place on the nation's entry points, but not because of long lines.

SWEET GRASS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection is upgrading vehicle lanes at the Sweet Grass Port crossings between now and April 30, and cautions travelers to expect short delays when crossing the border.

SHELBY - Mabel Suta, 78, a homemaker from Shelby, died of natural causes Thursday at a Shelby hospital.

A man remained in a Great Falls hospital Wednesday after he was shot in the eye with a pellet gun by another man Friday in Sweet Grass, according to the Toole County undersheriff.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents at Sweet Grass this week seized more than 5,300 marijuana pipes destined for California, Texas and Florida.

I had the opportunity to tour Sweet Grass Dairy in Thomasville, with about 40 members of the Friends and Faculty Club of Florida State University.

CASCELL - Daughter born Monday to Kelly and Rickey Cascell of Great Falls. GALLEA/DANSEREAU - Son born to Regina Gallea and Nathan Dansereau of Great Falls.

The rabies quarantine in Yellowstone County has been extended by 60 days after a second skunk tested positive for the disease.

SWEET GRASS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Sweet Grass port of entry arrested a 64-year-old Canadian man found hiding in the sleeper of a semi tractor on Thursday.

BILLINGS - A federal judge has rejected a proposal to sell the exclusive Yellowstone Club through an auction, saying the terms offered by the resort's owner appear to favor a single bidder.

The state Department of Livestock has placed Lewis and Clark County under a 60-day quarantine for rabies after a semi-feral cat in East Helena tested positive for the disease.

BILLINGS - Japan Air Lines says it has conducted a successful first test flight of a commercial airliner using the oilseed crop camelina.

Great Falls has a lot of strengths to build on, including a skilled work force, good health care system, strong schools and emerging energy business, economic development consultants told business and community ...

Friday, Jan. 2-3:06 a.m. - Officer at U.S. Customs in Sweet Grass reports they have a Canadian with half of a joint to see if we want to follow up on this.

The US Bureau of Land Management has approved an environmental impact statement and related documents that will permit coalbed methane drilling in southeastern Montana, the agency said Tuesday.

The quarterly oil and gas lease sale conducted by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation is scheduled for March 3 in Helena.

Friday, Dec. 12-1:29 a.m. - Male caller wants assistance in removing another male from his premises as the other male is scaring him.

A local legislator is eyeing changes to how the state goes about leasing its mineral rights after many of her constituents in the Bridger Canyon raised concern when leases there went to auction Tuesday.