Townsend News

U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg said Tuesday he is still evaluating a plan from Sen. Jon Tester that aims to both expand wilderness and increase logging in Montana.

On July 17, I went to R-Y Timber Company in Townsend, Montana, and to stand in the sweltering heat and watch sweat pour off Senator Jon Tester .

Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg is inviting area residents in Southwest Montana to share their thoughts during a series of public listening sessions to be held Tuesday and Wednesday.

Veteran Flight Instructor Sparky Imeson was killed in a plane crash back in March of this year and on Wednesday, additional information about the investigation into the accident was released.

TOWNSEND - Kenneth L. Sofil, 75, a decorated Army veteran, died of lung cancer Sunday at the Fort Harrison hospital.

Great Falls Development Authority officials laid out a strategic plan at their annual investors' luncheon, which included goals, roadblocks and ways to overcome those roadblocks.

A Butte-Silver Bow Council member says he has the votes to stop the Mountain States Transmission Intertie or MSTI power line proposal in the county.

Tonbridge Power Inc. announced Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with wind power developer Gaelectric North America Inc.

BOZEMAN - Record-low temperatures in southwestern Montana are threatening to destroy at least a portion of this season's crop of seed potatoes.

In the summer of 1845 the steamboat Antelope was chugging up the Missouri River out of St.

A 72-year-old Townsend man died in a Friday evening crash on Highway 12. The man died after losing control of his vehicle while trying to avoid another vehicle that had slowed to pull off Highway 12 between Avon and Garrison, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.

MISSOULA - The Montana Highway Patrol says two people were killed in highway crashes over the weekend.

Jason Howard Gillett, 35, of Great Falls and Bellevue, Neb.,, who served as an Air Force tech sergeant until receiving a medical discharge in 2006, died of cancer Sept.

Walter Breuning didn't get blubbery about it, but the world's oldest living man appeared touched by two honors presented to him Thursday by railroad officials in Great Falls.

Congressman Denny Rehberg will be back on the road next week ready to hear more ideas from Montanans on the contentious health care issue.

Public comment is sought on proposed fishing regulation changes for 2010, including a requirement for artificial lures only in the Fish Creek drainage.

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Authorities say a yearling black bear who broke into a trash bin near Townsend in search of food has been shot and killed.

U.S. Senator Jon Tester's new Forest Bill seemingly aims to please everyone, and The News Station's Kay Rossi was in Townsend as Tester unveiled his plan for Montana's forests.

TOWNSEND - Standing with loggers, outfitters, conservationists, hunters and fishermen who spent years working together on a plan for Montana's forests, Sen.