Montana News

Montana has one of the highest cremation rates in the country. But within the state, western and eastern Montanans look at it differently.

HELENA - The Montana Democratic Party has a new executive director. David Benson, a veteran of political campaigns in South Dakota and Minnesota, took over the job in mid-October. He replaces Art Noonan, who resigned last summer.

Two Montanans testified Thursday at a Veterans' Affairs hearing chaired by Senator Jon Tester to improve health care for American Indian veterans.

Most of our reports about the H1N1 flu shot clinics have been at health departments, schools and other public locations, but you might be surprised to hear where some of the shots are going.

Unofficial election results are in for some Southwest Montana counties. In Dillon, incumbent Mayor Marty Malesich came out the winner with 443 votes.

Tuesday's Election Day and voters across Western Montana are getting ready to make some critical decisions.

BOZEMAN - Commissioners in Beaverhead and Madison counties were surprised this week when U.S. Sen.

The state Board of Regents reached an employment contract with the new Montana State University president that calls for a $280,000 annual salary, plus benefits, the state Board of Regents said Friday.

Two Bozeman men have been arrested on probation violations after police said they tried to pawn a truckload of stolen items to bail a friend out of jail.

An attorney says a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a con artist who attempted to take over a Montana jail, after the man failed to show up for a court hearing in California.

A Boston-based investment firm has agreed to pay $1.3 million in restitution to Montana investors for a Ponzi scheme run by an independent broker in Kalispell.

Montana this month issued its first license for an industrial hemp-growing operation to a woman who said she wants to develop a domestic market for the plant despite federal law barring its cultivation.

HELENA - The Montana Human Rights Bureau is dismissing a complaint of discrimination against Native American inmates at the private Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby.

Climate change is here. It's already influencing economic decisions and conditions across the world.

HELENA - Montana is redesigning its basic license plate design for the first time in five years, and is looking at a retro-inspired design that harkens back to the plates of the 1970s and earlier.

Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment: BANK FRAUD-SENTENCE Former Montana bank executive sentenced for fraud BILLINGS, Mont.

Jason Christ lit a bowl of homegrown marijuana outside the Great Falls Civic Center, not worried that the police station was right around the corner.

Traffic moves south on U.S. Highway 93 around Flathead Lake. Photo by Lido Vizzutti of the Flathead Beacon .

Greater health resources are now available to rural Montanans through a new website.

This is quite a time to be taking over an economic development group in Northwest Montana.