Montana News
Little demand for swine flu vaccines in Bozeman
BOZEMAN — Gallatin County health officials are stumped as to why there was so little demand for swine flu shots at a recent clinic.
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Montana unemployment rate drops
HELENA — Montana's Labor Department says the state unemployment rate dropped to 6.4 percent in October, down from 6.7 percent a month earlier.
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Lame Deer man identified in fatal wreck
Rosebud County Sheriff and Coroner Randy Allies today identified the victim of a fatal accident Wednesday night as Larold Gene Little Bird Jr., 19, of Lame Deer.
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Montana Western professor honored by Carnegie Foundation
DILLON — Montana Western environmental sciences professor Rob Thomas has received a national award for his work in implementing a block scheduling system at the school.
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19 take oath of citizenship in Great Falls
GREAT FALLS - Nineteen people from Estonia, Germany, Australia, Brazil and seven other countries have taken the oath of U.S. citizenship during a naturalization ceremony in Great Falls.
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Missoula helps blind woman get dental work
MISSOULA - Two weeks ago, 33-year-old Heather Stone was raking leaves to raise enough money for her first trip to a dentist in 12 years.
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Survey suggests improving economy in Plains
OMAHA, Neb. - For the third straight month, a survey of rural bankers in the Midwest and Plains suggests the weak economic conditions are strengthening, if slowly.
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Idaho extends wolf hunt 3 more months
BOISE, Idaho - Hunters will have three more months to hunt wolves in Idaho.
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Bull kills Stevensville rancher
MISSOULA - Authorities say a 78-year-old Stevensville rancher was killed by a bull he was trying to load into a trailer.
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Bozeman snowstorm buried snow haulers
BOZEMAN - Bozeman officials say the city hauled more snow out of town after a storm earlier this month than it did over the entire course of last winter.
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Jefferson County restores roads chief salary
BOULDER — In divided votes, Jefferson County administrators agreed Tuesday to restore the full salary of the road department manager and agreed to expunge an unrelated reprimand from his personnel file, all while the county sheriff’s office continues to investigate allegations of empl…
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Senate OKs Tester veterans bill
HELENA — A bill written by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., passed the Senate on a unanimous vote Thursday, keeping what he described as America’s promises to its veterans, particularly those living in rural America.
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Businesses fight health proposals
HELENA — Two of Montana’s main business lobbies are taking aim at health care reform before Congress, saying it could drive up costs for businesses by increasing taxes or insurance costs.
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Patience leads to 2nd place in wildlife photo contest
HELENA — Kenton Rowe’s fortune as a wildlife photographer changed in less than a second — the amount of time it takes for a shutter to open and close.
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Deer Lodge man died in camp accident
ANACONDA — The mother of a Deer Lodge man who died in a hunting accident said her son slipped and fell while carrying his rifle and the gun discharged, shooting him in the back of the head. James Boice died Sunday at a campground southeast of Deer Lodge.
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Drowned students had no drugs in system
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Town’s long search for dog pays off
Truck driver Brandi Baker’s quick stop for fuel in Miles City last summer turned into a disaster when Shy, her pug-rat terrier mix, ran off after being attacked by another dog.
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Group criticizes Montana tax system as regressive
HELENA — Montana low-and middle-income families pay a larger share of their income in state and local taxes, on average, than do the state’s richest households, a new national study concludes.
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Child killed in fall from farm tractor
STEVENSVILLE — Authorities in Ravalli County say a 5-year-old boy died after falling from a moving farm tractor near Stevensville.
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Montana’s Children: Healthy, but Poor, Study Shows
HELENA — First, the good news, and there’s a lot of it:
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