KALISPELL - Bull trout numbers in northwest Montana's Swan River drainage have dropped to their lowest level in 17 years, as introduced lake trout appear to be outcompeting - and eating - their native cousins.
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MISSOULA - A 47-year-old Kalispell woman has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling more than $227,000 from two companies she did bookkeeping work for.
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GREAT FALLS - Authorities say a small plane made an emergency landing on Interstate 15 north of Craig, but no one was injured in the incident.
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The recent string of pleasant weather days is expected to continue this weekend.
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KALISPELL - A 47-year-old Kalispell woman who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $227,000 from two companies she did bookkeeping work for has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison.
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GREAT FALLS - An Oklahoma museum now owns the most comprehensive collection of items made, used or owned by renowned western artist Charlie Russell.
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In the dinosaur world, paleontologists are pretty protective of the species they've named.
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More than 112 million years after its death, a new dinosaur species' head has been lifted from the oblivion of a rock formation near Harlowton.
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HELENA - The head of the Montana State Hospital says he plans to retire in December after nine years of directing the facility in Warm Springs.
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A Canadian transmission company and an Irish wind developer said Friday that they are teaming up to pursue a central Montana power project that could result in at least $1 billion worth of new wind energy in the Great Falls area.
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HELENA - The law used to determine that Gov. Brian Schweitzer illegally appeared in a state-produced radio announcement while a candidate last year is unconstitutionally vague and should be thrown out, a lawyer for the governor argued Friday.
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BOZEMAN - Montana State University researchers are part of a team that plans to drill almost 3,000 feet into an Antarctic ice shelf over the next five years to study subglacial ecosystems.
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A Garryowen woman is one of four people scheduled to receive recognition for human rights activism today at ceremony in Washington, D.C.
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HELENA - The state is starting over on a $140 million effort to build new software to run Montana's health insurance program for the poor.
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With just seven votes, a write-in candidate will fill the last seat on the Broadview Commission. Donald Widhalm was elected Tuesday to a vacant seat with two years remaining on the term. Widhalm's race was separate from the election of three commissioners to full terms.
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HELENA - Property owners who have sought informal reviews or who filed formal appeals of their new property values must take one more step, the state Revenue Department said Friday.
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HELENA - A Washington, D.C., publication reported Friday that U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg met this week with Republican recruiters about a 2012 run for the Senate seat held by Democrat Jon Tester.
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One man is in a Billings hospital and another is in jail on suspicion of attempted deliberate homicide after a Thursday night stabbing in Powder River County.
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MISSOULA - Montana wildlife officials say a Missoula hunter shot and killed a male grizzly bear that he mistakenly thought was a black bear.
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades.
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