Today: September 08, 2024
Today: September 08, 2024

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News|Opinion

Montana becomes eighth state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights

Montana has become the eighth state in which voters will decide this year whether they want to legally protect the right to an abortion

Montana becomes eighth state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights
Election|News|Political

Montana Supreme Court allows signatures of inactive voters to count on ballot petitions

Montana's Supreme Court is allowing the signatures of inactive voters to count on petitions seeking to qualify constitutional initiatives for the November ballot, including one to protect abortion rights

Election|Health|Political

Abortion rights supporters report having enough signatures to qualify for Montana ballot

An initiative to ask voters if they want to protect the right to a pre-viability abortion in Montana's constitution has enough signatures to appear on the November ballot, abortion rights supporters say

Food|Science

Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans

The Downtown Aquarium in Denver has a new resident — a rare orange lobster that was rescued from a shipment of crustaceans delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado

Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans
News|Opinion|Political

Montana judge: Signatures of inactive voters count for initiatives, including 1 to protect abortion

A Montana judge says the Secretary of State's Office was wrong to change the rules governing whose signatures should count on petitions for constitutional initiatives, including one to protect abortion rights

News|Political

Lawsuit filed after Montana's secretary of state changed signature rules for citizen initiatives

Two organizations that gathered voter signatures to qualify proposed constitutional amendments for the Montana ballot have filed a lawsuit alleging that the secretary of state changed the rules about whose signatures may be accepted after the signatures were gathered and while county election officials were verifying them

Health|News|Political

Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors

A Montana state judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors

Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
Environment|News|Opinion

Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills Lakota prophecy

The reported birth of a rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times

Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills Lakota prophecy
Business|News|Political|Sports

Montana minor league baseball team in dispute with National Park Service over arrowhead logo

A minor league baseball team in Montana is calling out the U.S. Department of Interior for “unwarranted and relentless” trademark claims in a battle over the use of an arrowhead logo

Montana minor league baseball team in dispute with National Park Service over arrowhead logo
Economy|News

A vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed Monday

The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana

A vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed Monday
News|Political

Oath Keeper's son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in long shot election bid

The eldest son of one of America's most infamous seditionists is building a new life since breaking from his father's control

Oath Keeper's son emerges from traumatic childhood to tell his own story in long shot election bid
News

Small-town Colorado newspapers stolen after running story about rape charges at police chief's house

Nearly all the copies of a small-town Colorado newspaper were stolen from newspaper racks on the same day the Ouray County Plaindealer published a story about charges being filed over rapes alleged to have occurred at an underage drinking party at the police chief's house while the chief was asleep

Small-town Colorado newspapers stolen after running story about rape charges at police chief's house
Entertainment|News

'You are the father!' Maury Povich declares to Denver Zoo orangutan

Initially unsure of which orangutan was the father of a new baby primate, the Denver Zoo decided to have a little fun with the results and turned to former daytime talk show host Maury Povich

'You are the father!' Maury Povich declares to Denver Zoo orangutan
News

YouTube mom who gave parenting advice, Ruby Franke, pleads guilty in child abuse case

A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called “8 Passengers” has pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse for physically and emotionally abusing two of her children

YouTube mom who gave parenting advice, Ruby Franke, pleads guilty in child abuse case
Business|Environment|News

Wildlife conservation groups sue over lack of plan for railroad to reduce grizzly deaths in Montana

Two wildlife conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway over delays in finalizing a plan to reduce the number of federally protected grizzly bears that are killed by trains in northwestern Montana and northern Idaho

Wildlife conservation groups sue over lack of plan for railroad to reduce grizzly deaths in Montana
Business|Environment|News

Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium prices

The owner of two a south-central Montana precious metals mines is stopping work on an expansion project and laying off about 100 workers because the price of palladium fell sharply in the past year

Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium prices
Economy|News

Dog who survived 72 days in mountains after owner's death is regaining weight, back on hiking trails

A dog who survived more than 10 weeks by her owner who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains has regained weight and is back on the trails

Dog who survived 72 days in mountains after owner's death is regaining weight, back on hiking trails
Environment|News

1st major storm of the season drops up to a foot of snow in Montana

The first major snowstorm of the season dropped up to a foot of snow in the Helena, Montana, area, sending an army of snowplows out on the roads

1st major storm of the season drops up to a foot of snow in Montana
Environment|News

First major snowstorm of the season hitting the northern Rockies after a warm fall

The first major snowstorm of the season is expected to hit the northern Cascades and Rockies and North Dakota this week, sending residents searching for their winter coats and facing much different driving conditions after a warm fall in many places

First major snowstorm of the season hitting the northern Rockies after a warm fall
Environment|Health|News

Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw

A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw will be returning home after five weeks in a Utah hospital

Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw
Environment|News|Political

Montana is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that favored youth plaintiffs

The office of Montana's Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling in which a judge said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming

Montana is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that favored youth plaintiffs
Arts|Lifestyle

Utah cat with a fondness for cardboard takes surprise trip to California in an Amazon box

A 6-year-old house cat from Utah likes hiding and playing with cardboard

Utah cat with a fondness for cardboard takes surprise trip to California in an Amazon box

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