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AMY BETH HANSON

AMY BETH HANSON

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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
Crime|News|US

Mom of Colorado man killed by police after taking ‘heroic’ actions to stop gunman settles with city

A Colorado city has reached a nearly $2.8 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a man killed by police after taking heroic actions to stop a gunman who had shot another officer

Mom of Colorado man killed by police after taking ‘heroic’ actions to stop gunman settles with city
Environment|News|Opinion|US

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
Lifestyle|News|Political|US

Transgender residents in North Carolina, Montana file lawsuits challenging new state restrictions

Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added to a growing list of lawsuits challenging the recent onslaught of Republican state laws aimed at transgender individuals

Transgender residents in North Carolina, Montana file lawsuits challenging new state restrictions
Business|Technology|US|Videos

TikTok and content creators challenging Montana's ban face off with the state in federal court

TikTok and Montana faced off in federal court in a case filed by the video sharing app and five content creators who want the court to temporarily block the state's ban on the platform before it takes effect on Jan. 1

TikTok and content creators challenging Montana's ban face off with the state in federal court
Health|News|US

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
Crime|News|US

Broken rail caused fatal Colorado train derailment that collapsed bridge, early findings show

The truck driver killed when a train derailed and collapsed a bridge over Interstate 25 in Colorado has been identified as a California man

Broken rail caused fatal Colorado train derailment that collapsed bridge, early findings show
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
Crime|US

Man linked to missing Arizona teen Alicia Navarro is arrested on child sex abuse charges

A 36-year-old man who was living with an Arizona teenager who mysteriously disappeared four years ago and reappeared last summer in a small Montana town has been charged with two felony counts of child sexual abuse based on images found on his phone

Man linked to missing Arizona teen Alicia Navarro is arrested on child sex abuse charges
News|US

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
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
Crime|News|US

Authorities capture man accused of killing 3 in simmering Colorado property dispute

Authorities say they have captured the man accused of shooting three people dead in his latest property dispute with neighbors in rural Colorado

Authorities capture man accused of killing 3 in simmering Colorado property dispute
Business|Economy|Finance|US

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
Crime|Environment|US

Men charged with killing 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, to sell on black market

A federal grand jury indictment says two men killed about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, during a “killing spree” on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere

Men charged with killing 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, to sell on black market
Environment|News|Science|US

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
Crime|US

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
Celebrity|Entertainment|Videos

'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
Crime|News|US

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
Crime|News

Body of deceased woman, 30 human cremains found at house after ex-funeral home owner evicted

Denver police say the body of a woman who died in 2022 and the cremated remains of about 30 people were found at a rental house in Denver after a former funeral home owner was evicted from the property

Body of deceased woman, 30 human cremains found at house after ex-funeral home owner evicted
News|Travel|US

Weekly ski trip turns into overnight ordeal when about 50 women get stranded in bus during snowstorm

A weekly ski trip for about 50 women from the Denver area turned into an overnight ordeal when their bus got stuck in a snowstorm behind jackknifed semi tractor-trailers on their way back from Vail

Weekly ski trip turns into overnight ordeal when about 50 women get stranded in bus during snowstorm
Crime|Environment|News|US

Man to plead guilty in eagle ‘killing spree’ on reservation to sell feathers on black market

A Washington state man accused of helping kill thousands of birds is expected to plead guilty to shooting eagles on an American Indian reservation in Montana and selling their feathers and body parts on the black market

Man to plead guilty in eagle ‘killing spree’ on reservation to sell feathers on black market
Celebrity|US

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
Environment|US

Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffet's railroad to court

It's been almost 25 years since federal authorities, responding to news reports of deaths and illnesses, descended on the small northwestern Montana town of Libby to clean it up

Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffet's railroad to court
Health

Trial to begin against railroad over deaths in Montana town where thousands were exposed to asbestos

A trial is set to begin against BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a northwestern Montana town where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine

Trial to begin against railroad over deaths in Montana town where thousands were exposed to asbestos
Crime|Health|News|US

Asbestos victim's dying words aired in wrongful death case against Buffet's railroad

The dying words of an Oregon man who had an asbestos-linked cancer are being replayed in a federal courtroom for a jury hearing a wrongful death case against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway

Asbestos victim's dying words aired in wrongful death case against Buffet's railroad

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