Staff Writer
The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana
BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town
A federal jury says Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened
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
The death of a Colorado woman reported missing on Mother's Day nearly four years ago has been ruled a homicide
A 6-year-old house cat from Utah likes hiding and playing with cardboard
Two backcountry skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City
Search crews have recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were swept away and buried by an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City
Former Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana is pursuing an unlikely path to victory in one of America's biggest congressional districts, where ranchers and open space dominate
Three-term incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Tester and Republican newcomer Tim Sheehy have cruised to victory in Montana’s primary election
The reported birth of a rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times
The recent appearance of a rare white bison calf has excited wildlife watchers in Yellowstone National Park
Native American religious ceremonies with dancing, drumming, singing and the retelling of a sacred legend commemorated the recent birth of a rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone National Park
Republican officials in Montana will ask the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a landmark climate ruling in a lawsuit brought by young environmentalists
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
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
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
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
A surprise eruption in Yellowstone National Park has shot steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt an estimated 100 feet into the sky and sent people running for safety
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
A surprise eruption of steam in a Yellowstone National Park geyser basin that sent people scrambling for safety as basketball-sized rocks flew overhead has highlighted a little-known hazard that scientists hope to be able to predict someday
Thirteen popular books have been banned from all public schools in Utah in the first wave of bans expected under a new law that prohibits books when at least three of the state’s 41 school district boards claim they contain pornographic or indecent material
A firefighting pilot who died in a plane crash while dumping retardant on a wildfire in Oregon could have been happily retired at 73
A reporter at a small Wyoming newspaper has resigned after a competitor discovered he was using artificial intelligence to write stories and fabricate quotes, including some by the governor
Voters in Arizona and Montana will be able to decide whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in their state constitutions
Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Australians celebrate and protest the anniversary of British colonization
Haitian leader says the Trump administration’s plans will be 'catastrophic' for his country
Be brave. That's what Madison Keys kept telling herself on the way to winning the Australian Open
CIA now says COVID-19 'more likely' to have come from lab
Trump says he may consider rejoining World Health Organization
Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people, decision in 30 days
No. 1 Auburn slips past No. 6 Tennessee 53-51 and extends its winning streak to 11 games
Harris English holds off Sam Stevens by a shot in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines