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October 14, 2020 at 9:22 am

US Senate high stakes spur astronomical spending in Montana

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Political groups fighting for control of the U.S. Senate have poured more than $118 million into the contest between Montana's Democratic...

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September 30, 2020 at 12:44 pm

Judge rejects Trump challenge to Montana’s mailed ballots

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday rejected an effort by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and Republican Party groups to...

September 26, 2020 at 1:02 pm

Montana judge extends deadline for returning mailed ballots

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has extended the state's deadline for returning 2020 general election ballots by mail, saying that uneven U.S. Postal...

August 14, 2020 at 8:59 pm

Post Office warns states across US about mail voting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is warning states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November...

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August 14, 2020 at 1:24 pm

Postal Service warns states across US about mail voting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is warning states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November...

The Canyon Creek Memory Care Community is seen in Billings, Mont. on Friday, July 10, 2020. The facility that cares for people with dementia and other cognitive issues has seen at least seven deaths since a coronavirus outbreak sickened almost all its residents and many staff members. The Montana memory care facility that didn’t carry out no-cost COVID-19 testing on its residents is reeling from an outbreak that has sickened more than 50 residents and 36 staff. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) RPMB201 RPMB201

July 14, 2020 at 3:25 pm

Care home refused free tests. Now, nearly everyone has virus

Canyon Creek's operator, Koelsch Communities of Olympia, Washington, hasn't directly said why it turned down free testing at the facility, which has seen 55 positive...

FILE – In this Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, one of two “dueling dinosaurs” fossils is displayed in New York. In an ongoing court case over the ownership of the fossils and others worth millions of dollars, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on June 17, 2020, that fossils unearthed on an eastern Montana ranch belong to the owners of the surface estate. (AP Photo/Seth Weinig, File)

June 23, 2020 at 12:02 pm

Court: Montana family owns dinosaur fossils worth millions

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Dinosaur fossils worth millions of dollars unearthed on a Montana ranch belong to the owners of the land’s surface rights, not...

May 21, 2020 at 11:49 am

Court says dinosaur fossils worth millions aren’t minerals

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Dinosaur fossils aren't minerals under state law, a divided Montana Supreme Court said in a ruling Wednesday that has implications in...

Michaela Wolfinger checks out a customer at the The Base Camp on the first day the business is open since the easing of coronavirus-related closures, Monday, April 27, 2020, in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP) MTHEL321 MTHEL321

April 27, 2020 at 10:52 pm

In rural U.S., fears of virus seem far away as stores reopen VIEW

ROUNDUP, Mont. — Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the...

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FILE – In this Jan. 10, 2009, file photo, a flock of geese fly past a smokestack at a coal power plant near Emmitt, Kan. The Trump administration is moving to scale back criminal enforcement of a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species. The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told AP billions of birds could die if the government doesn’t hold companies liable for accidental bird deaths. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) CAER206 CAER206

March 31, 2020 at 10:15 am

Ex-wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds VIEW

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — At a former open pit copper mine filled with billions of gallons of toxic water, sirens and loud pops from propane...

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