AMY BETH HANSON | The Seattle Times

In this undated photo provided by the Anaconda Chamber of Commerce, a bag of mining slag that was available for purchase as a souvenir at the Anaconda Chamber is seen. Environmental regulators have put a halt to a Montana business associationâ€™s sale of sandwich bags of mining waste advertised as a “Bag O’Slag.” Environmental Protection Agency officials overseeing the Superfund site cleanup of pollution from nearly a century of smelting operations in Anaconda came across the potentially toxic tchotchkes for sale by the cityâ€™s chamber of commerce. The slag, a byproduct of smelting copper, contains small amounts of arsenic and lead. (Mary Johnston/Anaconda Chamber of Commerce via AP) FX101 FX101

November 18, 2019 at 10:26 am

‘Gift bags’ of Superfund mine waste are pulled from shelves after EPA warning

HELENA, Mont. — Environmental regulators have put a halt to a Montana business association’s sale of sandwich bags of mining waste advertised as a “Bag...

November 7, 2019 at 11:04 am

Millions at stake in dinosaur fight: Are fossils minerals?

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The discovery of two fossilized dinosaur skeletons intertwined in what looks like a final death match could make a Montana ranching...

October 15, 2019 at 9:02 am

Bomb scare at Montana school turns out to be false alarm

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Authorities evacuated an elementary school in Montana on Tuesday after officials found what they thought were the remnants of a homemade...

October 12, 2019 at 3:23 pm

APNewsBreak: Records show Montana official’s vehicle misuse

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton put tens of thousands of miles on a state-owned pickup truck and used it extensively...

October 12, 2019 at 9:14 am

APNewsBreak: Records show Montana official’s vehicle misuse

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton put tens of thousands of miles on a state-owned pickup truck and used it extensively...

August 19, 2019 at 9:31 am

Montana demolition derby crash kills 1, injures at least 7

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A woman was killed and at least seven others were injured when a car competing at a demolition derby in Montana...

July 30, 2019 at 1:38 pm

Montana, Oregon wildfires prompt evacuations, smoke warnings VIEW

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Hundreds of Montana residents who fled their homes because of a four-day wildfire were allowed back Tuesday to gather important belongings...

July 29, 2019 at 2:22 pm

Judge vacates water discharge permit for Montanore Mine

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge has vacated a water-discharge permit for a silver and copper mine that would tunnel beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness...

July 24, 2019 at 2:05 pm

Children interviewed amid abuse allegations at Montana ranch

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — More than two dozen children who were removed from an alternative treatment center in Montana are being interviewed as part of...

July 1, 2019 at 11:17 am

Mom who tried to kill baby held in his death 11 years later

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman who was prosecuted in Montana for trying to drown her baby son more than a decade ago has been...