News Staff The nation’s first-ever youth constitutional climate case can continue to trial, a Lewis and Clark County judge ruled on Friday. The judge told attorneys they should prepare for proceedings in the case filed by the plaintiffs’ ranging in ages from 5-22, including from Big Fork, Helena, Livingston, and the Flathead Indian Reservation. Trial is set … Read more
Butte based Town Pump has big plans for renovations to their Helena and East Helena stores. Town Pump is replacing two of its existing buildings in Helena and East Helena with larger stores and casinos, a company official said. The family owned company, celebrating its 70th year, is building a 26,000-square-foot Town Pump in East … Read more
GLACIER CO., Mont. – Authorities are investigating after a bull elk head was found with its horns sawed off on Highway 358. According to the Glacier County Sheriff’s Office, the carcass was located on a turn-off at mile marker 22. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Blackfeet Fish and Wildlife … Read more
GREAT FALLS – An East Glacier man was sentenced this week to 11 years and eight months in prison, after he admitted to shooting a man to death while he was high during a drug fueled birthday party on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Dillon James Wippert, 27, pleaded guilty … Read more
UPDATE: Charges have been upgraded for the 18 year old suspect arrested for stabbing a man multiple times at a Gibbon Street residence last Friday [May 5]. According to an update from the HPD, Jamison Collins, 18, of Helena, was facing one count of assault, but his charges have since been amended to attempted deliberate … Read more
UPDATE – We have an update about a disturbance at a Missoula elementary school Wednesday. A person has been arrested after reports of a domestic dispute off school property caused Lowell Elementary in Missoula to go into perimeter lockdown, including evacuating nearby homes. Residents were allowed to go back to their homes after police deemed … Read more
BUTTE – A Butte firefighter who underwent surgery after being injured on the job last week recieved a hero’s welcome when he returned home this week. Capt. Brant Bristol was able to hug his children when he arrived in Butte after fracturing his neck when a roof partially collapsed on him during a house fire … Read more
The caretaker of a Livingston woman accused of stealing more than $1.5 million in jewelry while she was on her death bed last year has pleaded not guilty to theft charges. John Charles Burdick is facing a jury trial this summer in the 2022 case in which prosecutors say surveillance video allegedly showed Burdick in … Read more
The nonprofit Reach Higher Montana has given out about $40,000 in scholarships and prizes to Montana high school seniors this year as part of their Senior Send-Off contest. Reach Higher Montana also gave away laptops to 10 students, tablets to 10 students, Airpods to 10 students and $100 college gift cards to 24 students. -0-
The husband of a Bozeman woman who died after reportedly eating at Dave’s Sushi, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday [May 9]. The court documents claim that Dave’s Sushi caused significant and life-threatening injuries that led to her death. MEANWHILE… The FDA reports this week that 11 more illnesses have been traced to the popular … Read more