News Staff BILLINGS – The Bureau of Land Management is investigating racially charged vandalism at the Four Dances Special Recreation Management Area in Billings. Law enforcement is investigsting after pictures of a swastika, a confederate hate symbol, and other white supremacist language was found carved into the sandstone. A man affiliated with a neo-Nazi group allegedly claimed … Read more
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) – Montana’s public schools are now fully funded. The state legislature approved House Bill 15, the funding mechanism for state school systems, delivering over $2 billion, Superintendent Arntzen said, most of which goes to Pay Teacher’s Salaries and Benefits to over 400 school districts throughout the state. Arntzen said the funding … Read more
The Helena-based Wildlife Ecology Institute was awarded a $236,000 federal grant to advance recovery efforts for the Sierra Nevada red fox. Motion-sensing infrared trail cameras will be strategically placed in areas to collect digital data to determine whether the red foxes are present. These foxes are specially adapted to high-elevation areas from the Sierra Nevada … Read more
Racially charged notes left on cars with out of state license plates in the Helena-area have police on high alert. A Carroll College student reported receiving a message on her car that was profanely demeaning and read, “you are not welcome here.” One resident said she got a nasty note and her car keyed in … Read more
A Helena man convicted of child rape is going to jail for a very long time. A Lewis and Clark County District Court judge ordered, Brandon Michael Watson, to 40 years in the Montana State Prison, with 30 suspended, for raping a child younger than 12, stemming from an investigation involving an elementary school student … Read more
An expansion project on Highway 93 south of Missoula is growing. Following the Lolo to Florence Corridor study to improve safety, MHP is now looking at covering the entire 93 corridor to the southern edge of Missoula and in the northern end of the Bitterroot Valley, which would include problematic Lolo “S” curves. Officials said … Read more
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) – Alcohol is suspected to have played a role in a Missoula crash last week that left a vehicle hanging over a snowbank. According to a preliminary report from the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office, 22-year-old Sebastian Castellanos apparently lost control on Pattee Canyon, skidded down the snowbank for approximately 30 feet, … Read more
High school seniors looking to further their education are getting a helping hand. Farmers State Bank is offering a $10,000 scholarship to one qualifying student each in Darby, Hamilton, Corvallis, Victor, Stevensville, Florence, Helena, Kalispell and Missoula. Scholarship applications are due March 15 and can be found at farmersEbank.com/scholarship, according to a press release. Scholarships … Read more
LIVINGSTON, Mont. – The name of the woman killed after she was run over just east of Bozeman has been made public. Livingston Healthcare reported to law enforcement that a deceased woman, identified as Catherine Sorensen, was brought into the ER Sunday by her husband who reported she was accidentally hit by a vehicle in … Read more
Justin Murgel will take over as PureView Health Center’s new chief executive officer effective March 20, officials with the health care provider said Wednesday.. He is replacing Jill-Marie Steeley, who left after seven years to take a job at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana. -0-