News Staff BOZEMAN, MT – A 4.1 magnitude earthquake left Livingston residents shaken. The tremor took place about 25 miles east of Bozeman, just north of interstate 90 Monday. The depth is estimated to be about 3.1 Miles beneath the surface. No damage has been reported, but light shaking was felt in Livingston, according to the United … Read more
A former insurance agent in Helena was recently sentenced for his role in an insurance fraud scheme. A Lewis and Clark County District Court judge ordered Mark Anthony Biegler to 90 days in jail in addition to a 10-year suspended prison sentence, and $150,000 in restitution for committing insurance fraud against multiple victims. According to … Read more
Charges have been officially filed in connection to what began as a disturbance at the the Poverello Center and turned into a standoff with Missoula SWAT last week. Officers responded to a report of a man threatening a staff member with a knife January 24, after he was asked to leave. The knife wielding suspect … Read more
Two C-17s landed Monday afternoon at Helena Regional Airport to shuttle 15 members of the Montana National Guard 83rd Civil Support Team, trucks and other equipment for a five-day training mission at a Naval Air Station in Florida. The team provides support for state and federal military forces and other special security events. They are … Read more
Plans for two proposed developments within Helena are moving forward. Both Helena Food Share and a Billings-based developer met with city staff ahead of submitting building permit applications for a 19,000-square-foot Community Food Resource Center, as well as a 5,200-square-foot commercial facility in the Skyway Regional Shopping Center. The food bank expansion will allow the … Read more
A Montana State Prison inmate has died in a suspected homicide, which is being investigated by the Department of Corrections and the Powell County Sheriff’s Office. Todd C. Fisher, 49, of Glendive, died on Sunday at the prison in Deer Lodge, officials said. Fisher was serving a 70-year prison sentence for killing his father Wilbur … Read more
GREAT FALLS – The Great Falls Rescue Mission reported that 2022 was one their most active years. The Rescue Mission said November saw a fifty percent increase in those coming off the streets, getting out of the harsh weather, and this influx resulted in a “multi-layered challenge,” the non-profit noted, saying that has led them … Read more
BOZEMAN – The Gallatin County Attorney’s office filed a notice Friday withdrawing the Death Penalty request in the Patricia Batts case. Batts is charged with the death of her 12-year-old grandson, James Alex Hurley, in West Yellowstone in 2020. The last execution in Montana happened in 2006. Batts’ jury trial is currently scheduled for July … Read more
The Montana Department of Justice has reported that 10 Montana counties, including Lewis and Clark County, have seen 28 fentanyl-related overdoses since Jan. 11. Eight of the overdoses resulted in death, according to a DOJ Facebook post. In Lewis and Clark County, there have been five fentanyl-related overdoses since the start of the new year, … Read more
In a weekend update, Jefferson County authorities described the suspect who was the center of a manhunt Friday as a “very dangerous individual.” Shawn Robert Arrants was taken into custody in Jefferson County, on a federal warrant, following an area wide search that prompted a stay in place order for residents in the Comet area … Read more