Bad weather could impact your evening and morning commute, and your Valentine’s Day plans. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Great Falls has issued a winter weather advisory for central, north central, and southwest Montana in effect from Monday evening [Feb. 13] through 11 PM Valentines day [February 14]. Blowing snow, with winds gusting up … Read more
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – The Great Falls Police Department (GFPD) is looking into an armed robbery at the Double Down Casino on 6th St. NW early Thursday morning. GFPD reports the suspect stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the casino. Police are working to determine if this robbery was related to a Feb. 5, … Read more
A GoFundMe account has been set up for a Missoula couple after the husband was killed and the wife severely injured in a traffic crash last month at a resort in Mexico. Matt Tynan and his wife Jenny Horsley of Missoula were celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary when an oncoming tour bus collided with their … Read more
BUTTE, Mont. – A Butte hockey coach is facing charges in connection to a 2019 child sex abuse case. Jami Leslie James is accused of raping an underage boy at a hotel in Butte back in September of 2019, court documents state. James offers hockey training camps through his company North American Prep in Whitefish. … Read more
Officials said Saturday evening that airspace over Havre was closed briefly to support Department of Defense activities. The FAA closed off aviation up to 34,000 feet for about an hour in central Montana to ensure air traffic safety, and issued an alert warning, pilots who violated the order would be detained. The flight restrictions were … Read more
[e/townsend] As the historic Graves Hotel in Harlowton, east of Townsend, continued to burn Sunday morning, residents were urged to watch for flying embers that could spark other fires. The three-story hotel on Central Avenue, which had undergone significant renovations during the last decade has been totally destroyed by the fire, officials said. During winter … Read more
Billings is seeing a rise in the influence of Mexican drug cartels. The largest city in Big Sky Country, just northeast of Yellowstone National Park, seized twice as much fentanyl in 2022 than they did in the previous four years combined, and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said he thinks the rise in crime can … Read more
HELENA – A Republican backed bill intended to restrict drag show performances, like story time for children, at Montana schools and libraries was set for its first committee hearing Friday. House Bill 359 was one of several bills up for consideration this week that could affect members of Montana’s LGBTQ community. The bill would designate … Read more
MILES CITY – Miles City nursing home Friendship Villa announced it would be shutting down operations for good in December, making it the 12th senior care facility to close in Montana in 2022. That is now 20 percent of all senior care facilities in Montana officially closed last year. Friendship Villa, the most recent, stranded … Read more
As Montana grapples with a health care provider shortage, state lawmakers are trying to find ways to increase access to care. One proposal up for debate is to give physician assistants more independence to practice unsupervised. Republican backed Bill 313 would let physician assistants practice without a supervision agreement. Many physicians oppose the measure, arguing … Read more