BOZEMAN, Mont. – A semi-truck carrying cattle was involved in a rollover crash that shut down part of I-90 between Logan and Manhattan during Friday morning rush hour. According to the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office the semi overturned near mile marker 284, and partially blocked E and WB traffic for hours, as first responders cleared … Read more
The Lewis and Clark County Commission has approved the purchase of a $1.17 million mobile emergency command response vehicle for its sheriff’s office. Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Officials said the command vehicle’s advanced technology will allow the law enforcement agency to communicate “anywhere in Lewis and Clark County,” even if the 911 dispatch center … Read more
The Montana Department of Transportation and Riverside Contracting are set to begin a nearly $40 million rehabilitation project on about 7 miles of Interstate 15 near Wolf Creek, state officials said Friday. The project area begins about 5 miles south of Wolf Creek and extends north to the Augusta Interchange at exit 228. It is … Read more
BUTTE, Mont. – Two rival Frontier Conference schools are working together to feed the hungry. With most local food drives taking place around the holiday season it’s easy to forget the need doesn’t stop when the holidays are over, that’s why Montana Tech has teamed up with Carroll College in Helena for the ‘Can the … Read more
BILLINGS – A $1.5M bond was set for a man charged with shooting two teens south of Billings in a drug fueled rage. Details of the harrowing crime were released Thursday in court records charging, Carl Chester Alden, 32, for the shooting Monday afternoon in the Blue Creek area, in which an 18 year old … Read more
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled a more than decade old lawsuit against the state may proceed. The developer of the Yellowstone Club is suing the state for nearly $700 million after he says he incurred hundreds of millions of dollars in damages when the state filed a petition in 2011 to force … Read more
The four-day trial of Stephen Eric Walks of Helena ended with a jury finding him guilty of child statutory rape. He was convicted Thursday in Lewis and Clark County’s District Court, stemming from an investigation in which he’s accused of inappropriately touching two children under the age of 12 multiple times in 2020. A sentencing … Read more
Blowing snow and whiteout conditions forced MDot to close Interstate 90 from Livingston to Big Timber Tuesday afternoon. Severe driving conditions were reported just east of Bozeman through Livingston, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said on its Facebook page. -0-
BILLINGS – Two Billings men got quite a surprise after they were shot by a woman they allegedly tried to rob. Billings police said Monday the 25-year-old woman shot the suspects, in an apparent case of self-defense, after they attacked her outside of her residence Saturday in an alley on Cook Avenue, in what authorities … Read more
KALISPELL – An investigation is underway after sexual assault allegations involving the Glacier High School wrestling team. Kalispell Police said, complaints were filed earlier this month [Jan. 9] by a local law firm handling the case, saying the alleged assaults took place on school buses and hotel stays going back to last year, from what … Read more