New funding will soon be made available for schools across the state to identify elevated levels of lead in their drinking water systems. During this year’s session of the Montana Legislature, lawmakers added $3.7 million to a major long-range spending bill, to provide additional grants to reimburse schools for lead remediation. Also this week, the … Read more
Three women were injured, after an otter attacked them while they floated down a river in Montana Wednesday evening. Authorities say the three friends were inner tubing about three miles upstream from the Sappington Bridge south of the state capital city of Helena, according to a statement released by Montana FWP Thursday. All three women … Read more
National, regional and state experts in school safety are set to meet next week [Tuesday and Wednesday] in Helena at the fourth annual Jeremy Bullock Safe Schools Summit. This year’s theme is “Growing Your School’s Safety Culture.” The annual event has been established in memory of Jeremy Bullock who was fatally shot by a classmate … Read more
A 36-year-old Helena man faces three felony counts after driving a vehicle on the state Capitol complex over the weekend and causing nearly $7,000 in damage at the Flag Plaza, officials said. Christopher James Yarns was arrested Saturday morning after Helena police received a call of someone driving erratically on the Capitol complex at Sixth … Read more
A Billings man accused of uploading child sex abuse material in 2019 pleaded not guilty Wednesday. John David Guy Nishwitz has been charged in Yellowstone County District Court with four counts of child sex abuse, stemming from an investigation in which the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children linked the 44 year old to … Read more
A fire on Rogers Pass was reported Tuesday afternoon northwest of Helena. The fire, listed as the Rogers Pass Incident, had reportedly burned nearly two dozen acres by last night, according to mtfireinfo.org. MEANWHILE… Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest said in a report Tuesday that six lightning starts hit in the past three days in … Read more
Opening arguments Tuesday in the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse marked the beginning of the homicide trial for Brandon Michael Beckman, 36, accused in a fatal 2022 drug deal gone wrong. Beckman is charged in connection to the murder of 39-year-old Michael Anthony Biggs, who police say Beckman and another man robbed and killed at … Read more
The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting National Night Out 2023 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ryan Fields. The community is invited to meet local law enforcement, fire departments and search and rescue personnel. Law enforcement, fire equipment and search and rescue gear will be available for the public to view and … Read more
Helena Regional Airport is soaring after adding a second United Airlines flight to Denver. The new route has brought about an increase of 110% in outbound passengers since it started in June, with over 2,600 United Airlines passengers taking the outbound flights in June, an airport official noted, adding that overall the airport had about … Read more
Charles “Chuck” Hjortness, a Great Falls disabled veteran, is feeling the love. The 80 year old is getting some help thanks to a neighbor who posted on social media about the elderly man’s home being in disrepair. About 10 other neighbors along with several community volunteers and businesses, showed up to help clean and fix … Read more