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Missoula County Sheriff’s deputies pulled an unidentified body from the Clark Fork River on Thursday afternoon.

The Broadwater County Attorney’s office has filed notice with the Montana District Court on Thursday that it will no longer be seeking the death penalty for Lloyd Barrus, the man accused of murdering Broadwater County Sheriff’s Deputy Mason Moore.

These folks had no problem with the Obama Administration allowing the Russians to inspect nuclear weapons facilities right here in Montana back in 2014? Not only that, but the Russian inspectors were allowed to inspect nuclear launch facilities here in Montana in the immediate wake of Russian action…

Montana's unemployment rate continues to plummet, hitting lows that the state hasn't seen since before the so called "Great Recession" that lasted from December of 2007 to June of 2009.

Kimberly Guilfoyle apparently had such a great time on the campaign trail with Donald Trump, Jr. in Montana that she's now decided to hit the trail full time.

Sheriff David Clarke, the conservative headliner and former sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, is coming back to Billings, Montana. This time Sheriff Clarke will take the stage as the emcee for the rally featuring Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday.

MTN News reports that Larry Price, the infamous developer of Billings largest mansion– accused of faking his own kidnapping in Virginia to flee massive debts– pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday. The 38-year-old Price is facing six counts of wire fraud for soliciting about $13-and-a-half mi…

38-year-old Wes Lee Whitaker is in custody, charged with felony sexual intercourse without consent in the rape of a 3-year-old female child at her home in Missoula County. The victim told her mom that Whitaker touched her in a sexual manner...

Today's state headlines include a look at the first big Montana wildfire of 2018, an update of federal, state and local law enforcement attempts to crack down on meth dealers, and a look at the trial of a man suspected of killing a woman during an intoxicated hit-and-run accident in Missoula.

While it was news earlier this week that Montana Democrat US House candidate Kathleen Williams says she will not support Nancy Pelosi, it's even bigger news that Williams is now running an ad against Pelosi.

An impressive group of Montana’s senior law enforcement professionals gathered in the Montana U.S. Attorney’s office in Missoula on Thursday to promote the dramatic results of the ‘Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative’.

He was born in Glasgow, Montana, raised in Butte, and eventually graduated high school in Bozeman. Now he's on the short list of Americans that Vladimir Putin is hoping the Russians get a chance to question.

According to Bitterroot National Forest spokesman Todd McKay, they’ve only experienced two small fires about a tenth of an acre up until this recent fire, which is being called the Reynolds Lake Fire.

MTN News reports the United States Marshals Service District of Montana has issued a BOLO– or ‘Be-on-the-Lookout’ Alert– for a Montana man who fled authorities and may be traveling with a woman whom they believe may be in danger...

The annual kick off of the Yellowstone Valley Farmers Market is coming this Saturday, dedicated to local growers who have helped the market thrive for over the years. They emphasize the farm-to-table capabilities of producers within 120 miles of Billings...

Q2 reports that the Montana Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Billings man convicted of a 2015 murder in a Heights trailer court, ruling a lower court improperly excluded evidence indicating a key witness may have been on drugs at the time of the crime...