Bomb scare at Montana elementary school turns out to be false alarm
Authorities evacuated an elementary school in Montana's capital city on Tuesday after officials found what they thought were the remnants of a homemade bomb, but it turned out to be a plastic bottle filled with nuts and bolts left in the schoolyard.
Storm could bring record snow to areas of Rocky Mountains
A massive storm is expected to bring record snow and cold unusually early to parts of the Rocky Mountains, where residents were warned to brace for widespread power outages, crop damage and treacherous roadways, meteorologists said Friday.
Grandmother uses hair dryer as fake radar gun to deter speeding on local street
A Montana grandmother worried about her grandchildren playing near a road where cars often zoomed by, so she got creative in an effort to get people to slow down.
Mine shutdowns heap more uncertainty in top US coal region
At two of the world's biggest coal mines, the finances got so bad that their owner couldn't even get toilet paper on credit.
2 men must hand write names of over 6K Americans killed in war for lying about being in military
A judge in Montana ordered two men who lied about being in the military to fulfill a unique set of requirements before they could be eligible for parole, including writing the names of more than 6,000 Americans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Police: Man assaulted 13-year-old boy who kept hat on during anthem
Montana authorities have charged a man with assault after a witness said he threw a 13-year-old boy to the ground because the boy didn't remove his hat during the national anthem at a rodeo.