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Report: No fault with forest workers in fatal fire Dec 3 2009 6:05PM
Federal investigators have found no misconduct
by U.S. Forest Service personnel in the deaths of five firefighters
in a massive 2006 California wildfire.
Under federal law, the inspector general for the Department of
Agriculture is required to i
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 3 2009 2:42AM
A 21-year-old man who pleaded guilty to
sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in Billings has been
sentenced to 15 years in prison with 10 years suspended.
Cletus L. Keiser will begin the sentence at a prerelease center
where he will be require
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 3 2009 1:45AM
Prosecutors in the Tom Petters fraud
trial say they'll seek a sentence that's appropriate for what they
call the biggest financial fraud in Minnesota history.
That's from Joe Dixon, one of the assistant U.S. attorneys who
handled the case. Dixon
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| Seeley Lake high school locked during gun scare Dec 3 2009 12:14AM
A Seeley Lake high school was locked down
briefly after authorities reported that a 17-year-old boy might be
headed there with a gun.
Missoula County Undersheriff Jerry Crego says the teen was
involved in a dispute with his parents before he hea
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| Senators want more money to fight pine beetles Dec 1 2009 5:15AM
South Dakota's U.S. senators have asked
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to commit more money to
fight an infestation of pine beetles.
The request was in a letter signed by Sens. John Thune, Tim
Johnson and six other senators from Wyoming,
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| Searching Seattle...Party crashers to talk...Nighttime... Dec 1 2009 12:07AM
Officers have surrounded a home in a Seattle
suburb for the second time in two days. They're searching for a man
suspected in the shooting of four police officers at a Tacoma,
Wash., coffee shop Sunday morning. Authorities have been
questioning resid
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| Forest Service eyes night flying against fires Nov 30 2009 5:44PM
The U.S. Forest Service says it is
considering allowing its aircraft to attack wildfires at night.
The Forest Service typically bans its pilots from dropping water
or retardant on fires at night because of safety risks.
However, Forest Serv
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| Forest Service acquires scenic land in Calif. Nov 26 2009 4:55PM
More than 1,200 acres of scenic meadow
land and a spectacular waterfall in California have been bought by
the U.S. Forest Service.
The property in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Truckee is
considered valuable for recreation and wildlife.
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| Selling Americans...Weapons plot...Turkey, dressing, swine flu... Nov 24 2009 10:52PM
President Barack Obama says he's confident the
American people will support his Afghanistan strategy when they
"hear a clear rationale." Sources say Obama will lay out his plan
during an address to the nation on Tuesday. He's expected to call
for ten
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| Sen. Udall sponsors bill to attack pine beetles Nov 23 2009 5:03PM
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall says the insect infestation
killing millions of pine trees in the West is the region's
"biggest natural disaster."
The Colorado Democrat said Monday he has introduced a bill to
give forest managers more ways to respond.
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 22 2009 3:44AM
A U.S. Forest Service plan calls for
logging or burning 6,000 acres in the Helena National Forest that
officials say have been ravaged by mountain pine beetles.
The Telegraph Vegetation Project is about 15 miles from Helena
and mostly on the wes
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Nov 22 2009 3:44AM
A U.S. Forest Service plan calls for
logging or burning 6,000 acres in the Helena National Forest that
have been ravaged by mountain pine beetles. District Ranger Duane
Harp says the beetles have killed trees on about 500,000 acres of
the Helena fore
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| LA County: Night aerial firefighting needed Nov 18 2009 9:07PM
The Los Angeles County Fire Department says
the U.S. Forest Service needs to change policy and allow
helicopters to fight fires at night, especially in forests near
urban areas.
The recommendation is in a review of department actions during
the
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| Forest Service says trees can slow climate change Nov 18 2009 2:21PM
The nation's top Forest Service official says
national forests can store more carbon to slow global warming, but
he warns that such a goal must be balanced against the risk of
catastrophic wildfires.
Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell told a Senat
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 13 2009 4:06PM
The new Havre city judge is resigning less
than two weeks after winning the post in an election.
Dave Krezelak handily topped Margaret Hencz in the Nov. 3
election, and spent nearly $3,000 on his campaign.
But Krezelak says "personal reason
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| Snowmobiles restricted in MT wilderness area Nov 13 2009 2:21PM
A National Forest official says the agency
is imposing new restrictions on snowmobiles in a wilderness area
south of Bozeman in response to a recent ruling from a federal
judge.
Gallatin Forest Supervisor Mary Erickson says snowmobile use in
th
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| Report: Terrain, brush to blame in huge wildfire Nov 13 2009 12:01PM
Federal investigators have found the spread
of a deadly wildfire in Los Angeles County could not be stopped
because flames had reached steep terrain that firefighters couldn't
access.
A U.S. Forest Service report released Friday to The Associate
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| National Forest Christmas tree permits available Nov 13 2009 5:15AM
Starting Monday, tags will be available for
sale at most Black Hills Forest Service offices in western South
Dakota and northeast Wyoming so people can cut their own fresh
Christmas trees.
The Forest Service says the tags also will be available
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 12 2009 3:52PM
City of Bozeman commissioners approved the
creation of two new city jobs.
The commission decided on a 3-2 vote to hire a grant specialist
and an economic development specialist.
Commissioners Eric Bryson and Jeff Rupp opposed creation of th
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| National team to help manage bark beetle problem Nov 12 2009 2:35PM
A national team will help the U.S. Forest Service
manage the attack against the beetle infestation that has swept
through about 2.5 million acres of forests in northern Colorado and
southern Wyoming.
Rocky Mountain Regional Forester Rick Cables
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| Pioneer smokejumper Earl Cooley dies in Mont. Nov 12 2009 9:41AM
Earl Cooley, the smokejumper who took the
Forest Service's first leap into a flame-riddled wilderness, died
Monday in Missoula. He was 98.
Cooley made the jump into the Nez Perce National Forest on July
12, 1940. His chute nearly failed to open
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| Grasslands camping fees waived in ND Nov 11 2009 5:15AM
The Forest Service is waiving camping and
day use fees on Dakota Prairie Grasslands campgrounds in honor of
Veterans Day.
Fees also will not be charged Wednesday at campgrounds where the
water has been shut off for the season. Those areas includ
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 9 2009 3:45PM
One of the 13 people killed by a gunman
at Fort Hood in [[kxtopic:texas:t[Texas]:t]] was a physician's assistant with ties to
Montana.
Michael Grant Cahill of Cameron, Texas, served in the Montana
[[kxtopic:army:t[Army]:t]] National Guard for ma
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| Federal judge asked to end Yellowstone bison kills Nov 9 2009 2:07PM
A coalition of environmental and American
Indian groups say they have filed a suit against two federal
agencies to stop the mass slaughter of bison that migrate outside
Yellowstone National Park in search of food.
During the last decade, federal
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| Federal judge asked to end Yellowstone bison kills Nov 9 2009 1:32PM
A coalition of environmental and American
Indian groups say they have filed a suit against two federal
agencies to stop the mass slaughter of bison that migrate outside
Yellowstone National Park in search of food.
During the last decade, federal
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 8 2009 4:27PM
A Belcourt man says his son is still
"pretty scared" after being wounded in last week's shooting spree
at a Texas Army base.
Patrick Blue Jr. said Sunday that his son Patrick Blue III is
doing fine physically but remains shaken up by Thursday's
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| Ranchers say livestock not destroying dams Nov 8 2009 2:35PM
Ranchers grazing cattle near two dams in
northwestern North Dakota say livestock are being unfairly blamed
for water quality problems.
Don Anderson and Curt Severson graze cattle along Sather Dam.
Tim Leland works a ranch with his father and u
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Nov 5 2009 2:41AM
A University of Montana student suffered
minor injuries when he fell from the roof of a five-story dorm as
he tried to re-enter his room after being locked out. Authorities
say the incident took place at Miller Hall yesterday after the
student crawle
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 4 2009 4:13PM
Sioux Falls police are investigating a
Wednesday afternoon robbery at First Savings Bank east of the
downtown area.
The call came in at 12:39 p.m. A short time later, police
reportedly stopped a vehicle that officers said might have been
used i
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 4 2009 4:06PM
Police are investigating a robbery at
First Savings Bank in Sioux Falls. A vehicle with Texas plates that
might have been the getaway car was found and towed away. No word
on arrests.
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) An Arizona jury has convicted a man
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| Forest Service calls off West Yellowstone project Nov 4 2009 3:24PM
The U.S. Forest Service has
called off a logging and prescribed burning project near West
Yellowstone to further analyze its effects on Yellowstone grizzly
bears.
The Lonesome Wood project, about 12 miles northwest of town
targeted about 3,100
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| Bill introduced for missile site visitor center Nov 4 2009 11:05AM
Sen. Tim Johnson says he has introduced
a bill to move ahead with creation of a visitor center at the
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in western [[kxtopic:south-dakota:t[South Dakota]:t]].
In a release, the senator says his measure would
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 28 2009 4:06PM
Commissioners in Beaverhead and Madison
counties were surprised when U.S. Sen. Max Baucus signed on as a
co-sponsor to U.S. Sen. Jon Tester's wilderness bill.
Commissioners from both southwestern Montana counties said they
thought they had an ag
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| Prairie dog management plan might be challenged Oct 27 2009 5:22AM
An official of the Defenders of Wildlife
says conservation groups likely will challenge the U.S. Forest
Service management plan for prairie dogs.
Jonathan Proctor, Rocky Mountain field representative for
Defenders of Wildlife, says the question
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| Forest Service to impose grazing changes Oct 20 2009 6:25AM
Sen. Byron Dorgan says the Forest Service
is prepared to start a new grazing management plan on western North
Dakota's federal grasslands even if the two major rancher
associations don't sign on to it.
The Medora and McKenzie County grazing asso
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| Forest Service to impose grazing changes Oct 20 2009 6:25AM
Sen. Byron Dorgan says the Forest Service
is prepared to start a new grazing management plan on western North
Dakota's federal grasslands even if the two major rancher
associations don't sign on to it.
The Medora and McKenzie County grazing asso
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| Big LAarea wildfire officially contained Oct 19 2009 2:56PM
The biggest wildfire in Los Angeles County
history is finally fully contained.
The U.S. Forest Service says the 250-square-mile Station Fire
was declared 100 percent contained at 7 p.m. Friday, 52 days after
it began.
Authorities had kept
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 13 2009 4:14PM
Farmers from North Dakota and Vermont and
four others trying to plant hemp seeds at the headquarters of the
Drug Enforcement Administration have been arrested.
Arlington County police spokeswoman Detective Crystal Nosal says
six people were char
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| New western ND grazing agreements put on hold Oct 13 2009 2:56PM
New grazing agreements that were set to
take effect on the Little Missouri National Grasslands in western
North Dakota have been put on hold for another week.
The Forest Service issued 10-year agreements to the Medora and
McKenzie County grazing
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| Western ND grazing agreements set to take effect Oct 13 2009 12:15PM
New grazing agreements are set to take
effect on the Little Missouri National Grasslands in western North
Dakota.
The Forest Service says it has issued 10-year agreements to the
Medora and McKenzie County grazing associations. The old agreements
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| New western ND grazing agreements taking effect Oct 13 2009 5:43AM
New grazing agreements are taking effect
on the Little Missouri National Grasslands in western North Dakota.
The Forest Service says it has reached 10-year agreements with
the Medora and McKenzie County grazing associations. The old
agreements t
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 11 2009 4:05AM
The U.S. military says American and Afghan forces
have stormed a mountainside compound in eastern Afghanistan that
had been used by an al-Qaida commander, killing more than a dozen
militants in the ensuing firefight.
A military spokeswoman says
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| Idaho bus crash...Obama on gay rights...Pakistan siege over... Oct 11 2009 1:52AM
Idaho state police say it looks like a
medical condition may have caused a bus driver to swerve off an
interstate and crash Saturday night. The bus was carrying a high
school band from Utah. One teacher was killed and a number of
students injured. Th
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| Firefighters gain full control of big Calif. blaze Oct 10 2009 10:52PM
A wildfire that blackened more than 11
square miles of brush and timber and destroyed at least five
structures is now under control.
U.S. Forest Service spokesman John Miller says firefighters
gained full control of the Sheep Fire on Saturday ni
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 8 2009 4:12AM
More than a quarter of the students at
Butte's East Middle School have called in sick this week, and
school officials think an outbreak of swine flu is to blame.
Butte Schools director of central services Mark Harrison says
East had 140 students
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| Feds update plan for Continental Divide trail Oct 7 2009 7:15PM
The U.S. Forest Service has amended a
comprehensive plan for the 3,100-mile Continental Divide National
Scenic Trail being built through five states.
The Forest Service said Wednesday that the amendments update a
1985 plan to provide a framework
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 6 2009 3:10PM
Attorney General Eric Holder says the alleged
terror plot disrupted in New York was one of the most serious in
the United States since the 2001 terror attacks.
In a question-and-answer session with reporters, Holder said
Tuesday that prosecutors
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| Update on terror probe...Obama meets on Afghanistan...Returning... Oct 6 2009 3:03PM
Attorney General Eric Holder says the alleged
terror plot disrupted in New York was one of the most serious in
the United States since the 2001 terror attacks. In a
question-and-answer session with reporters, Holder said prosecutors
will bring all th
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| Fire evacuations lifted for Calif. mountain town Oct 6 2009 2:56PM
Thousands of people ordered to flee a
7,000-acre wildfire near a Southern California mountain town can
return home.
The U.S. Forest Service says most evacuation orders were lifted
at noon Tuesday for the Wrightwood area. About 2,000 homes and
4
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 6 2009 1:10AM
The usually bullish National Retail Federation
isn't painting a rosy picture about holiday sales.
The NRF predicts a 1 percent decline in total sales for November
and December combined. The NRF is less optimistic this year than
several other gro
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| Crews make gains in Calif., Ariz. Oct 5 2009 7:43PM
Calm and cool weather has been helping
firefighters battle a blaze near a southern California mountain
town.
The fire erupted over the weekend, and winds as strong as 50 mph
quickly fanned it across a 12-square-mile area in the San Gabriel
Moun
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| Mild winds aid firefighters in Calif. blaze Oct 5 2009 9:34AM
Mild winds are helping firefighters
get a handle on a blaze that has burned to the edges of a popular
resort town in Southern California's San Bernardino National
Forest.
U.S. Forest Service spokesman Bill Sapp said Monday that
containment of t
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| Officials release plan to manage prairie dogs Oct 2 2009 6:40PM
The U.S. Forest Service has released a new
prairie dog management plan for federal grasslands in South Dakota
and Nebraska.
The Forest Service will use a combination of poisoning and
non-lethal means to control prairie dogs across the Oglala and
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| Latest Wyoming news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 2 2009 4:13PM
Kalispell-based Glacier Bancorp says it
has completed its acquisition of a community bank in northern
Wyoming.
First National Bank and Trust is based in Powell, Wyo., and
provides banking services in Cody and Lovell. As of last June 30,
the Wyo
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 2 2009 3:52PM
Former shareholders of the now-defunct
Montana Power Co. have agreed to a $115 million settlement in a
lawsuit over the company's sale of its utility assets as it became
a telecommunications company.
The figure was announced Friday in U.S. Distr
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| Idaho again wants to land choppers in wilderness Oct 2 2009 1:53PM
Idaho again wants permission to land
helicopters in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness to
dart wolves and outfit them with radio collars.
The U.S. Forest Service didn't grant a similar request in 2006
to allow choppers into the feder
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| Obama pitches...Health Care bill progress...Teen rescued in... Oct 2 2009 3:04AM
President Barack Obama says the United States
is "ready and eager" to host the 2016 Olympics. Obama made a
pitch for his adoptive hometown of Chicago to the International
Olympic Committee in Copenhagen. The IOC will announce the host
city later toda
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| Reduce use of state, local firefighters, memo said Oct 2 2009 1:24AM
A report says the U.S. Forest Service ordered
supervisors to reduce the use of state and local firefighters three
weeks before a deadly Los Angeles County wildfire erupted.
In a story posted Thursday evening on the Los Angeles Times Web
site, th
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| Forest Service backs Devil's Staircase Wilderness Oct 1 2009 7:01PM
The U.S. Forest Service has endorsed
designation of a new wilderness area in an area of Oregon's Coast
Range known for a remote waterfall called the Devil's Staircase.
Deputy Chief Joel Haltrop appeared Thursday before a
congressional subcommitt
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 30 2009 3:24PM
Indonesia's health minister is calling
today's quake a "high-scale disaster."
The quake has trapped thousands in collapsed buildings, while
triggering landslides and fires. At least 75 people are confirmed
dead.
The minister told MetroTV tha
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| Forest Service to probe LA wildfire response Sep 30 2009 1:04PM
The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing why
firefighters initially scaled back efforts on a massive wildfire
that eventually burned 250 square miles on the edge of Los Angeles.
Agency Chief Thomas Tidwell says the review will examine the way
the Fo
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 29 2009 11:33AM
An Afghan immigrant has pleaded not guilty to
plotting a terrorist attack on New York City using common
chemicals.
Najibullah Zazi's (nah-jee-BOO'-lah ZAH'-zee) lawyer entered the
plea Tuesday in Brooklyn. Zazi was ordered held without bail duri
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| Calif. residents call for probe into fire response Sep 29 2009 10:02AM
People affected by the massive wildfire that
burned about 250 square miles northeast of Los Angeles are calling
for a federal investigation into what they say was a poor initial
response to the blaze.
Angry residents of the Big Tujunga Canyon ar
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Sep 29 2009 7:42AM
The National Weather Service says a cold
front expected this afternoon could bring rain and even snow to
higher elevations. Fires, some caused by lightning as far back as
July, are burning in the Bitterroot and Flathead national forests,
in the Wisdo
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| Forest Svc burns 80 acres near Red Lodge, MT Sep 29 2009 6:46AM
The U.S. Forest Service says it has
burned the vegetation off 80 acres near the Red Lodge ski resort
part of an area that was threatened with being overrun during a
fire last year.
The Cascade fire that began west of Red Lodge in July 2008
bur
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Sep 28 2009 5:51PM
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester pitched his plan for
both more logging and more wilderness area to a packed room at the
courthouse in Bozeman. Tester says his plan will break through
years of gridlock over logging by mandating [[kxtopic:forest-service:t[Forest S
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 28 2009 4:34PM
Rain slowed the start of South Dakota's
soybean harvest last week. The weekly crop report from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture says several areas in the northeast and
east central parts of the state got more than an inch of rain.
Meanwhile,
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| 1,500acre fire reported in Perkins County Sep 28 2009 3:52PM
A 1,500-acre prairie fire was reported in
Perkins County on Sunday, buffeted by wind gusts of more than 50
miles an hour.
The fire broke out about noon midway between Lemmon and Bison.
Lemmon Assistant Fire Chief Harlan Hess says the Lemmon
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| 1,500acre fire reported in Perkins County Sep 28 2009 3:52PM
A 1,500-acre prairie fire was reported in
Perkins County on Sunday, buffeted by wind gusts of more than 50
miles an hour.
The fire broke out about noon midway between Lemmon and Bison.
Lemmon Assistant Fire Chief Harlan Hess says the Lemmon
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 28 2009 3:45PM
Two bow hunters from Columbia Falls
fired their pistols at a group of bears that charged them on a
trail west of Essex over the weekend, but it's unclear what
happened to the bears.
The state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department says hunters
hik
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| Tester pitches forest bill to packed house Sep 28 2009 12:15PM
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester pitched his plan for
both more logging and more wilderness area to a packed room at the
courthouse in Bozeman.
Tester says his plan will break through years of gridlock over
logging by mandating Forest Service action. And he
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 27 2009 4:05AM
Member nations at the U.N. continue to
heap condemnation on Iran over its sudden revelation of a formerly
secret uranium enrichment plant.
Canada, the Netherlands and Slovakia have joined a chorus of
outrage, blasting Tehran for "continued disho
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Sep 27 2009 3:16AM
A 16-year-old Rochester girl told
investigators she faked her own kidnapping because her mother
didn't like her friends and wouldn't let her go to the school she
preferred. The girl's younger sister called police Wednesday and
said her frantic-soundi
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| Southern Calif. wildfires continue to smolder Sep 27 2009 1:24AM
All but the most remote sections of a
pair of big Southern California wildfires are contained, but
officials warn that dangerous fire weather would persist through
the weekend.
The region saw record triple-digit temperatures on Saturday but
non
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Sep 26 2009 7:50PM
Bismarck police have identified a man who
died after he apparently jumped or fell from a three-story downtown
building. Forty-seven-year-old Thomas Handtmann of Bismarck was
found on the sidewalk near the former Bismarck Tribune building
site on Thur
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 26 2009 4:20PM
Bismarck police have identified a man who
died after he apparently jumped or fell from a three-story downtown
building.
Police say they're still investigating the death of 47-year-old
Thomas Handtmann of Bismarck.
Handtmann was found on th
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| Grasslands might see more roads closed Sep 26 2009 4:13PM
The Forest Service has been mapping public
roads in western North Dakota's Little Missouri National
Grasslands. And it's found more private roads than expected.
The Forest Service last spring proposed cutting the 2,200 miles
of roads and trails
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 25 2009 11:40AM
A former Anaconda resident has been given a
three-year deferred sentence for embezzling thousands of dollars
from a brewery and restaurant where she worked as a bookkeeper.
In November, Mardine Silvia pleaded no contest to felony theft
by embezz
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| Bureau of Land Management waives fees on Saturday Sep 25 2009 7:35AM
The Bureau of Land Management is waiving
entrance and day use fees on all BLM property Saturday in honor of
National Public Lands Day.
The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for 256 million
acres, with most of the property located in the w
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 25 2009 1:45AM
The White House says the Group of 20 nations
will assume the role of a permanent council on global economic
cooperation.
The Group of Eight major industrial nations will continue to
meet on matters of common importance such as national security,
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