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Doctors, advocates raise concerns about end-of-life care at Montana State Hospital
Editor's note: This is the first story in a two-part series. → Read More
Through multiple owners, managers, facility has consistently found trouble
Second in a three-day series. Read Part I here. → Read More
High-security unit on lockdown at Montana State Prison due to security concerns
The high-security unit of the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge has been put on lockdown and visitation has been canceled this weekend due to unnamed security issues. → Read More
Book explores Berkeley Pit's history, legacy
Growing up in Bozeman in the 1980s, Brian James Leech knew little about the Mining City except its stigma. → Read More
One skier dies in Tobacco Root Mountains avalanche, another injured
One man died and another was seriously injured Friday around 1 p.m. while they were backcountry skiing in the Tobacco Root Mountains. → Read More
Shot fired in Uptown Butte, officials say
At least one shot was fired at Alaska and Granite Streets at about 4:45 p.m. Friday, said an officer with Montana Highway Patrol. → Read More
Proposed Town Pump expansion would require removal of Uptown homes
On Tuesday evening, the members of the Butte-Silver Bow Historic Preservation Commission, the county’s Historic Preservation officer and a few other interested onlookers gathered on the east side of the → Read More
I-186 rejected, denying effort to bolster environmental regulation of mining
Opponents of Initiative 186 declared victory Tuesday night, even as votes continued to be counted. And by Wednesday morning, with nearly all of the vote tallied, the initiative had been → Read More
Ballot opponents feeling confident as I-186 trails in early election results
Opponents of Initiative 186 were feeling good Tuesday night, as 59 percent of voters had rejected the proposal with about half of precincts partially reporting their results at 11 p.m. → Read More
Locked-out Imerys employees to return to work after company, union come to an agreement
The more than 30 locked-out union workers at Imerys Talc America's talc-milling plant in Three Forks have come to an agreement with the company and will head back to work → Read More
Montana Tech receives $2.75 million in Army Research Lab funding
On a recent morning, Jack Skinner, head of Montana Tech’s department of mechanical engineering, led a visitor through an airlock and into the university’s state-of-the-art nanotechnology laboratory, before entering a → Read More
Enrollment drops again at Tech, Highlands
Fall headcount enrollment at Montana Tech and Highlands College combined has dropped 3.5 percent, from 2,678 students on campus last fall to 2,583 as of the 15th day of the → Read More
Man hopes to share his private art collection with Butte by starting modern art museum
On Wednesday morning, Richard Nelson backed his pickup into the garage of a house he owns on the corner of Main and Copper streets and unloaded a large rope made → Read More
Montana Tech chancellor announces retirement; search for a new leader begins
Montana Tech Chancellor Don Blackketter announced his retirement Monday afternoon, signaling the end of an eventful eight-year run at the university’s helm and the start of a search for his → Read More
Butte will be without a homeless shelter until at least mid-December
On Sept. 17, Action Inc. CEO Margie Seccomb received word from Rocky Lyons, Butte Rescue Mission’s executive director, that the mission would not be able to open its new shelter → Read More
Project aims to prevent further wildlife deaths on Mount Moriah Cemetery fence
“The moose died right there in that corner,” Shane Yaskus said, pointing to the southwest fence line of Mount Moriah Cemetery Thursday morning. → Read More
Butte man pleads guilty to sexual assault of 6-year-old girl
Matthew Joseph Rodriguez pleaded guilty to felony sexual assault of a 6-year-old girl on Wednesday. → Read More
Sun Mountain Lumber wins bid for state’s first timber sale on National Forest lands
Deer Lodge’s Sun Mountain Lumber won a bid Thursday to purchase approximately 2.25 million board feet of dead and dying lodgepole pine from 375 acres within the Boulder Lowlands II → Read More
Montana correctional facility to shift focus from women in recovery to sick male inmates
The Montana Department of Corrections announced Wednesday it will close by Oct. 9 the Riverside Recovery and Reentry Program, where a trauma-informed rehabilitation program is currently available to incarcerated women, → Read More
Parrot project discovers more extensive contamination than many expected
Overlooking the massive, tiered hole in the earth near where the Parrot smelter once stood and where a fleet of heavy equipment was rapidly moving dirt, clay, slag and tailings → Read More