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Wind, heavy snow cause outages, road closures

Strong winds and heavy snow caused power outages and temporary road closures in northwestern Montana as a wintry storm threatened to drop several feet of snow in some areas of the northern Rocky Mountains.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Wind, heavy snow cause outages, road closures

Strong winds and heavy snow caused power outages and temporary road closures in northwestern Montana as a wintry storm threatened to drop several feet of snow in some areas of the northern Rocky Mountains.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Rule would maintain grizzly bear population in Northwest Montana

Montana wildlife officials are proposing to maintain the largest grizzly bear population in the Lower 48 states at its current level of about 1,000 animals even if the population loses its federal protections.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Quake rouses slumbering residents

LINCOLN — An earthquake strong enough to rouse sleeping residents more than 100 miles from its epicenter struck Western Montana early Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Quake rouses slumbering residents

LINCOLN — An earthquake strong enough to rouse sleeping residents more than 100 miles from its epicenter struck Western Montana early Thursday.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Bernie Sanders to campaign for Rob Quist

HELENA — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is expected to campaign on behalf of Rob Quist, who is seeking Montana’s lone seat in the U.S. House in a special election next month.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Visits to Yellowstone up 15 percent in May

Yellowstone National Park had nearly 445,000 visitors in May, a 15 percent increase over a year ago.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Federal diver sentenced for assault in Glacier Park

A former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scuba diver from Bigfork has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for sexually assaulting a co-worker during a work trip in Glacier National Park.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Olympic ski champ Johnson dies at 55

Bill Johnson, the brash American who became the first U.S. skier to win an Olympic downhill title, died after a long illness, the U.S. ski team said Friday. He was 55.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Election season gets underway with first filings

The candidate filing period has begun, kicking off Montana’s 2016 election season.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO

State's average 2015 temp ties highest on record

Montana tied its highest average overall temperature in 2015, according to weather data.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO

Oil-lease bequest raises $126,334

HELENA — Montana regularly sells oil and gas leases for its own land, but rarely, if ever, has it sold mineral rights in another state — until now.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO

Drought may linger this winter

HELENA — The continuing warm, dry conditions that have already extended the fire season are expected to last through the winter, which could intensify and expand the drought in Montana, officials said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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