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Easter Seals-Goodwill celebrates making 'a huge difference' for 65 years

Bill Mahoney has worked at the Goodwill distribution center in Great Falls for about five years.

Litigious Great Falls family not afraid to fight City Hall

Fighting City Hall is a long-term hobby for Steve Forbes of Great Falls, who has joined hundreds of thousands of Americans who represent themselves in court each year without...

Four-time individual wrestling champions multiply

BILLINGS — Consider it a four-gone conclusion.

Local runners honor killed Sidney teacher

The Great Falls running community is a tight-knit group, said Ron Ray, who organizes a local running group.

Local man stabbed on the South Side, police say

Great Falls police said a man was stabbed on the South Side at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Great Falls, sending the victim to the hospital and into surgery.

Then and now: Chester Trading Co.

Hi-Line town Chester sported 847 people during the 2010 census, but its population is believed to have grown since then.

Police seek help finding man

Keith Walker, 21, checked out of the Great Falls Pre-Release Center at 9 Saturday morning and did not report for work.

Across the Big Sky

BILLINGS — A 54-year-old man has pleaded guilty to what authorities say is his 11th drunken-driving offense.

Lawmen stretched thin thanks to oil boom in eastern Montana

When the Conference of Western Attorneys General converges on the resort town of Big Sky for next week's CWAG Energy Summit, the top cops from more than a dozen western...

State launches new computer system for professionals

HELENA — Montana business and building professionals soon will be able to apply and renew their licenses and permits using a 24/7 online automated system.

Groups push campaign spending ban to U.S. Supreme Court

HELENA — Three groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow corporations to spend freely to influence Montana elections this year, after the state's high...

Rehberg ups ante over outside campaign money

HELENA — The Republican challenger in Montana's U.S. Senate race boldly escalated the battle over outside money Friday by calling on a total ban on any money not raised...

Malmstrom officers place in media contest

Several members of Malmstrom Air Force Base's 341st Missile Wing Public Affairs Office were among the winners of the 2011 Public Affairs Media Contest, announced this week at...

Special Olympics athletes take to slopes

Special Olympic athletes gathered at Showdown Ski Area on Friday to compete in the 2012 CMR Area Winter Games before moving on to the state competition.

Kalispell man gets life sentence for killings

KALISPELL — A Flathead County judge sentenced a Kalispell man Friday to life in prison without parole for killing his ex-girlfriend and her 15-year-old daughter on Christmas...

Race to the Sky starts this morning in Lincoln

Ready, set, mush!

Bozeman nurse settles wrongful discharge suit

BOZEMAN (AP) — A Bozeman nurse who was fired after serving as a surrogate mother for a patient has settled her wrongful discharge lawsuit with Billings Clinic.

Sioux tribe sues brewers, stores for alcohol woes

The Oglala Sioux Tribe is suing some of the world's largest beer brewers, saying they knowingly have contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on Pine Ridge Indian...

The History Museum announces Legacy Award winners

Big was better this year as The History Museum on Thursday announced its Legacy Awards.

Animal expert Jack Hanna will headline Great Fall's Ad Club celebration

World-renowned animal expert Jack Hanna will visit Great Falls in August for the Great Falls Advertising Federation's second Ad Club Celebrity Celebration.

Frontier announces direct flights to Denver for the summer

Low-cost Frontier Airlines announced Thursday it has added Great Falls to its summer flying schedule.

Mortenson asks judge to toss lawsuit of 'Three Cups of Tea'

HELENA — Attorneys who accuse Greg Mortenson of defrauding readers in his best-selling "Three Cups of Tea" say his case is no different from that of James Frey,...

State Supreme Court denies request to temporarily suspend the corporate spending ban

HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a request by the Washington, D.C.-based Western Tradition Partnership to temporarily suspended enforcement of the...

High-speed chase ends without suspect, police say

A high-speed chase behind a stolen vehicle through the east end of town late Wednesday night eventually led police to the car they wanted, but with its driver still at large.

Two deny breaking into home, pointing gun at man

A man and woman denied allegations that they broke into a man's residence last month and pointed a gun at him in an attempt to get him out of the house.

Great Falls man denies rape charge

A Great Falls man denied a rape charged leveled against him last month during an arraignment hearing Thursday in Cascade County District Court.

Leaving 'No Child' law: Obama lets 10 states flee

WASHINGTON — It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind.

Schweitzer announces plans for new health clinic

HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday he is seeking bids for contractors to establish a new primary care clinic for government employees, a plan whose details the...

Tester wants ban on third-party attack ads

HELENA — Locked in what many expect to be the most expensive U.S. Senate race in state history, Montana Sen. Jon Tester is calling on his Republican challenger to join him...

Sex abuse suit filed against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls-Billings

A third lawsuit alleging abuse by Catholic clergy in Montana was filed Wednesday morning in Great Falls — this time from 10 plaintiffs alleging sexual assault by priests...

$12.9 million to go to Fort Peck, Rocky Boy's for water infrastructure projects

On Tuesday, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced an additional $50 million in funding for a variety of water infrastructure projects, including $12.9 million in...

Democrats say oil, natural gas drilling policing too lax

WASHINGTON — Federal policing of oil and natural gas on public lands is lax and inconsistent, with only 6 percent of violations resulting in monetary fines over 13 years,...

Montana drilling fines total $10,500

There were 32 rule violations involving oil and natural gas drilling by 22 companies on federal lands in Montana between 1999 and November 2008, according to a report prepared by...

Renners donate to Russell paintings, library to C.M. Russell Museum

Two late experts on cowboy artist Charlie Russell have left a pair of Russell's watercolors and a large research library to the Great Falls museum that bears the...

Lawsuit filed over mountain Jesus statue

HELENA — The battle over a 57-year-old Jesus statue at a northwest Montana ski resort escalated Wednesday with a new federal lawsuit arguing that the Forest Service needs to...

BLM seeks input on proposed land acquisition

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposal by the agency to buy 652 privately owned acres of riverfront land located in the "white...

Doney says GFDA will contest $6.3 million suit against agency

The Great Falls Development Authority will hire an attorney and contest a lawsuit seeking $6.3 million for the development agency's role in a land option agreement, GFDA...

ACROSS the BIG SKY

BILLINGS — North Dakota's governor has signed papers authorizing the extradition of two men held in the kidnapping of a Montana teacher who is presumed dead.

O'Hara announces re-election candidacy for House District 18

Republican Jesse O'Hara will seek a fourth term representing voters in House District 18, which encompasses southwest Great Falls and stretches west to Simms.

AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. When...

Mobile home park residents want new water, sewage district after arsenic found in well

About 225 residents of a mobile home park south of Great Falls have been warned by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality not to drink their tap water because it contains...

Vaughn votes to have four-day school week next year

The Vaughn Elementary School board unanimously agreed Tuesday to go to a four-day school week, according to school officials.

Montana judge rules against Molnar in ethics case

HELENA — Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar was correctly fined $21,000 for violating ethics laws by using state government equipment for re-election campaign work, a...

Great Falls runners plan to join 'virtual run' for Sherry Arnold

On Saturday, local runners of all abilities will have a chance to honor, remember and celebrate Sherry Arnold's life with a run in Gibson Park.

Three charged in golden eagle killing

BILLINGS — Three Montana men each face up to a year in prison on charges that two of them captured and killed an injured golden eagle then sold it to the third man for $100,...

City discusses offering Great Falls license plate

Several Great Falls city commissioners Tuesday night said they want city staff to check into creating a new city specialty license plate like ones offered by Billings, Missoula...

Campaign School teaches hopefuls to run for office

The office seekers leaving the Hilton Garden Inn on Tuesday were armed with little black binders of information and lessons they were glad to have learned in February rather than...

United Way of Cascade County seeks applications from nonprofit groups

United Way of Cascade County is inviting local nonprofits that work to improve education, help people become more financially stable and independent, and make Cascade County...

Across the Big Sky

BILLINGS — A suspect in a Montana negligent homicide case has waived his right to challenge extradition from North Dakota to face charges.

Great Falls counselors change with the times

East Middle School eighth-grader Kutter Deshner is, like most kids her age, a little nervous about starting high school next year. She's nervous about the new classes and...