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Man killed after recycling bin he sheltered in was picked up

May 15, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A man who apparently sought shelter in a cardboard recycling bin in Montana's capitol city was killed after the container was picked up by a garbage truck, the Helena Police Department said.

Jury awards $182K in wrongful discharge case against state

April 29, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — More than five years after a former supervisor at a Montana juvenile detention facility was fired, a jury awarded him $182,000 in damages in a wrongful termination case.

The Department of Corrections said Bill Marsh was fired from the Pine Hills Correctional Facility in Miles City in August 2016 for allowing an employee who was on administrative leave inside the secure facility.

Signature gathering can continue on property tax initiative

By AMY BETH HANSONApril 28, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A new law that requires Montana's attorney general to warn voters if a proposed ballot initiative would hurt businesses does not apply to ballot measures that would amend the state constitution, a state judge has ruled.

Montana woman accused of taking money, identities of in-laws

March 11, 2022 GMT

A federal grand jury has indicted a Montana woman and accused her of using her in-laws' Bismarck bank account and their identities to make a $134,000 payment on a home.

Fifty-six-year-old Carol Feist, of Whitehall, is charged with bank and wire fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.

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Rifle-carrying man wounded by police in Helena-West Helena

March 5, 2022 GMT

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) — A rifle-carrying man was wounded when he was shot by a police officer in eastern Arkansas, according to Arkansas State Police.

Travon Brewer, 18, was shot in Helena-West Helena by a Jonesboro officer who was part of a multi-jurisdictional task force, state police said in a statement.

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Montana county reports 3 recent fentanyl overdose deaths

February 23, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Three people died of apparent fentanyl overdoses in less than a month in Lewis and Clark County, Sheriff Leo Dutton said.

Counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl were found on or near the people who died between Jan.

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Williams confirmed to lead US Fish and Wildlife Service

February 18, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Martha Williams, the former director of Montana's wildlife agency, has been confirmed to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Thursday night with a voice vote.

Man who illegally shot trophy moose loses hunting privileges

February 16, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man has lost his hunting and trapping privileges for life in 47 states for illegally killing a trophy moose, taking the antlers and leaving the meat to waste, state wildlife officials said.

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Governor open to special session to re-draw PSC districts

By AMY BETH HANSONFebruary 15, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte said Tuesday he is open to calling a special session of the Legislature to approve new voting districts for electing members of the Public Service Commission after federal judges ruled the current districts are unconstitutional.

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Non-citizens cited in Montana county voter registration case

February 7, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two non U.S.-citizens who are accused of casting votes last year in a north-central Montana mayor's race that was decided by two votes have been cited for allegedly signing fraudulent voter registration applications, prosecutors said Monday.

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Judge strikes parts of heavily amended campaign finance bill

By AMY BETH HANSONFebruary 4, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state Constitution, a judge has ruled, when it changed a campaign finance bill late in the 2021 session to make it harder to register and to encourage college students to vote and to, in effect, limit donations to judicial campaigns.

Lewis and Clark County Justice of the Peace Michael Swingley set bail at $75,000 each for Brandon Michael Beckman and Robert John Harvel, 31.

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Man killed after recycling bin he sheltered in was picked up

Jury awards $182K in wrongful discharge case against state

Signature gathering can continue on property tax initiative

Montana woman accused of taking money, identities of in-laws

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Rifle-carrying man wounded by police in Helena-West Helena

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Montana county reports 3 recent fentanyl overdose deaths

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Williams confirmed to lead US Fish and Wildlife Service

Man who illegally shot trophy moose loses hunting privileges

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Governor open to special session to re-draw PSC districts

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Non-citizens cited in Montana county voter registration case

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Judge strikes parts of heavily amended campaign finance bill

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Western Native Voice sets up voter registration kiosks

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Helena emergency medical teams revive 9 people who overdosed

Helena-area men charged after man’s body found in snow

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