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The search for a missing East Helena man intensified Friday after a hat believed to be worn by the man was discovered Thursday.

The search continues for a missing East Helena man who was last seen early Saturday.

Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment: ASARCO SETTLEMENT Asarco expected to close bankruptcy deal HELENA, Mont.

Lewis and Clark County officials are searching for a 30-year-old East Helena man last seen early Saturday.

Federal law and rules barring many government employees from running for office could make it difficult for the growing group of legislators getting new state jobs to seek re-election. The Federal Hatch Act applies to state and local government employees who work in programs funded at least in part by federal money - and most state agencies receive ...

Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. A 32-year-old East Helena man charged in a crash that left a Helena couple dead is expected to change his plea.

A change of plea hearing is scheduled for an East Helena man charged with killing two people, one a former Butte resident, while driving under the influence.

A coroner's jury has found law enforcement officials were not criminally liable in the May 29 shooting death of a 46-year-old East Helena man who was drunk, suicidal and had fired a .45-caliber pistol in the direction of a patrol car.

Law enforcement officers were justified in fatally shooting an East Helena man earlier this year, a Boulder jury has decided.

HELENA - Lloyd L. "Stub" Stubsten, 83, a retired rancher and tavern owner, died of natural causes Tuesday in Helena.

Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment: BANK FRAUD Kalispell woman sentenced for bank fraud Missoula , Mont.

Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press Missoula , Mont. A Kalispell woman has been dealt a 27-month prison sentence for embezzling $227,000 from two companies she did bookkeeping work for.

HELENA - A man charged with crashing into and killing two people while drunk was jailed over the weekend with another drinking and driving charge.

Montana Lottery officials say five people have recently claimed major prizes from lottery games and scratch tickets.

A 7-year-old learning how to swim at the local pool is nothing new unless it's an 800-pound grizzly bear taking the plunge.

EAST HELENA - A branch of the public library housed at an East Helena middle school for the past eight years is moving to another building in town at the end of the school year.

The last two, of three lead smelter stacks that for decades stood as silent watch over East Helena, Mont., were felled at 7:38 Friday on the grounds of the now closed century-old lead smelter.

HELENA - If everything goes as planned, the Helena-area skyline will change forever Friday morning as crews detonate explosives and bring down three historic smokestacks at Asarco's defunct East Helena lead smelting plant.

EAST HELENA - Three historic Asarco smokestacks that once provided jobs for generations of families and defined East Helena took seconds to crumble during a demolition that thousands woke early to witness Friday morning.

Three smokestacks that towered over the Asarco lead smelter in East Helena, Montana have been demolished.