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The day after a serious cattle disease appeared in Montana, the owner of the infected herd discussed slaughtering all his animals, while a leading agricultural economist warned of a substantial, ...

Montana will officially lose its status as a brucellosis-free state in coming weeks, after a Paradise Valley heifer tested positive for the disease Monday.

A fascinating and exciting Montana election has come and gone, with some surprising victories and defeats.

Conservative Republicans issued a tough election message Tuesday to moderate GOP incumbents in the Montana Legislature: Get right or get gone.

One of the five Republican state representatives considered too liberal by a local legislator who helped field candidates to run against them was beaten in Tuesday's primary.

“You're harvesting the sun, the rain, the wind, there is really no bad weather day here at all. Any type of weather you can take advantage of”

Building energy efficient homes is nothing new but for a man in Emigrant, south of Livingston, it's what he's put inside that makes his home so special. via KULR

“As party chairman, I make it a policy that I do not recruit candidates to run against our Republican incumbents,'”

HELENA - A Republican lawmaker says he has started an effort to challenge 14 GOP colleagues he calls "socialist.'' Rep. via Great Falls Tribune

Montana's first bluebirds of the season have been recorded by Mountain Bluebird Trails Inc. via Great Falls Tribune

“It's a resource that you can use over and over again. It's the most environmentally inert product out there”

Covering Yellowstone National Park for the paper has its obvious perks. But the hidden bonus is the chance to get some of my recycling done. via Billings Gazette

“Sooner or later they will all run out of substitutions, but at this point it seems kind of silly for me to take shots in the dark as to who they might agree to”

An employment dispute between Yellowstone County and three Sheriff's Office employees has stalled for three months as both sides use a common legal procedure to remove judges from the case. via Billings Gazette

“He came around the corner and was airborne”

When a big noise awakened Ned Shapiro about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, he thought the roof was coming off his restaurant. via Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Livingston men killed in traffic crash identified Posted: Updated: Montana Highway Patrol trooper Shawn Fowler tells the News station that Livingston residents, David Woldstad, 22, and Joseph Braun, 22, were ... via KXLF

“She's had a whole community of people to help her raise him”

The state of Montana discriminated against a paralyzed mother when it threatened to take away her newborn, a hearings officer for the Human Rights Bureau has ruled. via Bozeman Daily Chronicle

“We were certainly holding our breath”

Months of additional tests for brucellosis in Montana cattle have turned up no new cases, Department of Livestock officials said Wednesday. via Billings Gazette

Q&A: Selling Part of Bus 142 When Fairbanks resident Kasey Cory put the speedometer from Bus 142 up for sale on eBay , it wasn't, in his words, to make money; it was to start a debate. via Outside Online

“I guess I feel vindicated, again”

A teacher and former Billings Senior High girls' soccer coach has agreed to a $50,000 settlement in her federal lawsuit alleging the district discriminated against her because of her gender. via Montana Standard