Helmville News

The Ponderay Police Department told the Coeur d'Alene Press the body was found Saturday and an autopsy will be scheduled.

Authorities in western Montana say a snowmobiler has died after running into a chain strung across a road in hills northeast of Helmville.

Montana's preliminary general fund balance at the end of June was $457.1 million - about $268 million more than the 2011 Legislature projected when it developed its two-year budget, the legislature's chief revenue forecaster said.

MISSOULA As the Bureau of Land Management's Missoula Field Office prepares for several prescribed burns this spring, smoke may be visible during the next three months in the mountains south of Ovando and west of Helmville.