Miles City News

The Dickinson State wrestling team has signed three prep wrestlers from Miles City to wrestle at the school in North Dakota.

It may not always pay for ranchers to use herbicides to kill exotic invasive weeds such as leafy spurge, according to a 16-year study by the Agricultural Research Service and colleagues.

Rangeland Ecologist Matt Rinella at the Agricultural Research Service Lab in Miles City, Montana has conducted a 16-year study that shows it may not always help for ranchers to use herbicides to kill invasive weeds like leafy spurge.

The Montana Land Board is holding public hearings this week over whether to lease for development state land near Ashland that contains roughly 600 million tons of coal.

A coalition has joined forces to host a statewide town meeting on Monday, June 29 at 6 p.m. The Great Falls meeting of Montana Talks Health - A Statewide Town Meeting on Reform will be held at MSU-Great Falls College of Technology, 2100 16th Ave.

The loss of Sheriff Maxwell has been felt by his many colleagues, friends and family today.

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Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press MILES CITY, Mont. Four Alabama fugitives captured in North Dakota are suspected in the robbery of a Miles City hotel on June 4. Miles City Police Chief Kevin Krausz says the four are suspects in a conspiracy to rob the Holiday Inn Express in Miles City.

MILES CITY - A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for raping a 15-year-old girl.

MILES CITY - A Montana outfitter, a guide and seven nonresident clients have paid $5,595 in fines and restitution for game violations in a case involving Powder River Outfitters of Broadus.

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf is in custody in Washington state on Texas drug and burglary charges.

Volunteer Firemen from all over the state will convene in Hamilton this weekend for the Montana State Volunteer Fire Fighters Association annual convention.

Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. Montana Republican Party officials meet this week in Helena to pick a new chairman, modify rules and hear from elected leaders, including Congressman Denny Rehberg.

A recent string of fires has destroyed many historic buildings in downtowns across Montana.

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A town hall meeting was held in Bozeman Tuesday to talk about the possibility of restoring passenger train service to southern Montana.

The state health department says Montana now has 10 cases of swine flu. Cases have been reported in Yellowstone, Hill and Custer counties, according to the Department of Public Health and Human Services.

HELENA - A state board plans to vote this summer on a request for an easement to lay railroad tracks on the property of an eastern Montana fish hatchery.

MILES CITY, Mont. - Patients of a Miles City obstetrician-gynecologist picketed a branch of the Billings Clinic Monday, complaining that they were not told their doctor had been placed on administrative leave.

Sen. John Tester is planning a town hall meeting in Bozeman to discuss resuming passenger train service across southern Montana.