Plains News

Dig this - it's Montana Dino Fest weekend in Malta. The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum kicks off the summer season with its annual Wine and Dino tonight from 6:30 to 10 at Malta City Hall.

The Memorial Day weekend was a deadly one when it came to car crashes with the Montana Highway Patrol reporting that five people died in Western Montana counties.

Its time to rock the house! Rock hounds, dinosaur fossil lovers, and those interested in finding "pay dirt" will convene this weekend at the Montana State Rock and Gem Show at the Bitterroot River Inn.

MISSOULA a ' Authorities say a 22-year-old North Idaho man committed suicide in the Sanders County Detention Center shortly after he was captured by residents for allegedly robbing a convenience store in Trout Creek.

Authorities say a 22-year-old Idaho man committed suicide in the Sanders County Detention Center shortly after he was captured by residents for allegedly robbing a convenience store in Trout Creek.

While you probably won't unearth a Picasso in Montana, big cities don't have a monopoly on good art.

DEADLINES by Friday, March 27 is the last day to: a Submit nominations for the 2009 Parmly Billings Library High Plains Book Awards.

DEADLINES by Thursday, March 19 is the last day to: a Reserve a spot at the Montana State University College of Business Entrepreneur Day in Bozeman.

Montana is a place where buffalo still roam. We're lucky the massive creatures are still around as wanton killing of the animal in the 1800s nearly wiped them out.

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FORT BENTON - A rock star in the tractor world - the International Harvester Model F-1066 Farmall that has proudly been displayed at the Museum of the Great Northern Plains in Fort Benton - will soon be the ...

Halfway by Sen. Greg Hinkle This has been quite a week. The floor sessions are much longer and we have had some evening committee meetings in an attempt to finish by next Thursday.

HELENA - A Democratic lawmaker is pitching two bills that align with Republican goals of loosening energy permit requirements and limiting lawsuits to promote energy development in Montana.

Authorities say a 54-year old man was killed this week when he los4 control of his truck on Montana 200 near Plains.

Party like a rock star today, Barack Obama, because when you wake up tomorrow, you'll actually bepresident, and your to-do list is long and daunting.

The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls is honoring its roots in Indian Country with a new exhibit.

The federal government is allocating $2.3 million to improve and expand airports in 16 Montana communities.

Nothing defines Native American culture of the Plains quite like a beautifully decorated tepee with lodgepole pine framework reaching toward the sky.

Montana State University Billings will expand its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day events over several days.

A Billings-based cattle group is calling on the world's largest meatpacker to surrender its Western feedlots as part of a settlement agreement with state and federal antitrust lawyers.