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A 2 1/2-year investigation that involved undercover officers and recorded phone calls culminated with a series of arrests in and around Choteau on Tuesday.

Ten suspects were arrested during a major marijuana bust in Teton and Pondera Counties.

State Road A1A is closed in Sunny Isles Beach on Monday afternoon because of a downed utility pole, according to the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department.

Last month, voters in the Teton County Hospital District - which encompasses about two-thirds of the county, excluding the Dutton and Power areas - soundly rejected a new 31-mill, 10-year property tax levy sought to help defray the expenses of operating the emergency room at Teton Medical Center, a 12-bed Critical Access Hospital in Choteau.

CHOTEAU - Myrtle A. Dale, 93, of Choteau, died of cancer May 23 at her daughter's home in Missoula.

Now in Western Perspective: Montana's local food movement: The Montana Food System Council works to advance the growth of a sustainable and self-reliant food system for the Big Sky State May 28, 2009 Read the comments Read past Perspectives In the Rockies today, new rules are in place for folks crossing the U.S. border into Canada and Mexico.

Sunday marked the beginning of National EMS week and Dutton is celebrating with a new ambulance for its EMS and Training facility.

World War II Air Force veteran Russell Arden 'Russ' Raymond, 93, a longtime Power resident, died May 10 in Albuquerque, N.M., after a brief illness.

HAVRE - Son born to Joline and William Taylor of Havre. LEHNERZ - Daughter born Wednesday to Meggan and Neal Lehnerz of Power.

The following schools are closed Thursday, April 30: Cascade Schools Conrad Schools Choteau Schools Dutton/Brady Schools Fairfield Schools Geraldine Schools Power Schools Sun River Valley Schools Highwood Schools: open ONE HOUR late on Thursday, and breakfast will not be served.

"I'm going to save you $9.3 million tonight," a retired transportation engineer told Langley Township council on Monday evening, April 6. The former Walnut Grove engineer, who now lives in White Rock, presented council with a copy of a 1906 bylaw that created the rail line through Langley.

Katie Lynn Kain and Steven Carl Hurin plan to be married May 2. She is the daughter of Jerry and Patty Kain of Great Falls.

More than $13 million is headed to Montana for energy efficiency improvements. The $13,971,000 is in addition to $52,398,777 already granted to the state by the Obama administration for weatherization and energy funding.

A fire that may have started in the kitchen completely destroyed a two-story home in Simms on Sunday night.

SHELBY - Alvin James Howery, 84, of Shelby, a retired Montana Power Company gas and field operator and decorated World War II veteran, died of natural causes on Friday at Marias Care Center in Shelby.

A public meeting meant to gauge support for the proposed location for a Kalispell prerelease center drew mixed responses last week, with some surrounding business owners questioning if the site was already a ...

GLASGOW - Delmar Victor Lind, 88, of Glasgow, a World War II and Korean War Army veteran who retired from Montana Power, died Saturday at a Billings hospital while recovering from surgery.

Easbound traffic on Route 22 at County Line Road is now being detoured onto local roads because of downed wires and a leaking transformer that is causing a hazardous materials spill.

Farm country had an exceptional 2008, with record high grain prices and a strong harvest, said George Haynes, a professor and extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Montana State ...

BURNS - Daughter born Jan. 20 to Jaydee and Shaunda Burns of Great Falls. HOFER - Son born Tuesday to Clara and Peter Hofer of White Sulphur Springs.