Trego News

The tiny community here is a long way - physically and culturally - from the streets of Los Angeles.

Buoyed by the success of voter initiatives in Washington and Colorado, an East Helena medical marijuana advocate has refiled a proposal to make the recreational use of pot a constitutional right in Montana.

Three members of a methamphetamine trafficking and distribution group that brought the drug from other states to the Flathead Valley recently received federal sentences for their involvement.

Recreationists and residents near Trego are being asked to exercise caution while wildlife officials search for a wounded grizzly bear, according to an announcement Monday afternoon from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.