Westby News

Another round of wet, wintry weather was forecast to develop throughout the Pacific Northwest as yet another disturbance approached the region on Thursday.

There are numerous ghost towns through out Montana and the Rocky Mountain West and several books about them.

Authorities say a man suspected of robbing a northwestern North Dakota bank at gunpoint led them on a chase into Montana, then back into North Dakota before killing himself in a field as they closed in.

Ever wonder how the tiny town of Ringling was named? Or why the town of Westby is actually in eastern Montana? And what about Two Dot - what kind of name is that? Wonder no more: the Montana Historical Society has published a new book that tells the stories of how Montana towns, geographic features, parks and historic sites got their names.