Beaverhead County News

Pheasant hunters and conservationists from Beaverhead County in southwestern Montana have organized their wildlife habitat restoration efforts by forming the new Beaverhead Chapter of Pheasants Forever .

Patty Lovaas is proud of the fact that she's not a career politician. She said people like her are what the founding fathers had in mind when they framed the American system of government.

DILLON - A former Beaverhead County commissioner will serve two months in prison for violating the terms of her probation in a drug case. via Great Falls Tribune

“It's pretty clear the state doesn't want your clients to have any marijuana at all”

DILLON - A Dillon couple charged after a marijuana bust at their house will be allowed to continue using the drug for medicinal purposes while they're awaiting trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. via Great Falls Tribune

“If somebody was manufacturing something to sell, they would have a couple of high-yielding varieties and that would be it, but that's nothing like what I had”

DILLON - Two people who investigators said had a large marijuana growing operation at their house north of here have been charged with several drug-related felonies. via Great Falls Tribune

From The K-B-L-G News Center... A Billings man who authorities say was shot by an officer after he brandished a rifle following a high speed chase near Dillon has pled not guilty to a slew of felony charges. via KBLG-AM Billings

Man charged with assault on peace officer pleads not guilty Eds: APNewsNow. DILLON, Mont. via KXMA-TV Dickinson

A Billings man made an initial appearance Tuesday in Justice Court here following a weekend incident that left him shot in the leg by a law officer after a high-speed chase. via Billings Gazette

“Beaverhead County can have some fun with this: pay to keep a guy alive for a trial that probably won't happen quickly”

The large-scale marijuana bust that law officers here touted as a major success this month was instead the persecution of a terminally ill man who needed the drug to help ease his suffering, a pro-medical ... via Missoulian

“This was a marijuana growing operation that was pretty well sophisticated with the way it was set up”

Felony charges are expected to be filed next week in a large scale marijuana bust that occurred near here recently. via Montana Standard

“They had two or three shifts working, and they were down on their hands and knees scraping that stuff off the floor”

Two juvenile males were arrested Thursday evening in connection with the ransacking of Reichle School near Glen last month, causing more than $15,000 in damages, Beaverhead County Sheriff Jay Hansen said in a ... via Billings Gazette

“They had two or three shifts working, and they were down on their hands and knees scraping that stuff off the floor”

Two juvenile males were arrested Thursday evening in connection with the ransacking of Reichle School near Glen last month, causing more than $15,000 in damages, Beaverhead County Sheriff Jay Hansen said in a ... via Montana Standard

“We've argued against the Snowcrest from day one”

Federal officials released a final management plan for the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Monday that calls for 81,000 acres of additional wilderness areas over a draft plan released two years ago. via Montana Standard

“I don't personally get much pressure to grow the economy”

Ask two of the three Beaverhead County commissioners what needs to be done to grow the economy here, and they'll give a terse answer. via Montana Standard

A new subdivision in Beaverhead County has been approved. The proposed Lima Peaks Estates, which will be built east of the Interstate 15 weigh station would be a minor subdivision, consisting of five lots. via KXLF

By ANGELA BRANDT - Independent Record - 01/18/08 Four Californians are accused of taking part in a multi-state bank fraud road trip, in which investigators say their take may top the million-dollar mark. via Independent Record

By John Grant Emeigh of The Montana Standard - 01/11/2008 Four people are in custody in Beaverhead County Friday in connection with a multi-state, bank-fraud scheme, including allegedly ripping off a Butte ... via Montana Standard

“They haven't been too cooperative with us”

An alert supervisor at a Butte bank may have helped investigators Thursday nab four people believed to be involved in a multi-state fraud scheme. via Montana Standard

Authorities have captured suspects who were allegedly involved in fraudulent activity at a Butte bank. via KRTV