Beaverhead County News

A judge has ruled that a Beaverhead County woman charged with growing marijuana was not protected by the state's medical marijuana law because she didn't have the required permit when she was arrested.

A Butte hunter is recovering after falling from a trail over the weekend near Divide.

A judge has ruled that a Beaverhead County woman charged with growing and selling marijuana was not protected by Montana's medical marijuana law because she did not have the required permit when charged with ...

The body of a 49-year-old Hamilton man was found in the Big Hole River over the weekend, downstream from where his pickup crashed into the river.

For Pat Blade, the thought of leaving her home is bittersweet. Her husband Arthur loves to work on old cars in the garage.

A hunting and angling group is protesting oil and gas leases on more than 5,000 acres of public land in Beaverhead County, claiming the land is sensitive wildlife habitat.

BUTTE, Mont. - A Missoula-based hunting and angling group is protesting oil and gas leases on 5,200 acres of public land in Beaverhead County that it says is sensitive wildlife habitat.

All those blankets that were donated last spring to the Beaverhead County Response Team of American Red Cross were put to good use this past weekend when 175 people were sheltered in Keltz Arena on University ...

State officials will offer more than 420 tracts of land for oil and gas leases in December, including 233 parcels in southwest Montana that conservationists say could be harmful to fish and wildlife.

The payout is rising for Montana in its new role of compensating for livestock losses to wolves, with some uncertainty about where this year's tally will stop.

State-owned oil and gas tracts in the Bridger Canyon are among those scheduled for a quarterly lease sale Dec.

Utah man dies in I-15 rollover near Dillon Eds: APNewsNow. BILLINGS, Mont. A man who died this week in a one-vehicle crash near Dillon has been identified as 23-year-old Kenneth Wayne Woods of Nephi, Utah.

A judge this week ruled that the search of a rural home near Dillon discovered to have a marijuana growing operation was legally conducted.

Almost a decade ago, when people who cared about southwest Montana's Big Hole River started talking about the future, Victor was one those places they liked to point toward.

Roughly 200 opponents of two proposed private bridges over the Big Hole River have signed a petition against the projects.

Hospital officials indicated this week they will move forward with plans to build a $27 million facility on a new site to replace the existing building.

A prosecutor added charges this week against a man involved in a roadside shootout with law officers last February north of Dillon.

Beaverhead County's road manager is out of a job. County commissioners say loss of federal funds makes it necessary to lay off Richard Miller, employed by the county for 19 years.

Beaverhead County commissioners this week laid off the county road manager in adopting its annual budget, saying the loss of federal funds made the move necessary.

The man facing felony charges for growing a large quantity of marijuana - he claimed he was doing so for medicinal purposes - died Tuesday.