Big Horn County News

Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... _> A governmen4 contracting scheme that puts paperwork speed ahead of community recover9 is costing some Montana firms winning federal stimulus contracts.

The owners of a 2006 Ford Escape that took a plunge off of the east side of Big Horn Canyon are alright, but the vehicle that fell about 700 feet to the rocks below Devil's Canyon Overlook Sunday was a total loss.

BILLINGS - All the largemouth bass in Arapooish Pond northeast of Hardin died over the winter due to oxygen deprivation.

The two bodies found in southeast Montana have been positively identified as Teddy and Juliet Little Light, a Crow Agency couple missing since December.

From The K-B-L-G News Center... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THAT THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE FOOTHILLS FROM NYE TO RED LODGE.

We hear it too. The ice has melted, the days are getting longer and warmer and Montana's waterways are calling to kayakers and rafters.

The Crow Tribe are just a few hours away from electing a new chairman. Thousands cast their ballots at the multipurpose center in Crow Agency.

Two separate rollover accidents on Tuesday night left two people dead and two others in critical condition.

HELENA, Mont. The Big Horn County coroner says a second man died in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday night.

MTRight Now,1169 Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment: CROW ELECTION Black Eagle, Not Afraid face off April 18 CROW AGENCY, Mont.

DEADLINES by Friday, April 3 is the last day to: a See a oeExposure/Enclosure,a an interactive exhibition of large sculptures by Phoebe Knapp at Rocky Mountain College.

The state Labor Department says Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 6% in February.

BILLINGS - Burton Pretty On Top and Leroy Not Afraid have added their names to the list of people seeking the chairmanship of the Crow Tribe.

HARDIN - The Big Horn County coroner in Hardin says heart complications caused the death of Carl Venne, chairman of the 11,000-member Crow Tribe.

The Montana Highway Patrol says four accidents killed five people Friday. The Big Horn County coroner's office has released the names of 2 of the victims.

Crow Tribal Chairman Carl Venne introduces then-Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer has ordered the American flag and the Montana state flag be flown at half-staff Thursday, to honor the memory of the late Crow Tribal Chairman Carl Venne.

The Big Horn County Coroner said Monday Crow Tribal Chairman Carl Venne died of natural causes stemming from heart problems.

Authorities say Crow Tribal Chairman Carl Venne has died in Hardin. The Big Horn County Sheriff's Office issued a statement saying Venne was found dead at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday in his sister's house.

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