Fallon County News

BILLINGS, Mont. - A North Dakota man who received payments for wireless networking systems or energy systems that he never provided has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $106,000 in restitution.

Flathead County's unemployment rate rose again in March, to 12.7 percent. The silver lining: It appears the pace in which jobs are being shed is beginning to slow.

Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Billings on March 26, 2009, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, LARRY B. SUCHY, a resident of North Dakota, pled guilty to 5 counts of wire fraud.

Two escapees from the Montana State Hospital at Warm Springs were back in custody Thursday after making a run for it Wednesday.

The Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Attorney is reviewing the case against Charles White and a Fallon County Man who escaped from the states mental hospital in Warm Springs.

OLD CHARLES WHITE AND ANOTHER PATIENT, 29-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL FLETCHER OF FALLON COUNTY, FLED THE HOSPITAL FACILITY AT ABOUT SEVEN LAST NIGHT, BUT WERE CAUGHT LESS THAN THREE HOURS LATER TRYING TO FLAG DOWN A CAR ...

Two men accused of sexual assault and murder escaped from Warm Springs Mental Hospital in Butte Wednesday evening.

In case anybody is wondering, today is officially the first day of winter. It actually kicks in at about 5 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, but that's probably a nitpicky point.

Montana's unemployment rate saw a slight increase last month, climbing to 4.9%. That's up from 4.8% in October, but still well below the national average of 6.7%. Sanders County has the highest unemployment ...