Meagher County News

HELENA - The Lewis and Clark County coroner said alcohol may have been a factor in the death of a man whose body was recovered from a stream near Helena .

In Montana, the security, the identity and even the survival of many small towns revolve around a handful of fixtures: a school, a grain elevator, a post office, one or more churches and bars, and - not least - a hospital.

Choteau's Teton Medical Center is on pins and needles waiting for the results of a mill levy that would provide the hospital with up to an additional $337,929 annually in funding from property taxes.

Montana's Department of Natural Resources and Conservation recommends wind turbines be allowed on state land as part of what would be the state's largest privately owned wind farm.

Five Meagher County employees were suspended with pay this week while state investigators determine who and how much was taken from county coffers.

The experience of floating down Montana's Smith River could change next year if the department of Fish Wildlife and Parks approves a new plan.

It's back to snow boots and thick coats starting tonight. The National Weather Service in Great Falls said a cold front will move into northcentral Montana this afternoon, with snow to follow through Friday ...

A dozen children from White Sulphur Springs peered through glass cases and stared up at dinosaur bones at the Museum of the Rockies Saturday morning.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Powell and Granite counties.

Blew's first Doig's latest draw old, new readers by T.J. GILLES - The Billings Outpost "Jackalope Dreams," by Mary Clearman Blew.