Petroleum County News

Stage 1 fire restrictions go into effect at noon Friday for state, private, tribal and Bureau of Land Management lands in Hill, Blaine, Petroleum and Fergus counties.

As gasoline flirts with breaking the $4 a gallon barrier in Billings, America's rural poor are those most likely to be crushed by those prices.

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama is up in early returns from Montana precincts, with Missoula, Flathead, Lewis and Clark, and Yellowstone counties reporting partial results.

Clinton "Bud" Vern Arthur, 70, retired district supervisor for Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative, died of cancer at Horizon Hospice Home on May 5, 2008. via The Billings Outpost

BILLINGS - A Great Falls man charged last month in the deaths of three people in a 2005 drunken driving crash has surrendered to authorities. via Great Falls Tribune

BILLINGS - A man whose three hunting companions died in the 2005 pickup truck crash is charged with three counts of vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol. via Great Falls Tribune

The Petroleum County coroner has released the name of a Great Falls woman, killed Monday in a one-vehicle crash on Montana Highway 200 near Winnett. via Montana's News Station

WINNETT - The Fergus County Planning Board on Thursday unanimously approved plans for a 57-lot subdivision on what used to be the Weaver Ranch just north of Winnett, according to the Lewistown News-Argus. The ... via Great Falls Tribune

A Havre man was killed in a two-car collision Monday on U.S. Highway 87, about 15 miles south of Grass Range. via KPAX