Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Blue Cross in Mont., Idaho Buying Benefit Admin Company
Apr 12 2012 // Cross and Blue Shield of Montana along with Blue Cross of Idaho are buying an Idaho company that provides health products and employee-benefit administration services and merging it with a similar Montana company. The...
Mont. Woman Awarded $34M in Insurance Lawsuit
Apr 11 2012 // A 90-year-old woman residing in an assisted-living facility in Billings has won a $34.2 million judgment against her Omaha, Neb.-based insurance company for suspending payments for her dementia care. Arlene Hull and her...
Fired Montana Blue Cross Official Files Lawsuit
Apr 10 2012 // A former chief marketing officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana who says she was fired for reporting illegal actions by the company that had the potential to lead to higher insurance premiums has filed a lawsuit...
Montana Jury Awards Damages In Landslide Lawsuit
Apr 9 2012 // A Gallatin County jury has awarded over $1 million in damages to two couples who unknowingly purchased property on an active landslide at a private ski resort and golf community in southwestern Montana in 2005. Last...
EPA Says Montana Plants Need $90M in Upgrades
Mar 27 2012 // A proposed cleanup of Montana air pollution would force three industrial plants to spend $90 million on measures to improve visibility in some of the nation’s prized public lands, including Yellowstone and Theodore...
ARCO to Pay $1 Million to EPA At Montana Superfund Site
Mar 12 2012 // Atlantic Richfield Co. has agreed to pay $1 million to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for managing the Superfund site at the former Black Eagle smelter. “It really allows us to have a special account to do...
Montana Department of Labor Loses Lawsuit Over Firing
Mar 5 2012 // A jury has awarded the former executive director of the Montana Board of Nursing $160,000 in a wrongful discharge lawsuit against the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. The Lewis and Clark County jury on Friday took...
Montana Reaches $1.6 Million Settlement with Exxon over Pipeline Spill
Mar 5 2012 // Officials in Montana have finalized a $1.6 million settlement with Exxon Mobil over an oil pipeline break that spilled 1,500 barrels of crude into the scenic Yellowstone River. The agreement between the Texas-based company...
Insurer Sues Montana Over Asbestos Settlement
Feb 27 2012 // A Nebraska insurance company has filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana to recover $16 million that was used primarily to cover a sweeping financial settlement of asbestos-related claims from residents of the...
Lawsuit Filed Over Lake County Sheriff’s Dispute in Montana
Feb 24 2012 // Five current or former members of the Lake County sheriff’s office in Montana have filed a lawsuit against the sheriff and others claiming they were retaliated against over efforts to expose corruption. The suit...
Passenger in Deadly Montana Bus Crash Files Lawsuit
Feb 17 2012 // A passenger in a western Montana bus crash that left two people dead and 32 injured filed a lawsuit Tuesday in state court accusing Rimrock Stages Inc. and Greyhound Lines Inc. of negligence. The lawsuit was filed on...
Montana Nurse Settles Wrongful Discharge Lawsuit
Feb 14 2012 // A Bozeman, Mont. nurse who was fired after serving as a surrogate mother for a patient has settled her wrongful discharge lawsuit with Billings Clinic. Anicee Acosta-Yearick worked for Bozeman OB/GYN, which is owned by...
Feds: Few Montana Pipeline Plans Account For River Risks
Feb 10 2012 // Federal officials investigating a pipeline break that spilled 1,500 barrels of oil into a Montana river said Wednesday that few companies take river erosion and other risks into account when evaluating pipeline safety. In...
$1.5M New West Deal Before Montana Insurance Commissioner
Feb 8 2012 // State regulators are examining a $1.5 million proposal by an Oregon insurer to take over a portion of Montana’s third-largest health insurance company as part of a government anti-trust settlement. Commissioner of...
Freight Train Hits Semi on Montana Hi-Line
Jan 19 2012 // A freight train with its whistle blowing derailed Tuesday in northeastern Montana after colliding with a semitrailer that had pulled across tracks at a private crossing between Bainville and Culbertson, a BNSF Railway...
Avalanche Risk Increases in Parts Of Bridger Range In Montana
Jan 17 2012 // Officials with the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center say a weekend storm and falling temperatures have increased the avalanche danger on some slopes of the Bridger Range. Avalanche danger is considerable on...
Patrol: Bus That Crashed In Montana Going Too Fast
Jan 10 2012 // Eight people remain in serious or critical condition a day after the bus they were riding in crashed on an icy interstate highway in southwestern Montana, killing two people and injuring the 32 others onboard. The Missoula...
Crews Gaining Ground on Blackfeet Reservation Wildfires in Montana
Jan 6 2012 // A pair of wildfires fueled by strong wind gusts that burned buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds on Montana’s Blackfeet Indian Reservation were helped by milder weather conditions on Thursday as...
Schafer Named Deputy Commissioner in Montana
Jan 5 2012 // Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica J. Lindeen has appointed Adam J. Schafer as her deputy commissioner and chief of staff. Schafer is a Billings native who most recently served as executive director for the...
Report: Emergency Preparedness Eroding in Montana
Dec 29 2011 // Montana is at risk of becoming less prepared to respond to disasters and public-health emergencies because of state and federal budget cuts. That’s according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and...
