Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Montana Woman Sues Over Rape, Pregnancy at Age 11
Dec 14 2022 // A Montana woman has filed a lawsuit against the state child and family services agency saying it failed to protect her from her mother’s boyfriend, who was eventually convicted of raping and impregnating her when she...
Montana’s Resilient Fishing Economy Tested by Climate Change
Sep 14 2022 // Montana’s fishing economy has proven resilient amid the impacts of drought, but a new study suggests that 35% of its cold water habitats could become unsuitable for trout by 2080, costing the state an estimated $192...
6 People Killed in Montana Highway Crash During Dust Storms
Jul 20 2022 // A 3-year-old and two other children were among the six people killed in a pileup last week on a Montana highway during blackout conditions caused by dust storms, officials said. Three of the six people who died in the...
Officials Suggest Pipeline Company Hid Problems After Montana Spill
Jul 19 2022 // U.S. prosecutors suspect a Wyoming company of potentially concealing problems with a pipeline that broke in 2015 and spilled more than 50,000 gallons of crude into Montana’s Yellowstone River, fouling a small...
$5M in Grants Earmarked for Flood-Impacted Montana Businesses
Jun 27 2022 // Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is making up to $5 million in grant funding from Montana’s bed tax fund available to businesses that have been impacted by destructive flooding in southern Montana. Gianforte’s...
Employee, Customer Die in Fire at Montana Casino
Apr 25 2022 // Two people died in a casino fire in a small town in south-central Montana, Carbon County Sheriff Josh McQuillan said. Marla Murray, 71, and John Ahles, 33, died Wednesday morning in the fire at Honest Tom’s Saloon...
ExxonMobil Refinery Fire in Montana Under Investigation
Mar 29 2022 // The cause of an explosion and fire at an ExxonMobil refinery in southern Montana is under investigation, company officials said Sunday. The fire began at about 10 p.m. Saturday at a refinery in Lockwood, a suburb of...
Sick Montana Workers Allege Insurer Delaying Medical Payments
Mar 25 2022 // Attorneys for Montana mine workers sickened and killed by toxic asbestos exposure filed a lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance this week for allegedly stalling legal settlements and medical payments after transferring...
EPA Moves to End Asbestos Cleanup Along Montana Railroad
Mar 25 2022 // Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities where lung-damaging asbestos from mining has been blamed in hundreds of deaths. The...
Groups Sue for Records in Montana Mine Pollution Case
Mar 16 2022 // Conservation groups are suing Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration to obtain records related to its decision to drop legal claims against a mining executive over decades of pollution from several mines. The groups,...
Montana Jury Awards $36.5M to Former Libby Miner With Lung Disease
Feb 25 2022 // A Montana jury has awarded $36.5 million in damages to an Oregon man who suffers from lung disease because of exposure to asbestos while working at a vermiculite mine in Libby, a bellwether case that could affect hundreds...
Couple’s Family Sues Over Fatal Montana Amtrak Derailment
Feb 23 2022 // The family of a couple who were on a trip celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary when they died in an Amtrak train derailment in Montana has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Amtrak and BSNF Railway, which owns...
Montana Coal Mine Hit with $1M Fine over Safety Violations
Feb 7 2022 // A central Montana coal mine must pay a $1 million fine for violating environmental and employee safety regulations by failing to report worker injuries and improperly disposing of mine waste, the U.S. Attorney’s...
Homeowners of America Introduces Services in Montana
Jan 18 2022 // Homeowners of America, a property/casualty insurance provider and subsidiary of Porch Group Inc., launched service in Montana. With the addition of Montana, HOA now operates in 14 states. HOA launched its service in New...
Former Montana Mine Official Pleads Guilty to Workplace Accident Coverups
Dec 14 2021 // A former official for a central Montana coal mine plead guilty to conspiring with others to not make required reports about workplace accidents that injured employees, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Montana...
Former Montana Women’s Basketball Coach Sues for Discrimination
Nov 18 2021 // Former Montana women’s basketball coach Shannon Schweyen has sued the university in federal court, alleging she was the victim of sexual discrimination during her employment and when her contract was not renewed. Her...
Investigators Probing Cause of Deadly Montana Train Derailment
Sep 28 2021 // Federal investigators are seeking the cause of an Amtrak train derailment near a switch on tracks in the middle of vast farmland in far northern Montana that killed three people and left seven hospitalized over the...
Jury Denies Damages in Montana Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Aug 26 2021 // A federal jury has denied a damage award to the family of a Livingston, Mont., man who was shot and killed by police in January 2016. The estate of Sean Patrick O’Brien filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City...
Wildfires Threaten Rural Towns in Montana, California
Aug 13 2021 // Wildfires in Montana threatened rural towns and ranchland while victims of a California blaze returned to their incinerated community, even as the U.S. West faced another round of dangerous weather and smoke pollution...
Large California Fire Grows, Montana Blaze Threatens Towns
Aug 11 2021 // California’s largest single wildfire continued growing after destroying nearly 550 homes while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities. The dangerous...
