Latest Montana Headlines
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Montana Wildfire Destroys Two Homes, Forces Evacuations
Aug 21 2007 // Two homes were destroyed by a wind-whipped wildfire that forced the evacuation of a 350-home subdivision east of Billings, Mont., authorities said. The fire, estimated at 1,000 acres and growing Monday morning, destroyed...
States, Federal Agencies Try to Keep Up With Wildfires
Aug 20 2007 // With major fires burning in more than a dozen states and officials on high alert for more, authorities are scrambling to contain the blazes and keep new ones from igniting, despite unfavorable weather and strained...
Mont. Businessman Gets 71 Months in Federal Prison for Fraud
Aug 17 2007 // Billings, Mont., businessman Michael W. Ryan has been sentenced to 71 months in prison and fined $100,000 for defrauding customers in a windshield replacement scheme. Ryan, the former owner of Thrifty Car Rental in...
Bad Weather Means Tougher Firefighting Across Idaho, Montana
Aug 17 2007 // Hundreds of homes across Idaho remained threatened by wildfires this week, and meteorologists said firefighters shouldn’t expect any help from the weather. More than 611,000 acres, or 954 square miles, had been...
Some Residents Can Return Home; New Fires in Eastern Montana
Aug 13 2007 // Some Montanans evacuated by fires near Darby and north of Plains were allowed to return home Saturday, while new blazes south of Livingston and south of Miles City sent fire crews scrambling. West of Darby, the Tin Cup...
Montana Fire Could Burn Until Mid-September, Fire Managers Say
Aug 10 2007 // A wildfire near this resort town could continue into the fall unless it rains, even though work to restrain the blaze is showing results, fire managers said. “We’ve got about a month and a half of this...
Montana To License 30th Captive Insurance Company
Aug 9 2007 // Montana captive regulatory officials announced that the state is scheduled to license its 30th captive insurance company before the end of the year. According to the Montana Captive Insurance Association Inc., that news...
Farmers Dispatching Claims Team to Help with Montana Fire
Aug 8 2007 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies’ said its claims personnel are on the scene near Seeley Lake, Mont., today assisting Farmers’ customers who may have been evacuated or suffered damage from the...
Fires Prompt Emergency Declaration in Montana
Aug 7 2007 // Montana was under a state of emergency Monday as firefighters battled several huge blazes, including one northeast of Missoula that had burned more than 28 square miles and was within a mile of homes. Gov. Brian Schweitzer...
Mont. Jury Awards Nearly $6.7 Million in Car Seat Suit
Jul 27 2007 // A jury this week ordered car seat maker Evenflo Co. to pay nearly $6.7 million to the parents of a 4-month-old Montana boy who died of head injuries in a July 2000 crash. The 12-member district court jury decided Evenflo...
Fire Threatening Homes Southwest of Polson, Mont.
Jul 27 2007 // Fire crews in northwest Montana worked to keep a fast-moving wildfire from destroying homes Wednesday, as officials near here asked residents near the Meriwether fire to leave their seasonal homes. The 3,000-acre Garceau...
Montana Company Recalling Red Lodge Spring Water
Jul 24 2007 // A Billings, Mont., company is voluntarily recalling bottled water it produces under the Red Lodge Spring Water label after a positive coliform bacteria test, the state health department said. Yellowstone Ice & Water...
Montana Cautions Against Hail Damage
Jul 17 2007 // With the Farmers Almanac predicting an active storm season for remainder of summer, and recent thunderstorms that pounded eastern Montana, Montana State Auditor John Morrison is reminding should serve as a reminder to crop...
Montana Storms Unlikely To Receive FEMA Aid
Jun 27 2007 // A preliminary assessment of storm damage to public structures in Montana’s Valley and Musselshell counties and on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation came to about $226,600, which is not enough to qualify for federal...
Montana sees 92% increase in captive licenses
Jun 18 2007 // The number of captive licenses in Montana increased 92 percent in 2006, according to the Montana Captive Insurance Association Inc., which summarized figures published by the Montana Department of Insurance. According to...
Montana Sees 92% Increase in Captive Licenses
May 31 2007 // The number of captive licenses in Montana increased 92 percent in 2006, according to the Montana Captive Insurance Association Inc., which summarized figures published by the Montana Department of Insurance. According to...
Stealing Brings Montana Woman Four-Year Sentence
May 29 2007 // A Helena, Mont., woman who used a check scheme to steal nearly $158,000 from her employer has been sentenced to four years in prison. A federal judge imposed the sentence on 43-year-old Margaret Blixt, and ordered $157,710...
Mont. State Fund decreasing premiums 1%
May 21 2007 // The board for Montana’s state workers’ compensation system has authorized a 1 percent decrease in the overall rates paid by policyholders. The State Fund board authorized the decrease, for the coming year. The...
Mont. State Fund decreasing premiums 1%
May 21 2007 // The board for Montana’s state workers’ compensation system has authorized a 1 percent decrease in the overall rates paid by policyholders. The State Fund board authorized the decrease, for the coming year. The...
4.6-Magnitude Earthquake Causes Damage in Montana
May 15 2007 // An earthquake damaged an apartment building and knocked bricks off the facades of buildings in southwestern Montana , authorities said. The 4.6 magnitude quake, reported at 9:46 a.m. Tuesday, was centered about nine miles...
