Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Employee Sues Montana Hospital for Whistleblower Firing on Nuclear Waste
Sep 3 2013 // A fired Montana employee from Bozeman Deaconess Hospital has filed a lawsuit contending he was dismissed after reporting to federal authorities safety concerns involving radiation treatment and nuclear waste storage. The...
Workplace Deaths Decreased in Montana
Aug 28 2013 // The state says workplace deaths in Montana decreased last year. The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s Research and Analysis Bureau says there were 34 workplace fatalities in 2012. That is down by 15 from the...
Disaster Assistance Available To Montana County
Aug 23 2013 // Farmers in Gallatin County, Mont. are eligible for federal disaster assistance after an Aug. 1 hailstorm caused up to $50 million in crop losses. The U.S. Department of Agriculture declared the county a disaster area on...
Family Of DUI Victims Sues Montana Bar
Aug 21 2013 // A Montana woman whose mother and daughter died in a drunken driving crash has filed a lawsuit against a Helena bar, alleging the driver was served alcohol shortly before the crash, despite being visibly intoxicated. The...
Montana Touts Continued Workers’ Comp Improvement
Aug 16 2013 // The Montana Department of Labor says the incidence of workers’ compensation injuries continues to decline. The agency’s recent annual workers’ compensation report says that the number of claims decreased...
Bullock Seeks Federal Assistance For Hail Damage in Montana
Aug 15 2013 // Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has requested a national disaster designation for agriculture damage from a hail storm in Gallatin County this month. Bullock sent the request to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Tuesday, saying...
Remington Asks Judge To Dismiss Montana Lawsuit Over Rifle
Aug 8 2013 // Gun manufacturer Remington has asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit by Montanans who bought a type of rifle that can reportedly misfire without the trigger being pulled. Allen Bowker and Eric...
Montana Offers Tax Relief For Disaster Damages
Aug 1 2013 // Montana tax officials say property owners with damage to their homes or forestlands from recent natural disasters can apply for property tax relief. The Montana Department of Revenue says property owners could qualify if...
Relatives Of Montana Man Sue Hospital Over Opiate Patch Death
Jul 29 2013 // Relatives of a Montana man who died of a drug overdose following surgery at a hospital in Cody, Wyo., have filed a federal lawsuit claiming negligence by the hospital and medical personnel who gave him an opiate patch. The...
Montana Tornado Damages Property, No Injuries
Jul 18 2013 // Roosevelt County officials are assessing the damage done by a tornado that touched down about 20 miles north of Poplar, Mont. Emergency services coordinator Dan Sietsema says at least two farm sites were hit by the tornado...
President Signs Disaster Declaration For Montana Floods
Jul 12 2013 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration making federal money available to help the state, local and tribal governments repair or replace facilities damaged by flooding in north-central and northeastern...
Third Lawsuit Filed Over Montana Crude Oil Spill
Jul 11 2013 // A third lawsuit has been filed by property owners alleging damages from an Exxon Mobil Corp. oil spill that dumped an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River. The suit alleges company personnel ignored...
System Planned to Warn Montana Motorists Of Dust Storms
Jul 2 2013 // State and local officials have developed a plan to warn motorists on Interstate 15 in Montana of blinding dust storms caused by white alkali dust blowing across the highway south of Sunburst. Montana Department of...
Montana State University: Employee Social Security numbers at risk
Jul 2 2013 // The Social Security numbers of about 4,500 past and present Montana State University employees may have been accessible to others because of a computer virus, school officials said. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported...
Montana FWP Ordered To Pay $20K Over Retaliation
Jun 26 2013 // A hearings officer for the Montana Human Rights Bureau has ordered the state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to pay $20,000 to a Kalispell employee for retaliating against him after he questioned his punishment for...
Montana Governor: Flooding Emergency in 15 Counties, 2 Reservations
Jun 7 2013 // Gov. Steve Bullock has declared an emergency in 15 counties and two reservations due to widespread flooding in northern and central Montana. Bullock signed an executive order on Wednesday that allows state resources to be...
Montana Tribe Declares Flooding Disaster
Jun 6 2013 // Parts of northern and central Montana have seen more rain in the past two weeks than in a normal year, leading the Chippewa Cree Tribe to declare a disaster on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation swamped by widespread...
Montana Man Pleads Guilty In Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jun 6 2013 // A 76-year-old Havre, Mont. man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a case for failing to report that he owned a profitable business while receiving more than $277,000 in federal worker’s compensation benefits from...
Montana Judge Invalidates Fire-Resistant Roof Ordinance
Jun 4 2013 // A Montana judge has invalidated Helena’s 2008 fire ordinance restricting exposed wood building materials and requiring fire-resistant roofs on new or extensively renovated buildings. The Independent Record reported...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Beartooth in Montana
Jun 4 2013 // Chicago, Ill.-based Hub International Ltd. subsidiary Hub International Mountain States has acquired the assets of Beartooth Insurance Inc. Beartooth is a full-service insurance brokerage firm operating out of offices in...
