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BNSF Railway argues that its dispute over payments made to Central Montana Rail since 1986 was settled last year when a federal judge affirmed an arbitration panel's ruling in BNSF's favor.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Three months after BNSF Railway stopped making payments to the operators of Central Montana Rail, the branch line that snakes 87 miles from Geraldine to Moccasin is still in operation.

With all the attention both of them have received in recent years in this part of the country, you'd think they'd be well acquainted.

The Great Falls Census office is looking to hire hundreds of workers over the next several months, but would like to see more applications coming in for those jobs.

HAMILTON - Erma Erwina "Win" or "Winnie" Rutledge, 84, of Hamilton, died of natural causes Thursday at a Hamilton care center.

GERALDINE - Lillian Danbrook, 89, died of natural causes Monday at her home in Geraldine.

Chouteau County is aglow with the holiday spirit this weekend, so bundle up and bring your family to enjoy a little country hospitality.

Isla F. Cottrell, 77, of Great Falls, a former guidance counselor, died of natural causes Sunday at a local hospital.

BILLINGS - For 100 years Henry Armstrong's family has farmed the same patch of central Montana land, hanging on through the Depression, low wheat prices and the ever-present risk that the next generation would move on.

Edgar Richardson who has been active in nearly every organization in Daniels County is celebrating 54 years in business in Scobey and his 40th year in the theatre business this weekend.

BILLINGS - Attorneys for Montana have filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway Company for failing to live up to a 1984 agreement that the state says requires the company to pay some grain shipping costs in central Montana.

GERALDINE - George Bradley Clark, 91, of Geraldine, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Saturday in Missoula.

Hundreds of students in Geraldine High School and Geraldine Elementary School organized a special Veterans Day program to honor those who served.

Bonnie Boggs, a Miles City teacher and Blackfoot native, has been chosen as this year's Montana History Teacher of the Year.

Four-year-old Mariah Thompson of Geraldine has had a difficult year after a cancer diagnosis, and her family spoke with us about their struggle and a recent rally of support from unlikely sources.

In small schools like Highwood and Centerville, where they're close to Great Falls, but just far enough away, students are getting opportunities they might not otherwise be afforded through afterschool programs.

GERALDINE - James K. Rogers, 59, of Geraldine, a retired Navy veteran, died of a stroke Tuesday at a Great Falls hospital.