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Montana's snowpack levels improve
A week of stormy weather propelled Montana snowpack numbers to average or above-average levels for river basins east of the Divide and added as many as 26 percentage points to a much weaker pack west of the ...
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Snowpack in mountains below normal
With one-third of the snow season nearly gone, snowpack is running behind, except in the Wyoming mountains that feed the Tongue, Powder and Bighorn river basins.
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Winners announced in first '08/'09 Steer-A-Year contest
Top steers in Montana State University's first contest of the 2008/09 Steer-A-Year program were donated by producers between Miles City and Philipsburg and as far north as Geyser.
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Gallatin, Custer forests to combine management
BILLINGS, Mont. - The Gallatin and Custer national forests will combine management early next year as a cost-saving measure, officials with the U.S. Forest Service's Northern Region said.
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Forest Service: Fewer people using woods
IR photo by Martin J. Kidston - The rugged terrain in the Big Belt Mountains east of Helena is seen in this file photo.
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Local titles make ideal gifts this holiday - Bookstore ownera s picks for presents
"Local first" is the dominant theme this holiday season, so I always go to the Montana shelves for my first picks.
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November proved warm; change is on the way
Although we could be in for drastic change as early as today, November weather in Billings was just about as good as it gets.
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Youngsters impress vets at parade
"They're coming. They are coming!" children yelled as the Veterans Day parade progressed along Main Street.
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Ex-school bus driver sentenced in collision that killed girl
A former Huntley Project school bus driver pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor charges related to a crash in April that killed 7-year-old Sarah Fark.
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Siren Test Tonight
From The K-B-L-G News Center... ALL 24 SIRENS WILL SOUND. THERE ARE 17 IN BILLINGS AND LOCKWOOD, TWO IN LAUREL, AND ONE EACH IN BROADVIEW, CUSTER, HUNTLEY, SHEPHERD, AND WORDEN.
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Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame seeks nominations
WOLF POINT - The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for its second round of inductions for the 1860-1920 Legacy Awards to honor historical figures who had an impact on Montana's Western ...
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Letter: Custer art collection must be preserved
After reading Gerry O'Brien 's editorial in The Montana Standard on Sept. 19, I called the Standard, then the Montana Historical Society, and finally the governor's office to find out where $1.4 million could ...
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Custer art collection needs preserving
Every 10-year-old boy probably glamorized Custer's Last Stand when they played cowboys and Indians.
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Bright shrubby cinquefoil is both pretty and potent
Through summer, perhaps without being aware of their power, you may see the bright yellow flowers of the shrubby cinquefoil blooming.
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City Lights: Policy tome filled with snazzy facts
Did you know there are three rivers and 42 creeks - one of them classified as dry, with a length of zero miles - in Yellowstone County? Did you know that the intersection of 24th Street West and St.
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Blue Cross lease airport's most lucrative
As commercial development has sprung up on and around the Helena Regional Airport, land values in the area have climbed.
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Ex-astronaut Borman to speak at dinner
Apollo astronaut Frank Borman will speak at the Montana State University Billings United Campus Ministry dinner on Sept.
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Merger trims fat from fitness clubs
Lisa Kunkel IR staff photographer - Lynda Haffner, left, uses an elliptical machine while working out with others at Fuel Fitness on Montana Avenue last week.
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St. Labre Indian School searches for missing bison
BILLINGS - The St. Labre Indian School is searching for more than 130 missing bison that provide meat for the school's lunch program.
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This is June? Cold front crosses Montana
A strong, unusually cold Pacific storm system pushed eastward into Montana on Tuesday, bringing storm and snow warnings to much of the state.
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