All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 10 2012 // Eight people remain in serious or critical condition a day after the bus they were riding in crashed on an icy interstate highway in southwestern Montana, killing two people and injuring the 32 others onboard.The Missoula...
Jan 6 2012 // A pair of wildfires fueled by strong wind gusts that burned buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds on Montana’s Blackfeet Indian Reservation were helped by milder weather conditions on Thursday as...
Jan 5 2012 // Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica J. Lindeen has appointed Adam J. Schafer as her deputy commissioner and chief of staff. Schafer is a Billings native who most recently served as executive director for the...
Dec 29 2011 // Montana is at risk of becoming less prepared to respond to disasters and public-health emergencies because of state and federal budget cuts.That’s according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and...
Dec 28 2011 // Missoula, Mont. authorities say part of Reserve Street is closed and the immediate area is being evacuated after a head-on collision between a propane truck and another vehicle. Reserve Street is closed between Mullan Road...
Dec 21 2011 // A Helena, Mont. man really picked the wrong place to drive the wrong direction with an open container of alcohol in his car. The Independent Record reports 32-year-old Lacen T. Stern was arrested on suspicion of felony...
Dec 15 2011 // The state says that Montana farmers who bought hail insurance will be getting a 25 percent refund. The Montana Hail Board made the decision after reviewing at a recent actuarial report at its annual meeting. The Montana...
Dec 12 2011 // A project to clean up contamination caused by a former dry cleaner at a Bozeman, Mont. shopping center may take 30 more years and cost the city a total of $7.4 million.City commissioners voted earlier this week to sign a...
Dec 9 2011 // A federal judge has ruled that a Montana blogger was not acting as a journalist when she lambasted an Oregon attorney in online statements that led to a $2.5 million defamation judgment against her.The ruling last week by...
Dec 2 2011 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a pilot program to provide crop insurance for camelina in selected counties in Montana and North Dakota beginning with the 2012 crop year.Oil from crushed camelina seeds can...
Nov 30 2011 // A bicyclist who was injured when he hit a patch of ice and crashed on a pedestrian/bike path in Florence, Mont. last winter has reached an out-of-court settlement worth nearly $100,000. The president of the Florence Park...
Nov 28 2011 // Montana State Fund says its workers’ compensation insurance policyholders will be getting a $6 million dividend.The board of directors authorized the refunds for January that will be sent to about 21,000...
Nov 21 2011 // St. Petersburg, Fla.-based LIG Marine Managers announced that Richard C. Zolty has joined LIG as senior ccnsultant and longshore insurance development director. Zolty has 40 years of underwriting experience in workers...
Nov 21 2011 // The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s annual survey of occupational injuries and illnesses shows injuries and illnesses in private industry are dropping, though still far above the national average.Private...
Nov 17 2011 // Federal safety regulators disclosed problems Tuesday with oil and other hazardous liquid pipelines at seven major river crossings and hundreds of smaller crossings in Montana and northern Wyoming, problems that could put...
Nov 14 2011 // The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s annual survey of occupational injuries and illnesses shows injuries and illnesses in private industry are dropping, though still far above the national average.Private...
Nov 10 2011 // The parents of a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed by another boy in March have filed a lawsuit against the shooter’s father and the apartment complex where the shooting occurred. The Great Falls Tribune...
Nov 4 2011 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has elected its 2012 officers.Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty will serve as president, and Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James J. Donelon will...
Nov 2 2011 // The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the family of a man who was run over and dragged by a cement truck is not covered under the vehicle’s insurance policy because he did not technically “occupy” the...
Oct 11 2011 // The city of Great Falls, Montana, has reached a $500,000 settlement with a Vaughn woman who filed a lawsuit after being escorted out of a 2007 City Commission meeting for exceeding a three-minute comment limit.District...