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Billings hunter Jim Sausoman has a simple motto about the sport that speaks to its commercialization.

Centennial Park in Billings’ West End will have a privately funded off-leash dog park.

Tamra Bear splits 70 hours of her week between the night shift at a Billings group home and the Lucky Lils casino floor, but she took two hours Tuesday evening to, as Bernie Sanders supporters nationwide say, “feel the Bern.”

After a long journey, Bo Reichenbach and his family are home.

Services delivered by the Montana Rescue Mission to Billings’ homeless and transient population are up about 15 percent this year compared to last year, and shelter officials wanted to talk about ways they’re handling the increase — and continued opportunities…

After a long weekend, the Yellowstone County Detention Facility set a new record as the number of inmates reached 501 on Monday.

Billings City Council incumbents Brent Cromley, Becky Bird and Ken Crouch all survived Tuesday’s primary and will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot.

A piece of history at Broadwater Hot Springs & Fitness is being removed as part of history in the making.

A piece of history at Broadwater Hot Springs & Fitness is being removed as part of history in the making.

Marvis “Adam” Dobbs ran his hand across the floor of the helicopter in a slow circle before slapping the metal with his palm and climbing aboard.

PABLO – Le Khuong peered at the elaborately designed clothing displayed behind glass at the People's Center, and he wondered.

The first person standing in line for tickets to the Grizzlies opening game wore yellow and green. Guess where Micah Zimmerman is from? Yep. Zimmerman and Troy Kind, second in line, flew in Sunday from Fargo to get tickets to…

A U.S. Navy SEAL who survived a heart-stopping, tragic mission in the mountains of Afghanistan will be the keynote speaker at the Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce’s 125th annual banquet.

Lee Gossett has come bearing gifts to the National Smokejumper Reunion in Missoula this weekend.

The University of Montana has landed on two "top 10" lists this summer – so far.

POTOMAC – It's haying season here, but Denny Iverson took some time out of his day Tuesday to tell conservationists from around the world about the night he understood he wouldn't be selling the family ranch.

A loader rolled up to a gigantic mound of "structural fill" – a fancy term for "good dirt," the manager said – and scooped a heap of it into its bin.

Their names are etched in smokejumper lore, but it’s the legacies of Earl Cooley and Rufus Robinson that today’s jumpers appreciate most.

Tony Martinez swirled a ladle with sauce around a sheet of dough, starting in the center, to create one of the simplest meals: A pepperoni pizza.

The fighting came over the mountain in 1959, the artillery so close it shook the family farm. The communist march into Laos was underway, with North Vietnam carving the Ho Chi Minh Trail to move soldiers and supplies south to…

The fighting came over the mountain in 1959, the artillery so close it shook the family farm. The communist march into Laos was underway, with North Vietnam carving the Ho Chi Minh Trail to move soldiers and supplies south to…

The jumbo jet dove through the clouds over South Vietnam and aimed for the runway. The burned-out hull of a transport plane smoldered below, resting where it had crashed near Tan Son Nhat Air Base the day before.

The jumbo jet dove through the clouds over South Vietnam and aimed for the runway. The burned-out hull of a transport plane smoldered below, resting where it had crashed near Tan Son Nhat Air Base the day before.

In the summer of 1965, Ira Robison heard the call to duty. A student at the University of Montana, he enrolled in ROTC and focused on a future in the U.S. Air Force.

In the summer of 1965, Ira Robison heard the call to duty. A student at the University of Montana, he enrolled in ROTC and focused on a future in the U.S. Air Force.

Surrounded by his wife and children, Col. Norman Schmidt celebrated his 40th birthday in the summer of 1966. After 20 years as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, retirement was finally near.

Surrounded by his wife and children, Col. Norman Schmidt celebrated his 40th birthday in the summer of 1966. After 20 years as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, retirement was finally near.

The jumbo jet dove through the clouds over South Vietnam and aimed for the runway. The burned-out hull of a transport plane smoldered below, resting where it had crashed near Tan Son Nhat Air Base the day before.

The jumbo jet dove through the clouds over South Vietnam and aimed for the runway. The burned-out hull of a transport plane smoldered below, resting where it had crashed near Tan Son Nhat Air Base the day before.

Dan Gallagher woke to the sounds of silence each night at 3 a.m. The din of battle in Vietnam had become a lullaby, but now safely home, the quiet made it difficult to sleep.

Dan Gallagher woke to the sounds of silence each night at 3 a.m. The din of battle in Vietnam had become a lullaby, but now safely home, the quiet made it difficult to sleep.

MISSOULA -- A St. Regis woman who shot a black bear in her yard is upset that the meat is going to waste.

MISSOULA -- A St. Regis woman who shot a black bear in her yard is upset that the meat is going to waste.

What’s the deal with the American flag? Why is it so important?

BILLINGS – Dramatic video captured by a Montana wildlife official shows a mother black bear with cubs running toward a knot of camera-clicking tourists as the animals try to cross a bridge in Yellowstone National Park.

POLSON – The passengers on the Chicago-to-L.A. flight felt something quite odd as their plane cruised along at 30,000-plus feet. Then the pilot’s voice came over the intercom.

More than 60 years later, Montana’s distinctive roadside crosses still warn simply and eloquently of tragedy on the highway.

Jessica Johnson looked up and discovered she was the only one holding a quarter-ton log in place along the trail.

A 13,000-acre project to revitalize the forest in Missoula’s Rattlesnake and Marshall drainages may hinge on 225 acres of commercial logging.

A filmmaker’s documentary about last year’s deadly Mount Jumbo avalanche highlighted the power of helping others at its premiere on Saturday.

To get out of his head, Fred Allendorf walks.

It happened 10 years ago in March, but for Richard Zielinski, it feels like yesterday that a garbage truck packed with explosives detonated outside the Al Sadeer Hotel in Baghdad.

Montana needs timber management that addresses all 10 of the state’s national forests, Sen. Steve Daines told listeners on a statewide conference call.

Both Montana’s senior Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and junior Republican Sen. Steve Daines voted to approve the Keystone XL pipeline Thursday, but the delegation split on the locally important Land and Water Conservation Fund.

On Dec. 21, 2013, Franklin Elementary School teacher Jennifer Bessette, a mother of two, was dancing in the school hallway.

The congressional chess match over the Keystone XL pipeline added some Twister rules Friday when Montana’s senators linked it to a proposed U.S. Air Force fighter jet training range.

SEELEY LAKE – A day after two snowmobilers died in the frigid water of Seeley Lake, authorities said crossing the icy surface was "not uncommon."

HELENA – Montana’s next U.S. senator, Republican Steve Daines, says the new GOP-controlled Congress will have an active agenda next year, such as taking on “Obamacare,” passing a balanced budget, blocking costly federal regulations and approving the Keystone XL oil…