WASHINGTON — Twice this year alone, Air Force officers entrusted with the launch keys to nuclear-tipped missiles have been caught leaving open a blast door that is intended to help prevent a terrorist or other intruder from entering their underground command post, Air Force officials have told The Associated Press. The blast doors are never […]

It’s been 40 years since Karl Randall “Randy” Bachman killed two young girls, and Bachman has been in the Montana State Prison since his conviction in 1977. If Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan has his way, that’s where Bachman will stay. Bachman is up for a parole hearing on Oct. 30 at the prison, and […]

The 16-day closure of Glacier National Park, which shuttered Oct. 1 due to a partial government closure, didn’t just turn visitors away at the gates – it also hindered critical, time-sensitive restoration projects. Approximately 250 Glacier Park employees were furloughed during the shutdown, their positions ranging from top administrative brass to trail crew workers and […]

BOZEMAN – A former Montana State University student has filed a lawsuit against the school alleging she and other women were sexually assaulted and harassed by a former music professor. The woman’s Oct. 11 lawsuit alleges the university negligently hired, retained and supervised Shuichi Komiyama, Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported. He was required to register as […]

A 46-year-old Kalispell man involved in a U.S. Highway 93 crash that left two dead on Oct. 17 was arrested on Friday on suspicion of negligent homicide. Joseph Powell was arrested after he left the hospital on Oct. 18, where he was being treated for a broken arm and a dislocated hip. Authorities say that […]

Thursday 10/17/2013 10:28 a.m. A resident of an apartment complex on Highway 35 in Kalispell reported that while he was sitting in his living room his neighbor came over and attempted to break into his home through the front window. 11:20 a.m. A stray, injured cat was reunited with its owner in Hungry Horse. 11:44 […]

Ryan Zinke, a former Republican state legislator from Whitefish, announced his candidacy for the U.S. House on Monday, taking aim at a seat currently occupied by GOP Rep. Steve Daines. Zinke grew up in Whitefish but made the announcement in Billings, drawing on his family’s eastern Montana roots and his longtime Flathead Valley tenancy as […]

HELENA — A judge won’t grant former Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill immunity from a possible state investigation into a $500,000 campaign donation, ruling that any potential threat to Hill is too speculative and remote to allow the former congressman to seek such protection. Hill, who lost the 2012 election to then-Attorney General Steve Bullock, […]

SPARKS, Nev. — A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two 12-year-old boys and killing a math teacher who was trying to protect children from their classmate. The unidentified shooter killed himself with the gun after a rampage that occurred […]

PITTSBURGH — The nation’s largest labor unions are ready and willing to help fight global warming, but are cautioning environmentalists that workers need new clean-energy jobs before existing industries are shut down. The four-day Power Shift conference in Pittsburgh is training young people to stop coal mining, fracking for oil and gas, and nuclear power, […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday offered “no excuses” — and little explanation — for the computer bugs still frustrating Americans who are trying to enroll online for insurance plans at the center of his health care law. But software developers tasked with building the site said they saw signs a year ago that […]

MISSOULA — For more than three quarters of the game Saturday, Cal Poly kept Montana’s normally potent offense out of the end zone — until crunch time. Jordan Johnson followed up a 2-yard game-tying touchdown pass to Clay Pierson with 12 seconds left in the fourth quarter with a 23-yard scoring toss to Ellis Henderson […]

OGDEN, Utah — DeNarius McGhee fired three touchdown passes to lift Montana State to a Big Sky Conference road victory Saturday, stopping Weber State 34-16. McGhee opened the scoring with a 35-yard strike to Jon Ellis and added another 35-yard score, this time to Brian Flotkoetter, to give Montana State a 19-10 halftime lead. Austin […]

Singer, songwriter and farmer Chuck Suchy will play the KM Theater in Kalispell on Saturday, Oct. 26. Born and raised in North Dakota, Suchy has released numerous albums and has even appeared on “A Prairie Home Companion.” As a young man, Suchy played his guitar at area clubs and lounges. In 1982, when a friend […]

The 52-miles of Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road were no match for Joe Stone, who after being paralyzed from the waist down in a paragliding accident in 2010 biked it in 2011. Now, Stone, 28 of Missoula, will be competing in the Ironman Florida race on Nov. 2. The race includes a 2.4-mile swim, an […]