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Animal cruelty probe in Clarkston leads to arrests, rescue of severely neglected animals

CLARKSTON — Two people were arrested Wednesday after the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office, alongside Animal Control units, executed a search warrant in the Clarkston area after an investigation into suspected animal cruelty. Miguel Lopez and Jewels Lynch-Lopez were both arrested and charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, the Sheriff&

Colorado man, 47, dies in single-vehicle rollover in Big Sky

BIG SKY — A 47-year old Colorado man was killed Sunday when the Toyota truck he was driving drifted off Montana Highway 64 and rolled three times, the Montana Highway Patrol reported Tuesday. The driver, from Westminster, Colorado, a northern suburb of Denver, was westbound on MT 64 at about

Smoke southwest of Bozeman is from DNRC prescribed burn

If you saw the ominous plume of smoke in the mountains southwest of Bozeman on Thursday afternoon, you couldn't be blamed for thinking fire season was starting way too early. But you can rest easy: The smoke was from a prescribed Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC)

Montana's Shakespeare in the Parks returns for 54th year

This summer, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks will present "Much Ado About Nothing" and "The Merchant of Venice" as the barnstorming troupe embarks on its 54th season. The company will perform in 64 communities across Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota and Washington. “The beginning of a

Bozeman woman, 46, killed in single-car wreck on I-90 in Park County

LIVINGSTON — A 46-year-old Bozeman woman was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 90 near Livingston. The unidentified woman was eastbound when she crossed over the fog line, over-corrected, ran off the left side of the highway into the median, over-corrected again and

'Inattentive and distracted driving' led to death of jogging Bozeman nurse

"Inattentive and distracted driving" appears to be the primary cause in the death of a Bozeman nurse who was killed while out for a run on West Oak Street on Feb. 26, the Bozeman Police Department said in a release Thursday announcing its "substantially completed" investigation.

Yellowstone National Park has first grizzly bear sighting of 2026

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS — On March 9, Yellowstone biologists working in the northern part of the park reported seeing the first grizzly bear of the spring season. The bear was observed in the backcountry scavenging on a bull bison carcass. The first reported grizzly bear sighting of 2025 occurred on March