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Man who escaped jail a former tribal investigator
- Roosevelt County officials say a man who escaped from the jail earlier this week is a former criminal investigator with the Fort Peck Tribe Department of Law and Justice. Judge restores protections for N. Rockies wolves
- A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts in the fall. 
Judge restores protection for Rockies wolves
- A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall. Correction: Elk Threat story
- In a July 6 story about elk and the spread of the livestock disease brucellosis, The Associated Press reported erroneously that federal officials were considering a tentative proposal that calls for the capture or killing of infected elk in Yellowstone National Park. Ohio cos. buy Montana mine, plan to up production
- Two Ohio companies plan to sink $450 million into a central Montana coal project in a bid to dramatically increase production from an underground mine that has struggled for years. Billings woman pleads guilty in credit card scam
- A Billings woman has admitted using a stolen credit card number to buy high-end clothes and jewelry at a Red Lodge resort as part of a scheme in which she and her husband stayed at resorts throughout the West using credit card numbers they had fished out of the trash. Yellowstone fires among themes at conference
- The International Association of Wildland Fire will host a conference on past and present wildfire procedures with a highlight on the 1988 Yellowstone Park fires. Poachers pay hefty price; felony charges dismissed
- Two Minnesota men admitted they lied about poaching a deer in eastern Montana and agreed to pay stiff fines and accept a worldwide hunting ban for three years. States set rules for importing cattle from Montana
- States worried about brucellosis are imposing strict rules on the import of Montana cattle, especially those from counties surrounding Yellowstone National Park. Groups seek drilling halt near sage grouse habitat
- Two conservation groups have asked the federal government to impose new restrictions on oil and gas development in the West to protect the greater sage grouse, a popular game bird on the decline.
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