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MontanaBILLINGSFormer bus driver to be returned to Montana
A former Billings school bus driver accused of hitting a high school student with the bus while driving drunk will be returned to Montana to face charges.Timothy Joseph Whalen agreed Friday in Ferry County Superior Court in Colville, Wash., to waive extradition proceedings and be returned to Montana, where he faces charges including negligent vehicular assault.
BILLINGS$161M loan for Montana transmission line approved
Federal regulators have signed off on a $161 million loan to a Canadian company that's building a 214-mile power transmission line between Alberta and Montana.Construction began earlier this month on the 230-kilovolt Montana-Alberta Tie Line, which will run between Great Falls and Lethbridge Alberta.
BILLINGSJudge keeps Yellowstone grizzly on threatened list
A judge says the government must keep Yellowstone-area grizzly bears on the list of threatened and endangered species, denying an attempt by federal officials to reverse an earlier court ruling.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service two years ago said grizzlies in and around Yellowstone National Park had recovered from near-extermination and no longer needed protections under the Endangered Species Act.
HELENAMontana gov: Budget concern behind 4 job cuts
Four economic development jobs will be eliminated by the end of the year in a move to save $380,000 amid bleak state finances, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's administration announced.An increasingly negative budget picture was behind the decision to eliminate the regional development officer positions at the state Commerce Department and more "austerity measures" could be coming, the administration said Wednesday.
BILLINGS$867K for Montana tribe on hold after state audit
State agencies have withheld $867,000 in grants and stimulus money from a Montana Indian tribe since auditors revealed lax accounting practices had opened the door to potential financial abuse.The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians first ran into trouble with the state in September, when auditors raised questions about how the tribe was spending a tobacco use prevention grant worth $180,000 annually.
BILLINGSMT logging projects challenged over bears
An environmental group is seeking to stop three logging projects on several thousand acres in northwest Montana, arguing that the timber sales would harm the area's fledgling grizzly bear population.The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block the projects in the Kootenai National Forest, which are designed in part to reduce fire danger and provide commercial logging opportunities.
BOZEMANMontana State defeats Colorado Christian 68-58
Erik Rush scored a career-high 25 points to lead Montana State to a 68-58 win over Colorado Christian Tuesday night.Rush, a junior guard, scored 16 of his points in the second half as the Bobcats (1-1) fought off the Division II Cougars (0-1). MSU played without both starting guards, Marquis Navarre and Will Bynum, who were suspended by the NCAA for the team's first two games for competing in an unsanctioned summer tournament.
BILLINGSState sues BNSF to cover some MT rail costs
Attorneys for Montana have filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway Company, accusing it of failing to live up to a 1984 agreement that the state says requires the company to pay some grain shipping costs in central Montana.Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock filed the suit on Nov. 10 in Fergus County, saying BNSF was in effect seeking to create a monopoly in central Montana.
BILLINGSMontana university hopes to expand WWAMI
Montana State University officials will ask the Montana Board of Regents to greatly expand the state's participation in a program that educates medical students with the hope of keeping more doctors in state.The regents, who are meeting in Bozeman Thursday and Friday, will hear a proposal to expand WWAMI (WHAM'-ee), a partnership among Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho and the University of Washington in Seattle. They are not expected to act on the proposal yet.
HELENALost war bonds not easy to find
Holders of lost savings bonds dating back to World War II say its not nearly as easy to track down the lost money as the U.S. Treasury Department claims in an ongoing lawsuit.The Bureau of the Public Debt counters that its process aims to make sure that only the legal owners of the old bonds are able to redeem them. Demanding requirements - which can include the Social Security number of long-dead original purchasers for a gift bond - are in place to make sure the money ends up in the right place, the agency said.
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