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First Interstate BancSystem: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — First Interstate BancSystem Inc. (FIBK) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $60 million. The Billings, Montana-based bank said it had earnings of 58 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street...
Surprise Yellowstone geyser eruption highlights little known hazard at popular park
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A surprise eruption of steam in a Yellowstone National Park geyser basin that sent people scrambling for safety as basketball-sized rocks flew overhead has highlighted a little-known hazard that scientists hope to be able to predict someday. The hydrothermal...
Facing closure, The Ivy nursing home sues state health department
The Ivy at Great Falls, the state’s largest nursing home that faces closure due to a long record of quality issues, is suing the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) initiated the pending closure of The Ivy in...
Surprise blast of rock, water and steam in Yellowstone sends dozens running for safety
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A surprise eruption in Yellowstone National Park shot steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt high into the sky Tuesday and sent sightseers running for safety. The hydrothermal explosion happened around 10 a.m. in Biscuit Basin, a collection of hot springs...
Montana Supreme Court allows signatures of inactive voters to count on ballot petitions
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would allow the signatures of inactive voters to count on petitions seeking to qualify constitutional initiatives for the November ballot, including one to protect abortion rights. District Court Judge Mike Menahan...
Montana education board discusses trends, concerns in student achievement
State education leaders in Helena last week discussed the myriad of academic challenges facing Montana students and potential remedies to improve student success across the public school and university systems. The issue of student achievement arose repeatedly during the Montana...
A man kills a grizzly bear in Montana after it attacks while he is picking berries
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 72-year-old man picking huckleberries in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked in a surprise encounter and injured him badly enough that he had to be hospitalized, authorities said Friday. The man was alone on national forest land when...
Abortion rights supporters report having enough signatures to qualify for Montana ballot
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An initiative to ask voters if they want to protect the right to a pre-viability abortion in Montana's constitution has enough signatures to appear on the November ballot, supporters said Friday. County election officials have verified 74,186 voter signatures,...
Tech outage halts surgeries, medical treatments across the US
Alison Baulos says her 73-year-old father was about to head to a Kentucky hospital for open-heart surgery when it was abruptly canceled early Friday morning. His was one of the many operations and medical treatments halted across the country because of a global technology outage. ...
Montana attorney general didn't violate campaign finance rules, elections enforcer says
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s elections enforcer said he found no evidence that the state's attorney general violated campaign finance rules by inviting another Republican to run against him so he could raise more money for his reelection campaign. Sheila Hogan, executive...
