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Montana businessman gets 2 years in prison for role in Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana business owner and supporter of former President Donald Trump has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that interrupted certification of the 2020 Electoral College vote. Henry...
Montana's attorney general defends actions at hearing on 41 counts of professional misconduct
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A succession of controversies marks Republican Austin Knudsen's nearly four years as Montana attorney general. His office sided with a man who made an armed threat over a pandemic mask mandate and was accused of pressuring a Helena hospital over its refusal to...
This Montana Senate candidate said his opponent ate 'lobbyist steak.' But he lobbied—with steak
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — During an October debate, Montana GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy denounced his Democratic opponent, Sen. Jon Tester, for ” eating lobbyist steak ″ while the Republican fought in Afghanistan. But Sheehy himself had a taste for red meat and lobbying,...
Munoz throws 6 TD passes, including the game-winner in OT, as Weber State holds off Montana 55-48
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Richie Munoz threw a career-high six touchdown passes that included the game winner in overtime as Weber State held off Montana's fourth-quarter rally for a 55-48 victory on Saturday. Munoz hit Damon Bankston with a 7-yard score in overtime. Then Logan Fife...
Supreme Court candidates dodge, and leverage, political rhetoric
Judicial forums are not typically known for their entertainment. But during an hour of questions and answers at a late September forum in Great Falls, hosted by the Montana Farmers Union, the four nonpartisan candidates for the open seats on the Montana Supreme Court successfully conveyed that...
Man who was mad about Chinese spy balloon is convicted of threatening former Speaker McCarthy
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man was convicted Wednesday of threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after becoming upset that the government had not shot down a Chinese spy balloon that floated over his home city. Richard Rogers, 45, of Billings, delivered...
Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep and breeding it
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting in Texas and Minnesota. U.S....
Montana US Senate candidate says derogatory comments about Native Americans were 'insensitive'
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy acknowledged Monday that derogatory remarks he made last year about Native Americans were “insensitive.” But Sheehy rejected his opponent’s call to apologize, during a contentious debate in a race that’s emerged as...
Native Americans in Montana ask court for voting sites on reservation
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Native Americans living on a remote Montana reservation filed a lawsuit against state and county officials Monday saying they don’t have enough places to vote in person — the latest chapter in a decades-long struggle by tribes in the United States over equal voting...
Fife throws 5 TD passes; Montana beats Eastern Washington 52-49 in a wild finish to open Big Sky
CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Logan Fife threw five touchdown passes and Montana held off Eastern Washington 52-49 in a wild finish on Saturday night in the Big Sky Conference opener for both teams. Fife's fifth TD pass, a 2-yarder to tight end Jake Olson, stretched the Montana lead to...
