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Casper man dies in Montana crash

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:53:35 +0000

An 86-year-old Casper man died in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 near Park City, west of Billings.

Trial for Man Accused of Abducting Cody Girl Moved to Oct.

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:14:42 +0000

A Montana man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl from Cody, Wyo., is scheduled to go on trial in October.

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Wyoming Man Claims Montana Cash Jackpot

Trevor T. Trujillo — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:09:31 +0000

A Wyoming man has claimed a $120,000 jackpot in a Montana lottery.

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Man Accused in Cody Abduction Faces 3 New Charges

Associated Press — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:56:54 +0000

A Montana man charged with kidnapping and assaulting an 11-year-old girl from Wyoming is facing new felony charges.

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2 Dead In Northwestern Montana Plane Crash

Associated Press — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:51:18 +0000

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The CEO of an Arizona-based welding company and one of his employees were killed in a plane crash in northwestern Montana.

Lincoln County Sheriff Roby Bowe says Stinger Welding Inc

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Wyo. Man Dies, ND Man Injured In Crash In NE Mont.

Associated Press — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:00:45 +0000

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Wyoming man was killed and a North Dakota man was seriously injured in a head-on crash on a secondary highway in northeastern Montana.

The Montana Highway Patrol says Secondary 201 was icy at 6:20 a

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Cody Abduction Suspect's Preliminary Hearing Pushed to November

Anthony Pollreisz — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:24:46 +0000

A planned hearing for the Cody abduction suspect has been postponed until next month

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Hearing Set For Cody Abduction Suspect

Rich Denison — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:23:26 +0000

The man accused of abducting and assaulting a Cody girl is back in Wyoming to face charges

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Report: Cody Abduction Suspect Caught

Rich Denison — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:18:35 +0000

A report out of Cody indicates a suspect sought for the abduction and assault of a young girl has been captured.

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Huge Montana Fires Bringing Smoke To Wyoming

Brian Scott — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:11:58 +0000

6 different fires located 4-30 miles south of Rosebud, Montana are burning an estimated 131,234 acres Containment: 0%

Six fires are currently burning south of Rosebud, MT with the Chalky Fire S/SW of Colstrip burning actively to the east at approximately 60,000 acres. The

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Cloud Peak Energy buys coal mine near Sheridan

Associated Press — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:31:23 +0000

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Cloud Peak Energy has purchased an undeveloped coal mine along the Wyoming-Montana border that has the potential to bring hundreds of jobs to the Sheridan area.

According to the Associated Press, Wyoming-based Cloud Peak paid $300 million for the Youngs Creek Mining Company, a joint venture between Chevron USA Inc

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Key Senator Wants Tax-Overhaul To Boost Economy

Associated Press — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:23:34 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top tax writer says he wants to overhaul the nation's tax code to help make the economy stronger and raise additional revenue to reduce budget deficits.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said in a speech Monday that a rewritten tax code should also promote more innovation and opportunity

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Body Identified As That Of Missing Montana Teacher

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:10:55 +0000

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The FBI says a body found in North Dakota has been identified as a missing Montana teacher kidnapped in January.

The identification was made Thursday after the body of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold was taken to the Montana State Crime Lab in Missoula

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Police: Body Likely That Of Missing Montana Teacher

Associated Press — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:15:17 +0000

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say they believe a body found outside of Williston, N.D., is that of a missing Sidney, Mont., school teacher.

Montana authorities released a statement Wednesday saying they're trying to confirm that the remains are those of 43-year-old Sherry Arnold, who disappeared Jan

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Exxon: Yellowstone Spill 1,500 Barrels, Not 1,000

Karen Snyder — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:43:03 +0000

Exxon Mobil has upped the amount of oil that spilled last summer into the Yellowstone River near Billings Montana.

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USDA To Close 4 Offices In Wyoming, Montana

Associated Press — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:28:36 +0000

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it plans to shutter four offices in Montana and Wyoming as part of a $150 million cost cutting measure that includes 259 closures nationwide

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Mont. Teacher Disappears While Running; Shoe Found

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:23:25 +0000

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The search resumes Monday for a Montana high school teacher who didn't return from a weekend run.

Forty-three-year-old Sherry Arnold was last seen at 6:30 a.m. Saturday in Sidney

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Verizon Wireless Network Back Up In Mont., N.Wyo.

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:24:33 +0000

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Verizon Wireless spokesman says service has been restored after a Sunday morning outage of more than seven hours in Montana and northern Wyoming.

Bob Kelley tells the Billings Gazette (http://bit

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Wildfires On Blackfeet Res. Forces Evacuations

Associated Press — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:05:13 +0000

BROWNING, Mont. (AP) — Gusty winds fueled major grass fires on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana Wednesday night and forced evacuations, officials said.

One fire started southeast of Browning just after 5 p

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Wyoming Skier, Montana Snowmobiler Killed In Avalanches

Associated Press — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:32:44 +0000

Authorities say avalanches have killed a snowmobiler in Montana and a cross-country skier in Wyoming.

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