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6 days ago | 
missoulian.com | Sam Wilson
Dozens of horses seized in an animal cruelty case in Madison County earlier this year have found new homes, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), with more soon to become eligible for adoption. The national organization has worked with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the Humane Society of Western Montana to provide emergency care to 85 horses who were being allegedly neglected by a horse breeder.
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1 week ago | 
helenair.com | Sam Wilson
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1 week ago | 
billingsgazette.com | Sam Wilson
The Lolo National Forest will have a new supervisor this summer, following the retirement of Carolyn Upton at the end of 2024. Ben Johnson will replace Upton as the top official for the national forest, acting supervisor Jeremy Casperson told a meeting of grizzly bear experts last week.
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2 weeks ago | 
missoulian.com | Sam Wilson
For just $15 million, you could own a piece of Missoula’s little-known coal mining history, plus a rare glimpse into the valley's prehistoric environment. While timber and metals are the region’s most well-known extractive commodities, University of Montana paleontologist Kallie Moore has spent the past several years unearthing a short-lived attempt around the turn of the 20th century to mine coal in the North Hills.
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2 weeks ago | 
helenair.com | Sam Wilson
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3 weeks ago | 
missoulian.com | Sam Wilson
A handful of grizzly bears continued to roam the edges of the Bitterroot over the past six months, state wildlife officials said Wednesday during a meeting to provide updates on the slowest-recovering ecosystem for the threatened species. A grizzly bear population in the 44,000-square-mile area stretching from the Bitterroot Mountains west into Idaho has been contemplated since the 1990s.
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1 month ago | 
billingsgazette.com | Sam Wilson
Seated in a Missoula County courtroom in February, Zach’s mother found herself shaking uncontrollably. She later described being terrified for her family’s safety as she listened to a judge order her son to serve a sentence in her home despite her pleas to the court. Her 17-year-old had made multiple threats to shoot people, including the instances for which he was being sentenced.
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1 month ago | 
missoulian.com | Sam Wilson
A Kalispell man has been convicted of seven misdemeanors after poaching three whitetail deer in the North Fork area, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Cody H. Carr was scheduled for a bench trial April 8 on all seven charges, according to Flathead County Justice Court records.
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1 month ago | 
billingsgazette.com | Sam Wilson
A former Polson police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to child sex abuse after prosecutors alleged he abused a minor over the course of several years. Matthew Timm, 42, was initially charged in 2023 by state prosecutors in Lake County District Court with one felony count of sexual abuse of children. Amended charges filed in 2024 added another felony charge of sexual abuse.
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1 month ago | 
missoulian.com | Sam Wilson
KALISPELL — A Flathead County man was sentenced Monday to 40 years in prison for beating a homeless man to death in front of a Kalispell gas station in 2023. Kaleb E. Fleck, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to the deliberate homicide of Scott Bryan, 60, on June 25, 2023. He will also serve 10 years of probation under a sentence in which Flathead County District Judge Heidi Ulbricht largely sided with state prosecutors.
