Ex-NFL running back Travis Henry gets 3 years in federal prison for cocaine traffickingBILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced former NFL player Travis Henry to three years in prison for financing a drug ring that moved cocaine between Colorado and Montana. Montana gov blasts General Motors’ plan to get platinum for catalytic converters from overseasBILLINGS, Mont. — Gov. Brian Schweitzer is calling on the Obama administration to force General Motors to honor its contract with a Montana mining company instead of going overseas to buy the precious metals used to control vehicle pollution. ID, Mont. ready for first open wolf hunts in lower US after endangered status liftedBILLINGS, Mont. — Montana and Idaho are moving to host the first open gray wolf hunts in the lower 48 states after the animal’s removal from the endangered list across much of the Northern Rockies. Co-founder of exclusive Yellowstone Club has 10 days to arrange turnover of personal fortuneBILLINGS, Mont. — The bankrupt co-founder of Montana’s millionaires-only Yellowstone Club has 10 days to arrange how she will part with jewelry, furs, cars, houses, art and furniture. $115M sale of exclusive Yellowstone Club to Boston investor group approved by judgeBILLINGS, Mont. — A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a plan to sell the exclusive Yellowstone Club in Montana for $115 million to a Boston investor group. Lawsuits over hunting of gray wolves filed in federal courts in Montana, WyomingBILLINGS, Mont. — A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region’s wolves heads to courts in Wyoming and Montana. GM bankruptcy closely watched by provider of precious metals for cars Stillwater MiningBILLINGS, Mont. — An official at Stillwater Mining Co., which sells platinum and palladium for use in automobiles’ catalytic converters, says the company is monitoring the General Motors bankruptcy to see if Stillwater-GM contracts will be honored. Amateur paleontologist sentenced to 60 days for stealing raptor bones in MontanaBILLINGS, Mont. — A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world’s best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land. Wyoming, Idaho governors slam federal brucellosis plan, ask Vilsack to withhold actionBILLINGS, Mont. — The governors of Wyoming and Idaho say a federal plan to create a special livestock disease management zone in the Yellowstone region would “taint” the area’s cattle industry but do nothing to eliminate the disease. After endangered status stripped, gray wolf hunting to start this fall _ except in WyomingBILLINGS, Mont. — Wolves in parts of the Northern Rockies and the Great Lakes region come off the endangered species list on Monday, opening them to public hunts in some states for the first time in decades. Yellowstone Club owner Edra Blixseth has personal debts of $150MBILLINGS, Mont. — Court filings show Yellowstone Club owner Edra Blixseth is more than $150 million in debt, while most of her houses, cars and other property have been put up as collateral on overdue loans. Owner of ritzy Mont. club seeking bankruptcy protection has personal debts exceeding $150MBILLINGS, Mont. — Court filings show that the owner of a financially struggling Montana haven for the rich is herself more than $150 million in debt, with most of her many houses, cars and other belongings put up as collateral on overdue loans. Mont. town wants its empty $27M jail to be new Gitmo; forget it, congressional delegation saysBILLINGS, Mont. — President Barack Obama has 240 terror suspects he has said will be moved out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year. The city of Hardin has a brand-new empty jail. |