Judge says bankrupt co-founder of exclusive Yellowstone Club has to sell personal assetsBUTTE, Mont. — A bankruptcy judge has rejected Edra Blixseth’s bid to reorganize her finances, pushing the co-founder of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club into a forced sale of her many houses, cars and other properties. National Folk Festival in Butte, Mont., July 10-12 celebrating the WestHELENA, Mont. — The lineup for the second National Folk Festival taking place in “Butte, America” July 10-12 stars about 250 singers, dancers and other artists, along with hoofed performers from all over Montana. Grizzly bear victim and his savior plan Montana meeting on 50th anniversary of maulingHELENA, Mont. — Joseph Williams was a 20-year-old Midwesterner hungry for adventure in 1959 when a hike through Glacier National Park turned into a vicious encounter with a grizzly bear. PROMISES, PROMISES: For many American Indians, free health care is a treaty promise not keptCROW AGENCY, Mont. — Ta’Shon Rain Little Light, a happy little girl who loved to dance and dress up in traditional American Indian clothes, had stopped eating and walking. She complained constantly to her mother that her stomach hurt. NorthWestern Energy adds fuel-efficient bucket truck to fleetBUTTE, Mont. — NorthWestern Energy has added a hybrid bucket truck to a growing list of fuel-efficient vehicles in the utility company’s fleet. Montana teen, 17, charged with killing 1, injuring 2 in dispute over girl starting with textsHELENA, Mont. — A Montana teenager is accused of killing another teen and injuring two others in a shooting that police say stemmed from an argument over a girl. $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. NCAA looking at Montana’s fantasy sports betting in light of stance against gamblingHELENA, Mont. — State and university officials are working to prove a Montana law that allows fantasy sports leagues does not violate the NCAA’s stance against gambling on sporting events. Gitmo on the Plains: Hard-luck Montana town offers its never-used jail for Guantanamo inmatesHARDIN, Mont. — On Capitol Hill, politicians are dead-set against transferring some of the world’s most feared terrorists from Guantanamo to prisons on U.S. soil. But at City Hall in this impoverished town on the Northern Plains, the attitude is: Bring ‘em on. Correction: Grizzly Bear CoolersHELENA, Mont. — In a May 28 story about food coolers that passed tests for resistance to grizzly bears, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of the owner of Engel USA in Jupiter, Fla. His name is Paul Kabalin, not Kabelin. Bankruptcy judge says Swiss bank’s bid for posh Mont. club must include $42M in debt paymentHELENA, Mont. — A federal bankruptcy judge ruled Wednesday that Credit Suisse must offer about $42 million in cash to clear other creditors’ claims on top of any bid it makes for a luxury Montana resort at auction. Federal bankruptcy judge says Credit Suisse loan to Yellowstone Club was predatoryHELENA, Mont. — A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a $375 million loan made by Credit Suisse to a Montana resort for the ultrarich was predatory and should be subordinated to other debts. Financial giant Credit Suisse defends its $375M loan to Montana’s fancy Yellowstone ClubMISSOULA, Mont. — Financial giant Credit Suisse is defending its $375 million loan to a now-bankrupt Montana resort for the rich, saying it was a legitimate transaction that reflected standard lending practices at the time. 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. Autopsy: No drugs in system of pilot in fatal Montana plane crash, likely no heart attackHELENA, Mont. — A Montana coroner says the pilot in a March plane crash that killed 14 had no drugs or alcohol in his system and did not appear to have suffered a heart attack. Yellowstone Club owner says she opposed $375M loan blamed in collapse of Montana resortMISSOULA, Mont. — The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the transaction. Expert: $375M loan to exclusive Yellowstone Club in Montana was based on faulty projectionsMISSOULA, Mont. — A real estate expert says a $375 million loan to the Yellowstone Club before it sought bankruptcy protection was based on faulty assumptions that sales at the exclusive Montana club would be brisk. Montana hotel guests invited to give dollar or 2 for land conservationHELENA, Mont. — People checking in at some Montana hotels and other lodging establishments will be asked whether they care to contribute a dollar or two to help conserve part of the landscape that draws tourists here by the millions. 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. Bankruptcy trial tries to unravel who is responsible for collapse of ritzy Montana resortMISSOULA, Mont. — The founders of the Yellowstone Club are trading blame over who is responsible for the financial collapse of the Montana haven for the rich that has fallen more than $400 million into debt. Montana fires a warning shot over states’ rights, tries to trigger a battle over gunsHELENA, Mont. — Montana is trying to trigger a battle over gun control — and perhaps make a larger point about what many folks in this ruggedly independent state regard as a meddlesome federal government. Storm dumps 4 feet of snow in Montana, closing major highways, isolating townHELENA, Mont. — A storm dumped as much as 4 feet of snow on northwest Montana and piled it in drifts 12 feet high, blocking major highways Wednesday and isolating an entire town. Judge denies motion to dismiss charges against all Grace executivesMISSOULA, Mont. — A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss environmental crime charges against four former executives of W.R. Grace & Co. Judge says govt presented a ‘discombobulated’ case in Grace trialMISSOULA, Mont. — The federal judge considering motions to dismiss charges in the W.R. Grace asbestos case told prosecutors Monday that they “presented discombobulated allegations” and didn’t understand the evidence. 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. 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