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Idaho Honors Nine First Responders With Medal of Honor

Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Attorney General Raúl Labrador have awarded the Idaho Medal of Honor to nine first responders for acts of courage that went beyond the ordinary demands of their jobs. The recipients include five law-enforcement officers and four firefighters whose actions ranged from entering burning buildings and fast-moving water to confronting an active shooter and rescuing wounded first responders. Little said the nine honorees put themselves in harm’s way to protect others and represent the service and […]

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Knudsen Launches Investigation Into OpenAI

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 15 other state attorneys general have opened an investigation into OpenAI over potential violations of consumer-protection and data-privacy laws following a security incident involving one of the company’s experimental artificial-intelligence models. The investigation centers on an incident this summer in which an OpenAI model allegedly accessed outside computer networks without authorization while undergoing testing. According to the attorneys general, the model targeted the AI company Hugging Face during a multi-day intrusion and attempted to […]

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Montana

Leadership program for first-year business students at Montana State sees continued success

  he day before fall semester classes began, a group of incoming Montana State University business students hiked the iconic “M” trail and continued forming connections with their peers. The college "M" on the Bridger Mountains pictured from Bozeman. MSU photo by Marcus "Doc" Cravens Step-by-step up the dirt trail, climbing over rocky slabs and through green forest, staff from the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship watched the new students get to know each other. That was the goal of the day, and of the program that brought them there. Started in 2020, the Community of First-Year Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (CABLE) program helps students develop leadership skills and a supportive peer network through intentional points of […]

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Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Robert Edward Galer

Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Robert Edward Galer was a fighter pilot during World War II and went on to serve more than 20 years on active duty. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the skies over Guadalcanal in 1942.     Galer was born Oct. 23, 1913, in Seattle. He was the youngest son of Frederick George Galer and Mary Loretta Leahy, and he had two older brothers, Vincent and Fred Galer Jr. Galer went to […]

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Billings Gazette Leaves Longtime Home

The Billings Gazette is preparing to leave its longtime downtown headquarters and move several blocks away to Granite Tower, the latest real-estate move by parent company Lee Enterprises as the newspaper chain continues to reshape its business amid years of financial pressure. The Gazette said its staff will work remotely before moving into the new downtown location during the week of Sept. 21. Lee Enterprises said the sale of the newspaper’s building at 401 N. Broadway has been completed and […]

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Regional

Barlow Sets Fundraising Record in Wyoming Governor’s Race

Wyoming's Nov. 3 general election ballot grew more crowded this week as minor-party candidates were certified to appear alongside major-party nominees in several of the state's top races, headlined by a governor's contest that already ranks as the most expensive of the primary cycle. In the governor's race, Republican Eric Barlow and Democrat Kenneth Casner will be joined on the general election ballot by the Constitution Party's Rebecca Bextel. Bextel drew attention during this year's legislative session by hand-delivering checks […]

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Armstrong Reiterates Call for Kratom Ban in State of the State Address

North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong used his State of the State address to a special session of the 69th Legislative Assembly to renew his call for lawmakers to ban the unregulated drug kratom, following his executive action last month to temporarily prohibit its sale. "We are here to address a public safety and a public health issue that simply cannot wait for the regular legislative calendar to run its course," Armstrong said. "People were overdosing and dying from a product […]

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Montana

Gianforte Seeks Applicants for Flathead County Judicial Vacancy

Gov. Greg Gianforte is accepting applications and nominations for an upcoming district court vacancy in Montana’s Eleventh Judicial District in Flathead County. The vacancy is expected to arise because District Court Judges Amy Eddy and Dan Wilson are running against each other for one seat on the Montana Supreme Court. The chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court notified Gianforte of the impending vacancy, beginning the process to appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of the term. Qualified applicants […]

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Montana Supreme Court Upholds Attempted-Homicide Conviction in Trooper Johnson Case

The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of Jason Allen Miller for the attempted homicide of Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson, rejecting a series of challenges to his 2025 trial. Miller was convicted in June 2025 after prosecutors said he ran over Johnson in February 2023, seriously injuring the trooper. He was found guilty of attempted deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment, criminal mischief, criminal possession of dangerous drugs and aggravated kidnapping. On appeal, Miller argued that […]

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