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(MT DOC image)BOZEMAN - A Bozeman man is behind bars after being accused of raping a woman while repeatedly strangling her. Kenneth Wayne Johnson, 40, is charged with rape, strangulation, and tampering with a witness. His bail has been set at $1 million.
Tim TracyBUTTE - The body of the missing retired Butte Police Officer was located early Monday. Tim Tracy, 52, was found in the area of Homestake Lake, east of Butte.
Russell Wireman (MTN News photo)BOZEMAN - A man accused of assaulting a woman at a campground outside of Bozeman appeared in Gallatin County Justice Court Monday morning.
BELGRADE - A construction trailer caught fire Monday morning at the Belgrade High School with minimal damage. Construction employees working on a remodel of the high school noticed the fire coming from a small vent fan located near the corner of the trailer.
One question asked what the candidates' idea of a good working relationship between the city and county commission would be.
HELENA - In a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel has reinstated Montana’s limits on direct contributions to political campaigns, reversing a district judge’s ruling.
Trumpeter swans have been released in the Madison Valley for the sixth straight year.
A group of Republican senators are out with a draft bill that hopes to simplify forest management, while helping prevent and mitigate wildfires.
Megan Dierker, left, survived a shooting near Colorado State University. Her friend, Savannah McNealy, was killed in the attack. courtesy of CBS.FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The lone survivor of Thursday’s fatal shooting near Colorado State University has been identified as Megan Dierker.
They're calling it the truest test of physical and gastrointestinal greatness.
BILLINGS -- A Billings woman had her four young children in the vehicle when she ran over their father, who was trying to get away on a bike, according to charging documents filed Monday.
A fire burning south of Roundup is responsible for the loss of two homes in the Bull Mountain area.
Many hunters are now finding themselves without their traditional hunting grounds with rifle season for deer and elk now underway
Opening arguments begin Monday morning in the trial of former Florence doctor facing 22 felony drug charges, including the death of two patients who overdosed.
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl spent five years as a prisoner of the Taliban.
A parade of storms are forming from Hawaii to Alaska so there will be more wind and a chance for a little rain or snow coming over the next 10 days. The first storm to arrive will be this Wednesday evening into Thursday morning. This storm will drop down into Montana from Canada and bring a sharp drop in temperatures by Thursday and could bring a quick shot of rain or snow with the front into Thursday morning. Ahead of this storm Monday and Tuesday High pressure will keep us ... More>>
A Utah mother and her boyfriend are charged with murder and child abuse in the death of a 13-day-old baby.
For the third time in his career, Justin Timberlake is headed to the Super Bowl.
As US equities continue their vertical ascent, posting a sixth straight weekly gain last week, Wall Street sentiment remains at a high fever.
The annual Harvest Festival presented by Manhattan Christian School is set for Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event has been drawing people together in support of Manhattan Christian Schools since 1962.
American wool is in high demand by the U.S. textile industry, especially those with military contracts.
Top stories from today's Montana This Morning, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 - latest local news and headlines from across the world. More>>
Billings police said a man was shot in the back early Monday.
The great need for more jail capacity has the Lake County Sheriff's Office coming up with creative ways to meet the need.
At more than 200,000 animals, the Western Arctic is the largest Caribou herd in the United States.
The Theatre chooses a different charity each year and the proceeds this year are going to the Great Falls Public Library Foundation.
Open rifle season also marks the beginning of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks survey program.
In Livingston, high-profile vehicles were strongly urged to get off the interstate due to high winds.
The largest outage in the area is affecting 147 customers near Canyon Ferry Lake by Helena.
Police in Richardson, Texas, found the body of a small child Sunday morning. / CBS DALLAS FORT WORTH/KEN MOLESTINAPolice in Richardson, Texas, found the body of a small child Sunday morning, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth reports.
According to the library, the goal is to instill a love of reading in small children who haven't entered elementary school yet.
Most of the material is rebar as Klemperer likes to work with the rebar's curves, shapes, and textures to form different lines.
Those living in an Aspen neighborhood have two new furry neighbors.
(CBS)"At this point we have conflicting stories," Sen. James Lankford said on "Face the Nation"
One of the two victims sustained serious injuries and was taken to a hospital
Montanans with travel plans this holiday season will be able to board flights with their Montana drivers license.
(CNN)President Donald Trump may have found an unlikely ally in the presidents' club.
There’s nothing like a stack of pancakes for comfort food on a chilly Montana morning. (MTN News photo)There’s nothing like a stack of pancakes for comfort food on a chilly Montana morning.
The department held the roundup during the fall break so students could watch.
Nearly 250,000 people will learn they have breast cancer this year. That's why thousands turned out in pink for the NILE Rodeo in Billings on Friday night.
Albert Skaar, age 97, of Billings, MT, died on October 14, 2017. Albert was born on his parent’s homestead on March 2, 1920, in Wibaux County, Montana, the son of Edward and Anna Hagna Skaar.
(CBS)A serial killer might be on the loose in Tampa, Florida. Police are warning people not to walk alone at night in the Seminole Heights neighborhood after a third person in 10 days was shot to death on Thursday night.
It was pumpkins galore at Kenyon Noble's Annual Junior Pumpkin Carving Contest.
The fundraising figure comes ahead of a Saturday night concert One America Appeal is hosting at Texas A&M to raise money for hurricane victims.
The historic Going-to-the-Sun Road has reopened to Avalanche from the west entrance of Glacier National Park. (MTN News photo)The historic Going-to-the-Sun Road has reopened to Avalanche from the west entrance of Glacier National Park.
On a scale of zero to 100, Great Falls scored 12 points whereas Missoula scored 100.
Randon Powell teaches recruits / CBS NEWSDealing with communities sensitive to bias is a consequence of many highly-charged confrontations that have landed officers in court.
A 44-year-old man was arrested Friday on suspicion of the Oct. 16 murder of his father in Glendive, Dawson County Deputy Attorney Bret Irigoin announced.
Tim TracyRetired Butte police officer Timothy Tracy, 52, was last seen approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19.
President Donald J. Trump said Saturday he intends to allow the release of classified government documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
The man convicted of killing his wife and her two relatives at their Belfry home in 2016 was sentenced Friday to prison.
MTN NewsMontana state leaders say they have already collected about $380,000 in the first three months of a new tax on medical marijuana providers.
The Sip 'n Dip Lounge is well-known for Piano Pat at the keyboard, fish-bowl drinks, and of course the mermaids.
The holidays come early for hunters in October as the general big game season opens Saturday.
A Google Earth image shows an overhead of Sunday night massacre at a Las Vegas concert. courtesy of CNNAthena Castilla struggles to concentrate, the words slipping from her sentences as she tries to describe her sister, Andrea. "She was just so silly all the time, happy, constantly taking videos and pictures and recording her life," says Athena.
Savannah McNealyFORT COLLINS, COLO. – The Larimer County Coroner’s Office identified the three people killed in Thursday morning’s shooting near Colorado State University.
The Sprague fire badly damaged the historic Sperry Chalet in Glacier Park historic building in late August.
Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter is celebrating their 10th anniversary on Saturday.
Twenty-year-old Daniel Layeux appeared in Justice Court on felony charges of Assault on a Peace Officer.
Eric Carlson has been found dead of an apparent suicide (Newell Broadcasting Corp.)Authorities in eastern Montana said Friday that the man accused of killing his twin brother on Thursday has been found dead of an apparent suicide.
It took more than a month for Laura Carlson to find one of her shelter cats that got lost in Butte.
Montana’s two U.S. senators split on a key tax-cut vote Thursday night – although both said they favor some form of overhauling the nation’s federal tax system.
Montana’s unemployment rate has once again held steady, remaining at 3.9 percent in September.
More than 100 members of the Bozeman community had the chance to meet with candidates for city commission and mayor in the Bozeman City Commission Candidate Forum.
Jason MehlMehl's last known residence was in Helena.
Overview from Bridger Drive (The Trust for Public Land)The Idaho/Montana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects has honored Story Mill Community Park with the 2017 President’s Award of Excellence.
Two days after the arrival of her husband's body, Trump called as she sat with an Army casualty officer.
Linemen work to restore a key central transmission route. (CNN)Montana may be 3,000 miles from Puerto Rico and far from tropical, but the CEO of Whitefish Energy says his workers and contractors have the skills needed to get the island back on line.
The person said the late-night visitors were feasting on apples.
Police said the missing 10-year-old boy has been found and is safe.
Watch the full, raw interview with Tyler Hamilton, who was in Billings Thursday to speak with a group at Montana State University-Billings.
Warriors & Wine: an event to support breast cancer awareness is set for Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 at 3 p.m.
Top stories from today's Montana This Morning, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 - latest local news and headlines from across the world. More>>
The NFL's declining TV ratings, blamed by some on the national anthem controversy, could soon take a financial toll on the broadcasters that have spent tens of billions dollars for the right to air pro football, investment analysts say.
The Billings Police Department is asking the public for help locating a missing boy.
The 51 to 49 vote was split mostly on party lines. Only GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted no.
Steve Bannon is creating a list of candidates he will support in the 2018 Congressional elections. In Montana, his choice is Matt Rosendale.
After so much controversy around the plan, what is next for Black Olive?
More than 2,000 Montana teachers and paraprofessionals are spending two days fine tuning their skills.
The four U.S. soldiers who were killed. / CBS NEWSThe American soldiers killed in Niger were helping that country's military combat Islamic militants.
The small quake was centered about 4.5 miles east-southeast of Lincoln.
If you are in crisis and want help, call the Montana Suicide Prevention Lifeline anytime at 1-800-273-TALK
Democratic U.S. House candidate Grant KierDemocratic U.S. House candidate Grant Kier calls himself a “pragmatic problem-solver” – and says that’s what Montanans want, and aren’t getting, from their current congressman.
(CBS)White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Thursday afternoon to address the controversy stirred by President Trump about the contacts of presidents with the families of deceased soldiers.
(MTN File Photo)Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens are asking the public to help identify the person or persons responsible for the illegal killing of at least one elk on private property just east of Canyon Ferry recently.
Officers arrested the man on two outstanding warrants, one from District Court and one from Municipal Court.
Hewitt's head, which had been removed from his body, has still not been found.
An 8-year-old gave back to the foundation that helped her and her family recover after a medical operation in 2015.
Yellowstone National Park plans to construct a new youth campus at Mammoth Hot Springs which will replace and improve the park’s existing education facilities and better serve today’s needs.
Responding firefighting agencies include Dearborn, Wolf Creek, Ulm, Cascade, and MT Air National Guard.
An Illinois man is dead after a fall above Mystic Lake, according to the Stillwater County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.
Emily Almberg, a Fish, Wildlife & Parks Biologist, joins Chet to talk about the threat of Chronic Waste Disease of the deer family, which has caused population declines in some of the neighboring states. More>>
A new report just issued by NOAA says September's Arctic sea ice coverage was about 25 percent less than it was between 1981 and 2010.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is out with its latest round of crash tests.
The Gallatin County Road and Bridge Department say Stagecoach Trail Road will be closed between Heeb Road and Curtiss Lane on Tuesday, October 24th and Wednesday, October 25th for bridge work.
Top stories from today's Montana This Morning, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 - latest local news and headlines from across the world. More>>
New research from the U.K. finds a sharp increase in the number of adolescent girls reporting self-harm in recent years.
Wool is one of the world's most diverse natural fibers. It's this diversity that has made the U.S. military the American wool industry's number one customer.
Christmas came early for one Billings trucking company that learned it has the honors of transporting the Capitol tree to Washington D.C.
After many meetings and special sessions, commissioners voted to approve the Black Olive apartments.
Bozeman pet toy manufacturer West Paw is making huge strides with exporting internationally.
Both are now accused of threats and violence toward other inmates and detention center staff, according to court documents.
Kids between the age of 12-15 will be allowed to hunt for deer for two days on Oct. 19 and 20.
Montana residents can still use their current ID for domestic travel for at least one more year.
A tense standoff Tuesday evening at a residence in Uptown Butte ended with the arrest of 29-year-old James Wasson.
Killsback is contesting the decision to oust him from office (Facebook)The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council issued a response Wednesday to allegations of fraud in tribal government made by the tribe’s president, who the council is seeking to remove.
They're calling it the truest test of physical and gastrointestinal greatness.
They're calling it the truest test of physical and gastrointestinal greatness.
BOZEMAN - A Bozeman man is behind bars after being accused of raping a woman while repeatedly strangling her. Kenneth Wayne Johnson, 40, is charged with rape, strangulation, and tampering with a witness. His bail has been set at $1 million.
BOZEMAN - A Bozeman man is behind bars after being accused of raping a woman while repeatedly strangling her. Kenneth Wayne Johnson, 40, is charged with rape, strangulation, and tampering with a witness. His bail has been set at $1 million.
HELENA - In a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel has reinstated Montana’s limits on direct contributions to political campaigns, reversing a district judge’s ruling.
HELENA - In a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel has reinstated Montana’s limits on direct contributions to political campaigns, reversing a district judge’s ruling.
Trumpeter swans have been released in the Madison Valley for the sixth straight year.
Trumpeter swans have been released in the Madison Valley for the sixth straight year.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The lone survivor of Thursday’s fatal shooting near Colorado State University has been identified as Megan Dierker.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – The lone survivor of Thursday’s fatal shooting near Colorado State University has been identified as Megan Dierker.
BILLINGS -- A Billings woman had her four young children in the vehicle when she ran over their father, who was trying to get away on a bike, according to charging documents filed Monday.
BILLINGS -- A Billings woman had her four young children in the vehicle when she ran over their father, who was trying to get away on a bike, according to charging documents filed Monday.
