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Posted 07/30/2010 1:48 PM by Mark Thorsell

WEST GLACIER -Glacier National Park officials are investigating the death of a 30-year-old Browning resident who passed away Thursday in the park's Two Medicine Valley.

Park officials say that Clinton Croff was reportedly involved in altercations near road construction traffic on the road into the Two Medicine Valley.

Spokeswoman Amy Vanderbilt explains what Rangers found when they arrived on scene.

"At about 11:30 on Thursday Morning, Clinton Croff, age 30 from Browni… Click to Read More

Posted 07/30/2010 1:43 PM by Annalyn Censky, staff reporter

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Northwest Airlines will plead guilty and pay a $38 million fine for conspiring to fix cargo rates, the Justice Department announced Friday.

In a felony charge filed Friday, the Justice Department said Northwest Airlines Cargo earned more than $80 million from air cargo services between the United States and Japan after the company conspired to fix those rates in violation of federal antitrust laws. The alleged price-fixing occurred between July 2004 and Febr… Click to Read More

Posted 07/30/2010 1:30 PM

GREAT FALLS - The National Weather Service in Glasgow has released a summary of the deadly tornado that struck northeast Montana on Monday night.

In the summary, NWS officials provide insight into the development of the supercell thunderstorm that produced the tornado, which was rated an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

The tornado killed 46-year old Steven Smith and 10-year old Robert Richardson, and seriously injured 71-year old Barbara Smith. (Click to Read More

Posted 07/30/2010 1:29 PM by Mark Thorsell

COLUMBIA FALLS - Sid Fetzer of Columbia Falls is quite a bit richer after claiming a $100,000 prize from the July 21 Montana Cash drawing.

Fetzer told lottery officials that he was hoping to retire and that his winnings bring that dream closer to reality.

The lucky ticket was purchased at Smith's Food & Drug in Columbia Falls.

Posted 07/30/2010 12:52 PM by KPAX News Staff

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NEAR CONDON - The Cardinal Creek Wildland Fire which is burning on the Flathead National Forest on the Spotted Bear Ranger District within the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area has seen little growth over the past couple of days.

The fire was reported on Sunday, July 25 and as of Thursday afternoon, the estimated size of the fire is approximately 2,100 acres.

There are several trail closures in the fire area.

Fire behavior is presently low with creeping and smoldering throu… Click to Read More

Posted 07/30/2010 12:35 PM by Kim Hutcherson and Angela Fritz

(CNN) -- A South Dakota ranch worker who found a record-setting hailstone says the chunks of ice falling from the sky sounded like "big bricks" being thrown at his house.

Leslie "Les" Scott found the record-breaker, which is almost the size of a soccer ball, last week. It's been been officially declared the largest ever recorded in the United States, in terms of both diameter and weight. The hailstone measured 8.0 inches in diameter, had a circumference of 18.62 inches, and weighed on… Click to Read More

Posted 07/30/2010 11:14 AM

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COOKE CITY - Wildlife officials captured a mother grizzly and two of her three cubs after one person died and two others were when the bear went on a late-night rampage through a campground near Yellowstone National Park earlier this week.

48-year-old Kevin Kammer of Grand Rapids, Michigan was killed in the attack while two others, Deb Freele and Ronald Singer of Alamosa, Colorado were taken to the hospital,

The recording of the 911 call made after Wednesday morning's deadly a… Click to Read More

Posted 07/30/2010 10:52 AM by Angela Marshall

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MISSOULA - Caras Park will be filled with Celtic music and the aroma of corned beef and cabbage and you too, can revel in the Irish festivities during the first Annual Celtic Festival.

This is a cultural celebration of all things Celtic and it begins on Saturday at 10 a.m. with Irish road bowling at the Stimson Lumber site in Bonner, then moves to Caras Park at 3 p.m. with kids events, food and fun! In fact, Monte be dressed in a kilt! The Celtic rock 'n roll band Young Dubliners hea… Click to Read More

Posted 07/30/2010 10:52 AM by Adam Bell

BOZEMAN - The latest bear attack in Soda Butte Campground may have you concerned about your future camping trips.

One person was killed and two others were hurt early Wednesday when bears went on a rampage near Yellowstone National Park (see related story).

Grizzly bear expert, host of the National Geographic show Nat Geo Wild, Casey Anderson, says that events like this a… Click to Read More

Posted 07/30/2010 9:56 AM

GREAT FALLS - Another flying mission could be landing in Great Falls, as Great Falls International Airport has been selected as an operations base candidate for the C-27J Spartan aircraft.

On Thursday, the United States Air Force released its candidate choices for operations and training locations; the other candidate is Boise, Idaho.

The Air Force will conduct surveys at each site and begin the environmental impact analysis process, and then make the final selection.

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