By DARRELL EHRLICK | Editor-in-Chief
"In a year like this where (bears) are all down in the low elevations where we are, it’s inevitable they’re going to stumble into the millions of garbage cans on the landscape. Starting in June, we were seeing desperation in our (bear) population, and through July it got quite crazy." – Jamie Jonkel, bear conflict specialist with the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
LA man sentenced to prison after fraud that used ‘Montana-registered shell companies’
by Keila Szpaller
A Los Angeles man who used “Montana-registered shell companies” in a multimillion dollar fraud was sentenced this week to 63 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution, according to the IRS Criminal Investigation division. Lamont McCarthy pleaded guilty in July to wire fraud and also will serve three years of […]
Alani Bankhead wants to be ‘the fighter in DC’
by Keila Szpaller
Alani Bankhead’s quest to win a U.S. Senate seat as a newcomer to politics doesn’t sound like an impossible task to former Gov. Brian Schweitzer. Schweitzer, a Democrat who won a race for governor in Montana in 2004 with a Republican lieutenant governor, endorsed Bankhead after the primary. He said he doesn’t buy the claim […]
Bear killings skyrocket as garbage, bird feeders draw them into conflict
by Alex Brown
Bears are having a very bad year. Across much of the United States, a warm winter and persistent drought have decimated the natural foods that black and brown bears rely on. With nearly every station at the buffet in short supply, the adaptable eaters are turning to human food. From California to Connecticut, desperate bears […]
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