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HELENA Montana's poorest families would be eligible for a tax break under a measure that won initial approval today in the Montana House.

Downtown Helena, with the Cathedral of St. Helena in the background, helped the city make a national list of 12 distinctive communities.

HELENA - As a key legislative panel began voting Thursday on the $7 billion state budget, a top Schweitzer administration official said an arcane spending cap in state law shouldn't stand in the way of funding ...

After the failure of efforts to waylay their trial on a state charge of tampering with or fabricating evidence in U.S. District Court and the Montana Supreme Court, Cheryl and Larry Clifford are staring down ...

HELENA Montana State University may be reconsidering its proposal to increase tuition over the next two years by the same amount for resident and nonresident students at two of its campuses.

Emerging from a dry winter and facing the possibility of a dry spring, Montana fire officials are on guard as the state's open-burning season begins, ushered in by a series of runaway blazes.

In the winter of 1989, a train exploded outside of the Carroll College campus. The blast shook downtown Helena.

Think of Mark Reller as the lone mapmaker with a goal of providing high quality fishing maps of Montana waters.

Several days of brilliant sunshine and temperatures well above normal have Helenans thinking about their yards, trees and gardens - and have area landscapers and nurseries about a month ahead of schedule.

Semitool, Inc., which equipment for the semiconductor industry, has expanded its sales force in Asia to meet the industry's growth there.

HELENA - The 2005 Legislature is half over, but lawmakers still have plenty to do to keep them busy until adjournment in late April.

If you're planning on driving to or around the airport this week, there's some construction work you should know about.

HELENA Former N-F-L quarterback Jeff Kemp will be the guest speaker for the 45th annual Governor's Prayer Breakfast in Helena.

Rep. Sue Dickenson accepted a hefty load of responsibility when she agreed to sponsor House Bill 540, the major bonding bill before the Legislature.

BOISE, Idaho The board of trustees of Albertson College will vote next month on whether to add football.

HELENA Montana's governor is complaining that the Bush administration has a double standard when it comes to beef exports and drug exports.

History will be on the auction block again this weekend. Burow's Auction Service will be offering a number of territorial papers, including a card postmarked in 1866 that lists distances along the Missouri ...

The partnership between local schools and area businesses is vital to all of our success.

Just about everything in the film industry is word of mouth, says Helenan Courtney Hess, who worked as the costume designer for the movie Steal Me, shot in Livingston last summer.

HELENA Asarco will pay a fine of nearly 180-thousand dollars, and must develop a comprehensive cleanup plan for its idled lead (led) smelter in East Helena.

A 35-year old Helena man is in Warm Springs after his probation was revoked. Wednesday night, law enforcement officers received a tip that Brad Bahner would be participating in criminal activity.

From auditions to the final curtain call, the IR will follow the students of Capital and Helena high schools as they embark upon Helena's first crosstown collaborative theater production, staging 'Romeo and ...

WALK around the edges of Hell's Kitchen these days and witness a kinetic jumble of scaffolds and cranes.

Jimmy St. Goddard wore a white tuxedo and an eagle feather headdress into the civic center, leading the way for Gov.

If the Friends of Downtown Helena gather valid signatures from 15 percent of the city's registered voters, Helenans could see a measure on the September 13 ballot prohibiting nonpermitted traffic on the walking ...

Three cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, have been reported in Lewis and Clark County in the last three weeks, prompting county public health nurse Kay Robertson to urge parents to check immunization ...

A junior at Helena High School, Jacob Thielen describes himself as a cautious driver who uses money from a part-time job to pay for his own auto insurance.

They've been called crazy, even fanatics, but that didn't keep Helenans from plunging into the chilly shores of Spring Meadow Lake on Saturday.

Montana could get a share of the $1.6 billion that federal regulators say Enron Corp.

A Helena man is being held at the Lewis and Clark County Detention Center after allegedly assaulting and threatening his wife with a knife Sunday evening.

The guardian of a teenage girl who allegedly had a sexual relationship with one of her caregivers during her stay at a children's psychiatric hospital here has filed a lawsuit against the hospital.

UNDATED Five Carroll College football stars, including junior quarterback Tyler Emmert, have been named to the N-A-I-A All-America first team.

A district court judge agreed last week to revise a Helena woman s sentence to allow her to initiate a campaign to prevent drinking and driving accidents in Lewis and Clark County.

A Helena High School janitor accused of molesting three children made his initial court appearance yesterday.

Montana voters are closely divided on the idea of designating new federal wilderness areas in the state, a new Gazette State Poll shows.