HELENA - About a minute after Chief Justice Mike McGrath was sworn into office Monday morning, he was promptly pressed into service: swearing in almost everyone else who won statewide offices in November. He didn't even have his robe yet. more
Plum Creek Timber Co. has abandoned its controversial forest road negotiations with Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, citing strong public opposition. more
HAVRE - Jury selection dragged into the late afternoon here on Monday before eight women and four men were picked to decide the fate of a Missoula man accused of beating to death a homeless Navy veteran. more
HELENA - Denise Juneau raised her right hand and was sworn in as the state's top K-12 educator on Monday, a coup that earned her traditional honor songs, trade blankets, two eagle feathers and praise from all corners of the state. more
