Montana

The person who found Dustin Kjersem dead in his tent on Oct. 12 initially suspected a bear might have killed him. A 41-year-old man has been arrested, officials said.

The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in their investigation of the killing of a camper. The victim’s friend, who discovered the scene, initially thought the death was the result of a bear attack.

Dustin Mitchell Kjersem, 35, was found dead in his tent on Oct. 12. He died after sustaining multiple chop wounds and his death has been ruled a homicide, officials said.

A 72-year-old man picking huckleberries in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked in a surprise encounter and injured him badly enough that he had to be hospitalized, authorities said Friday.

Yellowstone National Park officials say a man who kicked a bison in the leg was then hurt by one of the animals.

Two men killed thousands of birds including bald eagles, during a “killing spree” in Montana, then sold eagle parts on a black market that has been a long-running problem for U.S. wildlife officials, a federal grand jury indictment says.

A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw will be returning home after five weeks in a Utah hospital.

The 46-year-old man made the threats because he was upset with Tester’s political decisions, court records said.

A Montana judge ruled Monday that citizens have a constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.

A Montana man shot and killed a black bear he encountered in his living room after waking up to the sound of a barking dog in the middle of the night.

A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner tubes and inflicted wounds serious enough that one victim had to be airlifted to a hospital, authorities said Thursday.

Alicia Navarro’s disappearance in 2019 started as a runaway case and sparked a major search. She recently reported to authorities in Montana, Glendale police said.

Authorities said the woman’s injuries were “consistent with a bear attack.” But they could not say for certain whether she was preyed upon or whether it was a chance encounter.

A deck collapsed at a Montana country club, leaving up to 25 people injured on Saturday evening, police and news reports said.

A federal jury has ruled that a health clinic in a Montana town where hundreds of people died from asbestos exposure submitted 337 false asbestos claims making its patients eligible for benefits such as Medicare.

Work is underway to clean up rail cars carrying hazardous materials that fell into the Yellowstone River in southern Montana after a bridge collapsed over the weekend.

The train cars were carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur.

The 46-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after being convicted of a hate crime and firearms charges

Sixteen plaintiffs, ranging in age from 5 to 22, are suing Montana for promoting fossil fuel energy policies that they say violate their constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment.”