Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from five fossil specimens found in the Late Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana, the United States. Life reconstruction of Brontotholus harmoni. Image credit: Connor Ashbridge / CC BY 4.0. The new dinosaur species lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous epoch, some 75 million years ago. Dubbed …
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BNSF Railway conductor struck and killed by a train in Montana
Authorities were investigating the death of a rail conductor who was hit by a passing train Sunday in Montana, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The conductor worked for BNSF Railway, the agency said in a post on social media. BNSF Railway operates one of the largest freight railway networks in the U.S. The incident occurred at about 9:40 a.m. …
Read More »A train conductor has been fatally struck by a train in Montana
COLUMBUS, Montana (AP) — Authorities were investigating the death of a rail conductor who was hit by a passing train Sunday in Montana, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The conductor worked for BNSF Railway, the agency said in a post on the social media site X. BNSF Railway operates one of the largest freight railway networks in the U.S. …
Read More »GOP repeals Biden-era limits on mining, drilling in Alaska, Montana
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans have voted to roll back restrictions on mining, drilling and other development in three Western states, advancing President Donald Trump’s ambitions to expand energy production from public lands. Senators voted 50-46 Thursday to repeal a land management plan for a large swath of Alaska that was adopted in the final weeks of Democratic President Joe …
Read More »95 million-year-old ‘tiny, tiny skull’ from never-before-seen crocodile-like creature discovered in Montana
Around 95 million years ago, small crocodile-like creatures with strange, sheathed teeth burrowed along the shores of the Western Interior Seaway in what is now southwest Montana, a new study suggests. The new research describes the first such creature ever discovered — a teenage croc nicknamed Elton that measured about 2 feet (60 centimeters) long from nose to tail tip. …
Read More »Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter
BILLINGS, Mont. — A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said. The smoke started to fill the building during a drug burn on Wednesday, apparently because of negative pressure that sucked it back inside, Billings Assistant City …
Read More »FBI drug burn smokes up Montana animal shelter
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said. The smoke started to fill the building during a drug burn on Wednesday, apparently because of negative pressure that sucked it back inside, Billings Assistant …
Read More »What they’re saying nationally, in Bozeman after No. 7 Oregon football drubs Montana State
EUGENE — No. 7 Oregon hammered Montana State 59-13 Saturday at Autzen Stadium. Here’s a roundup of what was written nationally and in Bozeman after the game: No. 7 Oregon routs Montana State 59-13 in the season opener (AP) A straight forward recap of the season opener. College football grades: Alabama gets ‘F,’ Georgia and Oregon earn ‘A’ marks in …
Read More »Michael Paul Brown: Montana man who evaded authorities after bar shooting faces 4 murder charges
Facebook Tweet Email Link Billings, Montana AP — A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar and evading capture for a week while hundreds of law enforcement officers searched for him in the nearby mountains faces four counts of murder, according to court records. Defendant Michael Paul Brown lived next door to The Owl Bar in Anaconda, …
Read More »Montana man who evaded authorities for a week after bar shooting faces 4 counts of murder
A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar and evading capture for a week while hundreds of law enforcement officers searched for him in the nearby mountains faces four counts of murder, according to court records. Defendant Michael Paul Brown lived next door to The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, where a bartender and three patrons were shot …
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