Partnerships to expand sustainable rural communities

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BILLINGS — Eastern Montana's irrigation demands have been eased and its lakes and rivers are full thanks the rainy spring and summer.

Montana will reconsider rural water regulations

BILLINGS — Montana officials said Wednesday they will rewrite a rule that allowed tens of thousands of rural homes to be built without water permits, but it was unclear what impact the proposal would have on development.

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POLSON — The Lake County sheriff's office said two brothers died when a young boy fell into a canal and his older brother jumped in to try to save him.

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CHOTEAU — Sen. Jon Tester's field director will visit Choteau, Conrad, Fort Benton, Stanford and Lewistown next Monday, July 19, through Wednesday, July 21.

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LIBBY — Rail workers are having difficulty clearing hundreds of feet of track after a rock slide caused a freight train to derail in northwestern Montana.

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CODY, Wyo. — A grizzly bear linked by DNA to the killing of a man outside Yellowstone National Park has been tracked down by helicopter and shot dead.