Kelly Frances Hansen had a run of bad luck last weekend when she was twice arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in a span of about three hours.
The 47-year-old Missoula woman was arrested at 1 a.m. on Sunday for allegedly failing to use her turn signal. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Richard Salois gave [...]
Montana’s district court clerks started using the same record-keeping software in March, scanning and storing legal documents in a database that is searchable by name or case number.
Six months later, though, the clerks of court still aren’t on the same page about whether to charge for electronic copies of those public records – although more [...]
ARLEE – On the night before Labor Day, Theresa McClure was asleep in bed, her fanny pack belted securely around her waist, as it always is, when a masked man with a handgun attacked her.
Before the 68-year-old Arlee woman knew what was happening, the assailant had cupped his hand over her mouth and was tugging [...]
A 36-year-old woman who blackmailed a prominent Bozeman developer over the details of a sexual affair was sentenced Thursday to five years’ probation after her attorney argued that the charge was born of a politically-motivated federal investigation.
Shannon M. Clark appeared for the sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Missoula, where she faced up to [...]
A 30-year-old Missoula man pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Monday during a hearing in U.S. District Court, admitting that he sold LSD and hundreds of pounds of marijuana during a two-year period.
In February, Avery Klemp sold five pounds of pot and a vial of LSD to a source who was working with the Drug [...]
A trio of Flathead County judges have recused themselves in a case that may result in criminal charges against state Sen. Greg Barkus, who last month crashed his powerboat into a rocky shoreline along Flathead Lake, seriously injuring five people – including U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg.
District Court Administrator Bonnie Olson said the judges decided it [...]
A woman who twice went to trial over allegations that Daniel Tudahl raped her exchanged teary-eyed glances with a fellow victim at a sentencing hearing on Tuesday, then passed a tissue down the crowded gallery bench as consolation.
Courtroom spectators were silent as they heard lengthy victim-impact statements from both women – emotional accounts of post-traumatic [...]
A Flathead County district judge says she sealed records of an investigation into state Sen. Greg Barkus’ high-profile boating accident to keep his medical records confidential “unless and until charges are filed.”
It’s a move that is applicable under state law, a public records expert says, but that law may conflict with Montana’s constitutional open records [...]
A 36-year-old woman who blackmailed a prominent Bozeman developer over the details of their sexual relationship will appear for sentencing this week in U.S. District Court in Missoula.
Shannon M. Clark, who now lives in Las Vegas, had an affair with William Martel for four years, during which time he was financially generous, “helping her with [...]
A 29-year-old man was charged Tuesday with felony robbery for allegedly holding up Gilly’s Gas with a pair of scissors.
Evan Michael King was arrested outside of the convenience store on South Third Street West at about 9:30 p.m. on Friday. A store patron who told police he witnessed the robbery stopped King as he was [...]