Weekend Cops and Courts Roundup – Too many guys, too little whiskey. Deadly crash and deadly fire, too. Bitterroot NF boo-boo.

Or something like that, in a story from the Helena Independent Record about a fight, apparently over a bottle of whiskey, that ended badly. One man is accused of stabbing two others – one in the head, and one in the chest – in that incident. Both men were treated for their wounds and released.

That’s one of the things happening around the state this weekend that kept law enforcement and firefighters busy.

Also in Helena, the Associated Press reports that a 45-year-old man has died following a fire at a mechanical shop next to a residence northwest of Hauser Lake.

From the Billings Gazette: Police say a 53-year-old Billings man died after the Honda Civic he was driving struck two other vehicles stopped at a traffic light.

And a big oops in the Bitterroot, where The U.S. Forest Service is investigating the reality television series ‘Wardens,’ (Steve Puppe image at right) because a segment filmed in the Bitterroot National Forest appears to have been filmed without a permit, the Associated Press reports.

Gwen Florio