A Montana Highway Patrol Trooper is communicating with friends and family, but has a long road ahead of him over the next several months as he regains the ability to walk.
The Montana Office of Consumer Protection receives roughly 6 - 8 reports of phone scams PER DAY in Montana and the scammers are now spoofing local numbers.
Hikers discovered the skull 15 miles south of Red Lodge. Thanks to advances in DNA technology, the bones have been identified, but questions remain in the nearly 50-year-old case.
"Suicide is the number 1 killer of law enforcement officers, divorce rates are between 60 and 80 percent, alcohol abuse is high, and retention of officers is low. Occupational and traumatic stress are principal factors driving these statistics."
Things were anything but relaxing Saturday night at the Jackson Hot Springs Lodge west of Dillon after a bar fight turned into a scene right out of the wild, wild, West.
Despite news reports, a spokesman with the Billings Police Department confirmed that the incident in a Billings emergency room involved a male who identifies as a woman.