When Barack Obama entered the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, the cavernous room began to thunder with applause and cheers and whistles. Then, with just a smile and a wave from the presidential candidate, the crowd got even louder. And they didn’t si...

Amdist contrary appeals from the right and the left, the state Land Board Monday gave the go-ahead to appraise the market value of state-owned coal in southeast Montana’s Otter Creek Valley, with an eye toward possible development. “We ow...