While the eyes of the nation are on the health-care debate in Washington, D.C., Congress is quietly passing legislation that's specifically designed to undermine the already ailing health of our economy. We were promised an economy that worked for e...

BILLINGS - A proposed 121-mile coal railroad in southeastern Montana is seeking its first easement through state-owned property - a fish hatchery near the Yellowstone River where endangered sturgeon are raised...

MARY PICKETT - Billings Gazette - 07/09/09 When a road through the heart of Glacier National Park was being planned in the 1920s, one proposal called for 15 switchbacks zig zagging up the steep sides of Logan Creek Valley to Logan Pass. One critic, T...

NEW YORK (AP) Oil prices neared $60 per barrel Wednesday as the government reported that stockpiles of unused gasoline soared again. Retail gas prices have fallen every day for more than two weeks, and gasoline futures fell more than 9 cents a...

EDITOR’S NOTE One in a series on promises made by public officials, part of an Associated Press emphasis on government accountability. WASHINGTON President Barack Obama promised to fix health care and trim the federal budget deficit, all wi...