U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said Saturday his 2010 re-election race will center on his ability to serve as a check and balance against the costly, big-government policies of a Democratic Congress and President Barack Obama. Rehberg spoke at the...

Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced $3.4 million in new energy efficiency grants Friday for projects in 17 Montana school districts. The Montana Department of Commerce will provide the competitive grants for Montana schools to perform energy audits ...

CLEBURNE, Texas The earth moved here on June 2. It was the first recorded earthquake in this Texas town’s 140-year history but not the last. There have been four small earthquakes since, none with a magnitude greater than 2.8. The most rece...

WASHINGTON (AP) Dozens of communities nationwide are at risk from a coal ash spill like the one that blanketed a Tennessee neighborhood last year, but the Obama administration has decided not to tell the public about it because of the danger of a t...

GENEVA (AP) Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. Thursday’s announcement by the World...