GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Missoula County has tried for more than a year to extradite Rodney Gervais Jr. from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to serve a one-year jail term for partner/family member assault....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- State senators in Helena for the opening of Montana's 2009 legislative session were told by Senate President Bob Story that Montana still favors the GOP message....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A survey of state legislators shows Gov. Brian Schweitzer's job performance remains popular with Democrats, while his score with Republicans is improving....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Democratic lawmakers are most likely to see low wages and a lack of jobs as two of the biggest issues facing the state, while Republicans are more likely to cite taxes as the problem, according to a survey of legislators....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Activists in the Montana bison controversy plan a march and rally in Helena on Monday, the day Gov. Brian Schweitzer will take the oath for a second term and the Montana Legislature will start its biennial session....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- New Montana Republican Party Chairwoman Liane Johnson says that she plans to continue the party's strategy in the state....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Montana's legislative session opens on Monday, and people statewide will have an expanded opportunity to monitor it....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- If Congress crafts an economic stimulus package, it should include money for forest restoration in Montana, some wilderness and wood-products interests say in a letter to the state's congressional delegates....

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- The American Farm Bureau Federation says the highest award it bestows on members of Congress will go to Sen. Max Baucus....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- George Francis, the nation's oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112....