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HealthJul 30, 2026

Montana man hikes out of the mountains to get help after he was impaled by a trekking pole

David Cifaldi was approaching the top of Montana’s highest peak with two friends when their hiking adventure took a dangerous turn: Cifaldi slipped and impaled himself on his trekking pole

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HealthSep 12, 2025

Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter

Workers at a Montana animal shelter were evacuated and sent to the hospital after smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated by FBI agents started to fill the building

HealthDec 11, 2024

Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors

The Montana Supreme Court is continuing to block a law that sought to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors while it goes through the courts

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HealthApr 22, 2024

Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands

A federal jury says Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened

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HealthApr 15, 2024

Asbestos victim's dying words aired in wrongful death case against Buffet's railroad

The dying words of an Oregon man who had an asbestos-linked cancer are being replayed in a federal courtroom for a jury hearing a wrongful death case against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway

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HealthApr 8, 2024

Trial to begin against railroad over deaths in Montana town where thousands were exposed to asbestos

A trial is set to begin against BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a northwestern Montana town where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine

HealthNov 1, 2023

Montana's psychiatric hospital is poorly run and neglect has hastened patient deaths, lawsuit says

A federal lawsuit filed this week argues that Montana's psychiatric hospital has been so poorly run for decades that patients are not safe

HealthAug 1, 2023

Blackfeet tribe of Montana declares emergency over Medicaid scam that lured members to Arizona

A widespread Medicaid scam that has left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless in metro Phoenix is being declared a public health state of emergency by the Blackfeet Nation of Montana after the Navajo Nation took similar action in June

HealthJul 23, 2023

Deck collapse at Montana country club leaves multiple people injured, police say

A deck has collapsed at a Montana country club, leaving up to 25 people injured