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Pyramid Mountain Lumber's owners said a changing economy and a housing crunch made it impossible to stay in business. Now, mill workers and Seeley Lake residents are grasping for a future that may not include timber.

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The Montana Department of Justice is blocking access to what it calls privileged documents showing its communication with a Canadian mining company. An environmental group is now suing to access the information.

A circus elephant briefly escaped onto a busy street in the middle of Butte.

A power company and federal regulators are distancing themselves from a recently unveiled proposal for a nuclear reactor in Butte. The developer made comments last week that indicated the project had federal backing, but it doesn’t.

Montanans that lease state land for agriculture asked the state Land Board Monday to weigh-in on an ongoing dispute over water rights.