Associated Press

Park employees and other witnesses saw two people on the geyser on Sept. 10 taking photos with their cellphones.

That's because of the demand and documentation needed for the new REAL ID-compliant licenses that will be required to board domestic flights by next October.

The National Park Service plans to close all roads Monday except the route from the North Entrance at Gardiner, to the Northeast Entrance at Cooke City.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says he's ordered a Justice Department investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve Daines says he will hold a listening session in Choteau on the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act and other proposals on the region's management.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A judge gave a 45-year-old Bozeman man a suspended sentence for stabbing his mother in the leg during an argument over taking out the garbage.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A recently discovered comet is closer than it's ever been to Earth, and stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere finally get to see it.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 35-year-old Billings man who allegedly fled the state in May 2011 to avoid trial on felony drug charges has been returned to Montana, where he also faces charges of kidnapping his wife and a child and forcing them to travel with him to Mexico.

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say three people have been shot at an office complex. Their conditions are unknown and there is no suspect in custody.
Officer James Holmes says the victims were taken to hospitals. He didn't know if their injuries are life threatening...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Roundup-area man has pleaded guilty to looting a house south of Roundup in June after its occupants left because of a wildfire in the Bull Mountains.
The Associated Press reports  27-year-old Eric Aafedt recently pleaded guilty to burglary and theft by common schem…