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After more than five hours of deliberation, a jury remained deadlocked Thursday night in the trial of Marcial Mejia Jr., who is accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in 2012.

After what some parents called “pornographic” material was assigned as part of a high school class, Billings Public Schools officials are pursuing policy changes to tighten oversight of teaching materials.

Two people were detained after a high-speed chase that started in Billings and ended on the Crow Reservation.

An independent organization has ranked Montana Tech’s nursing program number one in the state.

Upper-level winds create wave-shaped clouds over Pryor on Thursday.

A Laurel man who was convicted of killing another man by cutting his throat was granted a new trial by the Montana Supreme Court through appeal.

Authorities are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a home near Helena Monday night. Foul play is suspected.

Authorities say 21-year-old Kaleb David Taylor confessed to killing his parents earlier this week in their home near Helena.

The company involved in the large bitcoin mining operation south of Butte is leasing an industrial building in Polson, but doesn’t have any plans at this point to launch a second operation there.

The preliminary unemployment figure bests the previous low set in summer 1999 and gives Gov. Scott Walker a boost.