CHARLES S. JOHNSON [email protected]   HELENA — Twenty-two media groups have asked a District Court to find the Republican House caucus in contempt of court for holding an illegal party caucus on Nov. 13. The legal action asked District Judge Kathy Seeley of Helena to enforce the 1998 decision by former District Judge Thomas Honzel […]

By Tom Lutey – Billings Gazette BILLINGS – Lockwood and Worden state legislator Jonathan McNiven has resigned his post just two weeks after the general election. McNiven, a Republican first elected in 2010, told The Billings Gazette late Thursday he was leaving his post to focus on the Yellowstone County News, a publication he purchased […]

Scams hit newspapers, Gazette subscribers Billings Gazette October 31, 2014 A scam that is targeting newspaper and magazine subscribers nationwide has hit Billings and Gazette customers. Customers and residents may have gotten a bill that looks nearly identical to a normal Gazette bill via mail. The fake bills shows that a customer is due for […]

GAO: Montana mail service has suffered since 2011 cutbacks By Tom Lutey, Billings Gazette Government cutbacks have slowed mail delivery across Montana, according to a federal report issued Tuesday. Delivery service across much of the state slipped a day or more for first class mail and periodicals after the U.S. Postal Service lowered delivery standards […]

Public notices – the means by which government announces day-to-day activities important to citizens – are now easier than ever to find, thanks to a new statewide website supported by member newspapers of the Montana Newspaper Association (MNA). Notices such as public budgets, meeting agendas, sample ballots, court actions, construction projects and public hearings published […]

By Vince Devlin – The Missoulian POLSON – A weekly newspaper editor arrested by the Montana Highway Patrol while photographing a two-vehicle crash scene pleaded not guilty Wednesday to three misdemeanors. Vince Lovato of the Lake County Leader is charged with obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Lovato […]

After 75 years of ownership, the Wyoming Newspaper Group has sold the Northern Wyoming Daily News according to John Cribb, Cribb, Greene & Associates who represented the seller in the transaction. The group made the decision to focus on their I-80 corridor newspapers, according to President of Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc.  Mike McCraken, who represents the […]

From the Great Falls Tribune Oct. 7, 2014 Eric Dietrich, [email protected] The editor of a weekly Montana newspaper was arrested last week by a Montana Highway Patrol trooper while reportedly taking pictures of a non-fatal crash on Montana Highway 35 near Flathead Lake. Vince Lovato, 53, the editor of Polson’s Lake County Leader, was arrested […]

By The Missoulian Mark Heintzelman was named the new publisher of the Missoulian this morning. Heintzelman, formerly of the Missoulian and currently publisher of The Sentinel in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, succeeds Jim McGowan, who has returned to his previous position as director of sales and marketing. Nathan Bekke, Lee group publisher, made the announcement today in […]

    National Newspaper Week (NNW) is October 5-11, 2014. This marks the 74th year of the Week, which observes the importance of newspapers to communities large and small.  This year’s kit contains editorials, editorial cartoons, promotional ads and more that are available for download at no charge to newspapers across North America. http://www.nationalnewspaperweek.com/nnw/ The […]