Posted 12:14 AM 5/17/2012 by Dax Van Fossen (Kalispell)

A young male grizzly bear has been released back into the wild just a day after being found in the backyard of a home in Ferndale near Bigfork.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials say the the grizzly is estimated to be 2½ years old and weighs about 120 pounds.

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Posted 11:58 PM 5/16/2012 by Katie Stukey (katie@krtv.com)

A hit and run collision created traffic concerns near downtown Great Falls on Wednesday night.

The crash between a vehicle and power pole happened shortly after 9 pm.

It happened near the intersection of 7th Avenue South and 2nd Street.

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Posted 11:13 PM 5/16/2012 by Richie Melby

Karlee Popp of Park City and Tate Tatom of Lone Peak captured the State C Golf Championships on Wednesday while the Harlowton girls and Manhattan Christian boys won team titles.

Here are the results from the State C Golf Invite in Ennis:

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Posted 10:51 PM 5/16/2012 by Tara Grimes (tara@krtv.com)

A grain elevator that started the day as a landmark in the town of Cascade is now a pile of rubble.

Cascade resident Jackie Berger watched the historic structure come down on Tuesday morning, noting, "One minute it was there...one minute it wasn't. So it was that fast."

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Posted 10:06 PM 5/16/2012 by David Sherman (david@krtv.com)

A new documentary series following a Hutterite colony in Montana will soon air on the National Geographic Channel.

Aaron Flint, a radio talk show host on the Northern News Network, says that last month he was staying at The Yogo Inn in Lewistown and learned that there was a documentary (More)

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Posted 10:06 PM 5/16/2012 by Erin Schermele (erin@krtv.com)

The vacant building in downtown Great Falls that once was home to First Interstate Banks will soon be bustling with activity once again.

Easter Seals-Goodwill has purchased the building on 1st Avenue North.

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Posted 10:05 PM 5/16/2012 by CBS

CBS announced on Wednesday its new 2012-2013 primetime schedule, ordering four new series and making four key time period moves to further enhance television's top-rated schedule. CBS will finish the season as America's most-watched network for the ninth time in the past 10 years, leading in (More)

Posted 6:45 PM 5/16/2012 by Richie Melby

Maggie Crippen fired a 1-under par 71 in the final round of the State B Girls Golf Tournament, earning medalist honors for the second consecutive year. Crippen, last summer's State Am Champion, carded a 143 total in the two-day tournament, edging Morgan Scott of Columbus by 7 strokes at Eagle (More)

Posted 6:39 PM 5/16/2012 by Meteorologist Mike Heard (Bozeman)

A partial solar eclipse may be visible over Montana and Idaho on May 20th beginning at 6:14pm (Montana time) and ending at around 8:20 pm.

At its peak - around 7:20 pm - about 71% of the setting sun will be occulted by the rising moon.

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Posted 6:39 PM 5/16/2012 by David Sherman (david@krtv.com)

The Great Falls Voyagers baseball team announced on Wednesday that they will host a beer festival and summer concert at Centene Stadium on Friday, July 13th, and rocker Eddie Money will be performing.

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Posted 5:08 PM 5/16/2012 by Melissa Anderson (melissa@kxlh.com)

Four new cases of pertussis - also known as whooping cough - have been confirmed in Lewis & Clark County in the past week, bringing the total to 23 cases since March.

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Posted 4:59 PM 5/16/2012 by Tara Grimes (tara@krtv.com)

Big changes are coming to the Great Falls Historic Trolley service this summer.

Carol Place, better known as the "Trolley Lady," announced she will not be doing daily tours this summer, and that tours will be done by reservation only.

On Tuesday, Place kicked off the the (More)

Posted 4:53 PM 5/16/2012 by Heath Heggem (heath@krtv.com)

The political tug-of-war over which aircraft will land at the Montana Air National Guard in Great Falls continues.

In a press release on Wednesday, U.S. Representative Denny Rehberg (R-MT) helped craft language in the National Defense Authorization Act which will protect MT ANG's F-15 (More)