Get ready to clap. The first of eight Heartland Idol competitions starts tonight at 6 at the downtown Circle. ...more

September 4, 2008

Gray wolves in the northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list, after a 13-year restoration effort that helped the animal's population soar, federal officials said Thursday. ...more

February 21, 2008

Nearly extinct last century, grizzly bears are back in a big way in the northern Rockies - rising in numbers, pushing into new territories and mauling hunters who stumble across them in the wild. ...more

December 7, 2007

For rancher Randy Petrich, the removal of gray wolves from the endangered species list, a move that would open up the animals to hunting in the Northern Rockies for the first time in decades, couldn't come soon enough. ...more

November 24, 2007