Helena Montana

1. Barack Obama woos Montana and its 3 electoral votes despite state's history of voting Republican (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

HELENA, Mont. - Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. With just three electoral votes and its reputation as a red state, Montana rarely sees presidential candidates in the summer before a general election.

2. Obama Looks to Turn Montana Blue This Fall (Flathead Beacon)

HELENA – Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948, but Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. With just three electoral votes and a strong reputation as a red state, Montana rarely sees presidential candidates in the summer before a general election. Republicans usually take the state for granted, while Democrats rarely contest it.

3. Obama looks to turn Montana blue in the fall (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)

By MATT GOURAS HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November.

4. EAS flights to resume in 3 Montana cities (Billings Gazette)

HELENA - A Wyoming-based airline plans to renew Essential Air Service to Lewistown, Miles City and Sidney in early September.

5. Families in the spirit for East Helena fireworks (Helena Independent Record)

EAST HELENA — Snap, crackle, boom. The smell of gunpowder wafted through this normally quiet town Friday evening as residents gathered their families for barbecues, often holding miniature fireworks shows on the street while they waited for the big show, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10010.

6. Obama mixes holiday barbecue, politics in Montana (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Democrat Barack Obama mixed presidential politics with parades and barbecue on U.S. Independence Day on Friday, celebrating his daughter's birthday with a picnic and fireworks in Montana.

7. Mine equipment to be auctioned (Billings Gazette)

HELENA - The Montana Department of Environmental quality plans to auction an estimated $1.5 million worth of used mining equipment from the former Beal Mountain gold mine southwest of Fairmont Hot Springs.

8. Obama looks to turn Montana blue in the fall (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November. With just three electoral votes and its reputation as a red state, Montana rarely sees presidential candidates in the summer before a general election. Republicans usually take the state for granted, while Democrats don't even try to contest it. But Obama has been ...

9. Montana, Wyoming cows in areas surrounding park test positive for brucellosis - Montana loses its class-free ... (The Prairie Star)

HELENA, Mont. - Three cows in areas surrounding the Yellowstone National Park tested positive for brucellosis earlier this month, one, costing the state of Montana its brucellosis-class free status and two other cows, putting Wyoming on probation.

10. Federal, state governments enact restrictions on Montana (The Prairie Star)

HELENA, Mont. - As Montana loses its brucellosis class-free status, livestock producers will have to meet specific testing requirements prior to moving their livestock across state lines.