1. Bull elk poached, beheaded near Helena

HELENA- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials are looking for the suspects who poached a large bull elk late Sunday afternoon and took only its head.

2. Democrats host jobs tour in Helena

HELENA- Montana Democrats are traveling around the state gathering ideas about how to create jobs and their most recent stop landed them in Helena.

3. Montana has 8th best business tax climate in country, study says

HELENA - Montana has the eighth best business tax climate in the U.S., a national study has concluded.

4. Forest Service: Jesus statue can stay

HELENA, Montana -- A mountaintop Jesus statue can stay at a ski resort in the western U.S. state of Montana -- for now. The religious statue, which has been on federal land since 1955, will be allowed to remain in place for at least 10 more years

5. Montana FWP seeking comment on proposals

HELENA- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials are looking for the public to weigh in on a number of wildlife proposals that were recently approved by the FWP Commission.

6. Montana wind energy industry flying high

HELENA - Montana's wind energy industry is flying high in this new year. Governor Brian Schweitzer says the state is now producing 395 megawatts of installed wind generation capacity.

7. Survey seeks ideas for new COT names

What should the new name be for Montana State University Billings College of Technology?

8. Montana gas prices well below nationwide average

HELENA- Montana motorists are still seeing some relief at the pumps with the automotive group AAA reporting that a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline sits at an average price of $3.05, some 38 cents less than the national average of $3.43 per gallon.

9. MDT employees warned not to talk to media

HELENA- Montana's News Station was the first to report the that Teamsters Union, which is made up of 330 state snow plow and truck drivers, was considering going on strike. Reporter Marnee Banks has gathered more information about the story.

10. Snow plow drivers say strike is still an option

HELENA- Montana truck and snow plow drivers say that going on strike is a still an option, but they have a meeting scheduled with a state mediator to discuss alternatives.