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State Softball Scores: UPDATE

Posted 2:26 PM 5/24/2013 by Q2 Sports

Three state softball tournaments are continuing across Montana. Scores and pairings will be updated as they become available.

STATE AA SOFTBALL (Great Falls)

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Events

Shepherd students raise money for Relay For Life

Posted 1:15 PM 5/24/2013 by Jason Laird - Q2 News

SHEPHERD - Friday morning Shepherd Elementary students, parents and staff participated in a Relay Recess. Relay Recess is a new program that the American Cancer Society has put on through Relay for Life. The program is designed to better educate kids on preventing cancer through a healthy (More)
Ed's Almanac

Ed's Almanac: Storm photos

Posted 12:33 PM 5/24/2013 by Ed McIntosh Q2 Weather Center

Thanks to Jullie Powell for sharing these storm pictures from last night. She says she was around Shepherd, shooting toward Billings. Some small hail was reported near Pryor, otherwise we enjoyed more needed rainfall, and a spectacular light show.

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From The StormTracker Weather Center

Q2 Weather: Midday update

Posted 10:50 AM 5/24/2013 by Ed McIntosh Q2 Weather Center

The tail end of last night's weather disturbance created some morning rain and thunderstorms, including some small hail, around Hardin to Hysham, and extending east into Rosebud County. As this lifts to the north, drier and warming conditions will follow for the rest of the day.
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Montana

PETA serves up "roadkill" in Helena

Posted 10:19 AM 5/24/2013 by Marnee Banks - MTN News

PETA, the national animal-rights activist group, was handing out what it called "roadkill" on a street corner in Helena on Thursday.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) brought in a girl dressed in a cowgirl outfit to hand out vegan jerky.

She asked people walking by (More)
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From The StormTracker Weather Center

Storm prevents Beartooth Pass from fully opening

Posted 10:04 AM 5/24/2013 by Q2 News

The Beartooth Pass is open from Red Lodge to the Montana/Wyoming line at this hour, but blowing and drifting snow is preventing the Wyoming side from opening. The Park Service is working on the Wyoming side, but it is not known when it will be reopened. You can access Vista Point on the Montana side, but travelers should watch for intermittent wet spts on the roadway and if temperatures drop these areas can become icy.
Missing Person

Missoula man reported missing, alert issued

Posted 9:20 AM 5/24/2013 by MTN News

MISSOULA - The Missoula Police Department has issued a Missing/Endangered Person Advisory for Zachary Morris Strong.

Strong, 24, is described a white man, 6'0" tall, weighing 180 pounds, with light brown hair and blue eyes. Authorities say he was last seen on Wednesday evening at his home (More)
BREAKING NEWS

Suspicious activity call turns homicide investigation; one man shot, injured by responding deputies

Posted 8:14 AM 5/24/2013 by Q2 News Staff

BILLINGS- Details are still unfolding in a series of incidents Friday morning near a bar in Worden, Montana.

According to Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder, Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of suspicious activities in or around an alley near the 406 Bar at approximately 2:30 (More)
Montana

"Hoax" explosive device shuts down I-15 near Shelby

Posted 7:25 AM 5/24/2013 by Tara Grimes (Great Falls)

NEAR SHELBY - The item believed to be a homemade improvised explosive device or pipe bomb found near I-15 was actually just a hoax device, according to Toole County Sheriff Donna Whitt.

The whole incident forced several miles of the interstate to be shut down for more than five hours on (More) • Photos (2)
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Political News

IRS official Lois Lerner placed on leave

Posted 7:06 AM 5/24/2013 by Stephanie Condon, Walt Cronkite - CBS News

Lois Lerner, the head of the tax-exempt organizations division of the IRS, has been placed on administrative leave, an administration official has confirmed to CBS News.

Lerner has come under fire for failing to alert Congress of the undue scrutiny that some IRS officials in her division (More)
From The StormTracker Weather Center

Q2 Weather: Pretty nice day starts long weekend

Posted 5:36 AM 5/24/2013 by Ed McIntosh Q2 Weather Center

For the most part, today is the in-between stormy weather day. There is still a slight chance of afternoon and evening pop-up showers and isolated thunderstorms, but an upper low parked in British Columbia is pulling in drier air for this afternoon and evening. Expect a pleasant day, as we lose (More)
Continuous News

Collapse of Washington bridge slices only major north-south travel route

Posted 5:19 AM 5/24/2013 by Dennis Bragg - MTN News

(MOUNT VERNON, WA)- The collapse of a bridge on the only north-south freeway link in Western Washington presents major transportation problems for not only travelers and commuters, but commercial truck traffic for the entire Northwest.

A section of the I-5 bridge just north of Mount Vernon (More)
Continuous News

Thursday Night Lightning Storm Video X-tra

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Posted 1:02 AM 5/24/2013 by Q2news

Billings- On May 23rd 2013 mother nature put on a spectacular light show for all of Billings to see. We wanted to show you the lightning storm from our I-Cam on top of the First Interstate Bank. With a little music and creative editing by KTVQ Staffer Justin Hosa here is a video x-tra from Thursdays storm. Enjoy!
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Farm and Ranch News

USDA issues new COOL rules

Posted 10:27 PM 5/23/2013 by Q2 News Staff

New tighter regulations on Country Of Origin Labeling (COOL) provisions announced today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are getting mixed reviews.The new rule bans the mingling of meat cuts from different nations and also requires that specific locations be (More)
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KGHL celebrates 85 years, honors Lonnie Bell

Posted 10:23 PM 5/23/2013 by David Jay - Q2 News

BILLINGS - A Billings radio station celebrated its 85th anniversary and also the career of a broadcast hall of famer.

Lonnie Bell was born in 1924 and KGHL Radio started in 1928.

The station celebrated milestones for both Bell and KGHL, at Northern Broadcasting Wednesday night.
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Developing Story

UPDATE: I-5 bridge collapse in Seattle

Posted 10:06 PM 5/23/2013 by CBS NEWS

An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.

The four-lane bridge over the Skagit River collapsed about 7 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said. There was no immediate estimate of (More)