Matt Volz

Associated Press

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Sheriff Calls Off Search for Drone 'Command Vehicle'

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the mysterious nighttime flights of groups of six to 10 drones in grid-like patterns.

This Feb. 17, 2010, aerial file photo, shows the town of Libby Mont. Environmental officials say a portion of a northwestern Montana town's asbestos cleanup has been completed and will be removed from the federal Superfund list. The 45-acre area removed from the National Priorities List, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, is 5 miles north of downtown Libby, and it is only one of eight units of the Libby Asbestos Superfund site.

Asbestos Cleanup Site Update

Asbestos from a mine owned by W.R. Grace polluted the area until it was shuttered in 1990.

In this Aug. 22, 2018, file photo, Amanda Cahill of the American Heart Association speaks to a rally in support of a ballot initiative to raise Montana's tobacco taxes in Helena, Mont. Industry-funded opponents of Montana citizen's initiatives to raise the state's tobacco tax and add new mining regulations are vastly outspending the measures' supporters to put their messages in front of voters about a month before Election Day, according to campaign finance reports.

Industry Groups Spending Millions in MT

Initiatives intend to raise the state's tobacco tax and add new mining regulations.

BP-Owned Co. to Pay for Pollution

Arsenic from the former plant is threatening a Montana town's groundwater.

This undated artist rendering provided by BASE Hologram shows a prototype three-dimensional hologram display for a dinosaur exhibit. Jack Horner, a Montana paleontologist who consulted with director Steven Spielberg on the “Jurassic Park” movies is developing a three-dimensional hologram exhibit that will showcase the latest theories on what dinosaurs looked like. Horner and entertainment company Base Hologram are aiming to have multiple traveling exhibits ready to launch in spring 2018.

Dinosaur Expert Says Holograms Next

The guy who consulted with director Steven Spielberg on the "Jurassic Park" films is now developing a 3D hologram exhibit.

In this 2003 file photo CanadaDrugs.com Director of Pharmacy Robert Fraser, left, takes Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, second left, on a tour of the Internet pharmacy

Pharmacy Fined for Illegal Imports

The company made at least $78 million through illegal imports, including counterfeit versions of cancer drugs that had no active ingredient.

This Nov. 21, 2016, file photo shows Emigrant Peak towering over the Paradise Valley in Montana north of Yellowstone National Park, the day U.S. officials announced a ban on new mining claims across more than 30,000 acres in the area. U.S. government officials are moving forward with a plan to block new gold mining claims for 20 years on more than 30,000 acres of public lands north of Yellowstone National Park. The U.S. Forest Service released a draft environmental assessment on Thursday, March 29, 2018, for the proposed withdrawal of lands in the Absaroka mountains from new claims for gold and other 'locatable' minerals, such as silver, platinum and uranium.

Plan Blocks Mining Near Yellowstone

The plan withdraws more than 30,000 acres of public lands in the Absaroka mountains for 20 years from new claims for gold, silver, platinum and other "locatable" minerals.

In this Dec. 14, 2016 photo, a Phoenix Wailer bird deterrent sits on the bank of the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Mont. The wailer, which emits different sounds at random times, is one of the devices used to keep birds from landing in the toxic water of the former copper mine. The companies responsible for the pit are proposing additional technologies such as radars, lasers and drones to prevent another mass death similar to the several thousand snow geese that died in the pit last November.

Propane Cannons Protect Pit

They also want to use radars, air and water drones and lasers to keep birds from landing in the metal-laden water.

In this Dec. 14, 2016, photo the Horseshoe Bend Treatment Plant is seen at the far shore of the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Mont. Federal officials plan to pump the toxic water into the plant starting in 2023 to keep it below a critical level and prevent it from escaping the pit.

Brimming Toxic Pit Nears Critical Level

It's a a 50 billion-gallon toxic stew.