HELENA — The proposed Otter Creek coal mine in southeast Montana, once operating, would create a $200 million-a-year positive economic impact for the state, says a report released this week by ...

voted 3-2 Thursday to approve leasing 570 million tons of state-owned coal for development of a mine in southeastern Montana's Otter Creek Valley. The vote by the five-member Land Board approved ...

An otter wounded three women in a "rare" attack Wednesday night as the victims floated on inner tubes in a Montana river, officials said. The women were watching an otter or two in the Jefferson ...

A Montana woman was left with a face full of stitches and a chunk of an ear chewed off after being attacked by an angry otter while tubing down a Montana river. Jen Royce and two friends were ...

They typically consume fish and can use their teeth and claws to scratch and bite, explained said Morgan Jacobsen with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. “If folks are attacked by an otter ...

The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has posted signs at various recreational fishing sites advising people of otter activity in the area. “While attacks from otters are rare, otters can be ...

An unusual attack by a river otter on a recreational river in southern Montana left three women injured Wednesday, including one with wounds severe enough to require her to be airlifted to a ...

Three women were injured, including one flown by helicopter to a hospital, after an otter attacked them as they floated on a Montana river Wednesday, officials said. The incident occurred shortly ...

BILLINGS, Montana — A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner tubes and inflicted wounds serious enough that one victim had to be airlifted to a ...

An otter wounded three women in a “rare” attack Wednesday night as the victims floated on inner tubes in a Montana river, officials said. The women were watching an otter or two in the ...