HURRICANE, Utah — The U.S. Department of Labor is cracking down on a polygamous company it says is failing to cooperate with an investigation into child labor accusations. Labor officials say … more

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Two men accused of killing a mountain lion after it had been treed by hounds near Hill City in western South Dakota have pleaded not guilty. Seventy-one-year-old James Jucht, … more

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — The Hot Springs City Council has unanimously voted to buy Evans Plunge, the oldest operating tourist attraction in western South Dakota’s Black Hills. Residents of the town … more

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency again is raising objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. Despite more … more

BUTTE, Mont. — A Great Falls man who lost his macaw in a divorce more than five years ago has been reunited with the bird, thanks to an observant friend. Mike Taylor picked up the 25-year-old … more

WASHINGTON— Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, the powerful Senate Finance chairman who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but broke with his party on gun control, said Tuesday … more

DENVER— Denver police say they have learned the identity of a suspect seen on a YouTube video of people leaving a shooting at a marijuana celebration that wounded two people and scattered a … more

SALT LAKE CITY — Billionaire Robert Earl Holding, whose business empire included ownership of Sinclair Oil and two world-class ski resorts in the West, has died. He was 86. Holding died Friday … more

MISSOULA, Mont. — A University of Montana study has found that more tourists visited Montana in 2012 and spent more money than in any previous year. The school’s Institute for Tourism and … more

DENVER — Authorities have released the names of four Colorado snowboarders and one skier killed over the weekend in the state’s deadliest avalanche in more than 50 years. Clear Creek County … more