This Week’s Trending Montana Stories: October 23th, 2013

Here's a look at some of the biggest stories trending in Montana.

• A transient who listed his home as Hot Springs, Arkansas was charged with assault in Missoula Justice Court on Monday, October 21.  Read more

• Thursday evening, October 17, a Montana Rail Link locomotive was slightly damaged when it ran into an obstruction that had been deliberately placed in its path on the railroad tracks near Clinton.  Read more

• According to an article posted by the Billings Gazette, a suicide has been reported at the West End Walmart here in Billings, Montana.   Read more

• What does a loving dog owner do when their unattended dog eats $500 in cash? You wait for the dog to start making deposits around town and send those deposits to the U.S. Treasury of course!  Read more

• After months on the rise, gasoline prices are falling in most of the nation, and Montana appears to be leading the way.  Read more

• Visitors staying at the park now, were notified that they had 48 hours to vacate the park.  Yellowstone National Park has shutdown.  Read more

• What else is there to do in Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana other then visiting Yellowstone & other national parks? The government shutdown pretty much guarantees that Yellowstone will be closed, and that is what I was spending money on going to see.  Read more

• Newlywed Jordan Linn Graham plead 'not guilty' to murder in U.S. District Court in Missoula today, October 4. The charges of murder include accusations that Graham  pushed her husband of just eight days, Cody Johnson, off a cliff in Glacier National Park.   Read more

• The Consumer Federation of America is out with information about auto insurance in Montanaand the news isn't very good.   Read more

• 'Tis the season for Bozeman, Montana's MOST EXCELLENT corn maze and it's open now through October (on certain days). Loads of family fun! Read more
  

• Halloween is almost upon usand that means it's time for some Trick or Treating. We have put together a guide for the best trick or treating spots in Billings Montana.I have kids of my own and am an old pro at the whole trick-or-treating thing.  Whatever the weather, in Billings, there is always a fun place to go and get some great candy action. Read more

• I remember seeing the teaser photos of this real grizzly bear inside our University of Montana football field all over my Facebook timeline when they were taping this. It caused for many excited reactions ranging from "WHAT?" to "Go Griz!" to "Seriously...WHAT THE HECK?!!?" Still, even though the some photos surfaced, the reason remained a mystery. That is until now...  Read more