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May 16, 2025.

A dirt road in Sweet Grass County leading into the Crazy Mountains is seen Saturday, May 10, 2025, near Big Timber, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

National Guard helicopter crew landed on Montana ranch and trespassed to take antlers, citations say

Three Montana Army National Guard members face trespassing charges after authorities say they landed a Black Hawk helicopter in a mountain pasture on a private ranch to take elk antlers before flying away. A sheriff says Thursday that a game warden tracked down the guardsmen and they turned over two antlers and an elk skull with antlers attached. Authorities say a witness saw the May 4 landing and the property owner later reported it to officials. Elk antlers grow and drop off male animals annually and can be sold and collected. A Montana National Guard official says the case is under investigation and that misuse of military equipment erodes trust with residents.

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Community Connector: Jacqui Dietrich

Jacqui Dietrich brings a lifetime of connecting people and purpose to her new role as JTVF CEO Jacqui Dietrich began understanding the importance of relationship building, especially in small business, as a young child. Her maternal grandfather owned the oldest real estate business in Rapid City, and paternal grandfather helped to lay the region’s first […]

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