With the ringing in of the new year comes lots of fun and partying across the Mining City, but law enforcement is reminding ...

BUTTE, Mont. — Butte-Silver Bow voters sided with the incumbent by a large margin in the battle for city-county sheriff. Incumbent Ed Lester received 61% of the vote compared to challenger Mike Gage’s ...

Ed Lester says his 35 years of law enforcement experience in Butte are among reasons voters should re-elect him as sheriff.

“On March 14, I will shoot up Butte High School with an AR automatic and then shoot myself” was the threat posted on the social media platform Snapchat Thursday morning. Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed ...

Butte Sheriff Ed Lester says fentanyl crisis has transformed police roles, with officers now serving as drug counselors and medics while crime increases. Butte Sheriff Ed Lester says fentanyl crisis ...

Sheriff Ed Lester says his first goal in an upcoming fourth term as Butte-Silver Bow’s top law enforcement official is getting the jail fully staffed with detention officers. “It’s really hard to find ...

BUTTE -- Butte’s recent experiences with mass quantities of cartel-grade meth reflect how national trends in the manufacture and distribution of narcotics have changed the composition of the US drug ...