A man pleaded guilty Tuesday, Oct. 17, to his role in stealing $150,000 by hacking into an elderly Montana woman’s computer, according to a press release from the Montana U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sukhdev Vaid, 24, of India, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release after admitting to wire fraud. Vaid accessed a 73-year-old woman’s account

Most of Montana is likely to see its first major snowfall of the season this week and the first hard freezes of the season at lower elevations, according to Monday’s forecasts from National Weather Service offices across the state. Winter storm warnings and winter storm watches went into effect Tuesday from the Continental Divide eastward across the Rocky Mountain Front, central and southern