Montana Morning State News Headlines for Tuesday, December 17

Five out of state snowmobilers owe their lives to heroic Search and Rescue volunteers who saved them by bringing them and their sleds out safely early Monday morning near Seeley Lake.

Montana Department of Transportation's Bob Vosen wants answers as to why the cost for rehabilitating the Higgins Avenue Bridge was over twice the estimate.

Extra police patrols will be out and about over the holidays to keep drunk and impaired drivers off the road. Their advice? Get a designated driver.

Partly sunny in western Montana today, with highs in the mid to upper 20's.