Montana ski area back in operation after Saturday evacuation - Greeneville Sun

RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — A southern Montana ski area resumed normal operations Sunday and weather conditions improved, allowing firefighters to attack wildfires that ignited the previous day in the state and northern Wyoming.

"With the spring conditions, the snow is pretty good," Jeff Carroll, spokesman for the Red Lodge Mountain, said Sunday morning.

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