Late-season mountain lion hunting in southwestern North Dakota is closed, after the seventh big cat was killed.

A Department of Natural Resources officer and another man killed a mountain lion in northwest Iowa after determining it was a threat to people.

State Sen. Ernie Chambers has warned he will oppose all Nebraska Game and Parks Commission requests as long as the agency allows mountain lions to be hunted.

A 15-year-old Franklin resident is the winner of the state's first mountain lion hunting lottery.

A 2014 mountain lion permit will be auctioned off during the Nebraska Big Game Society's fall meeting.