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Montana State student volunteers help Alaskan Native communities with tax returns
BOZEMAN – For Montana State University students, Alaskan dogsledding and pro bono accounting are all in a day’s wo…
Glacier High School students question Zinke on upheaval in Washington, education funding
Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke defended efforts by the Trump administration to downsize and remake the federal government while taking questions from Glacie…
Probationary federal employees in Montana given temporary reprieve, Zinke says
Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke said Friday that Forest Service and National Park Service probationary workers fired earlier this year by the Trump administr…
Glacier Park superintendent to oversee Grant-Kohrs Ranch
The superintendent of Glacier National Park is adding another National Park Service site to his portfolio.
Poll: 3 in 4 Montanans concerned about being able to afford housing in near future
Almost 3 in 4 Montanans were concerned about being able to afford housing in the state over the next five years, according to a Montana Free Press-Eagleton Pol…
Sheehy proposes new wildland fire response time
A bipartisan U.S. Senate bill seeking to centralize wildland firefighting operations and set a national wildfire standard response time has been introduced to …
Man dies from injuries after falling from chairlift at Montana ski resort
A 37-year-old man died after falling from a chairlift that was having a mechanical problem at a Montana ski area, according to the local sheriff and a spokespe…
Trump administration seeks to dismantle National Environmental Policy Act
Despite being one of the shorter laws on the federal books, the National Environmental Policy Act imposes tall workloads on federal decision-making.
Sen. Regier calls ethics allegations a 'witch hunt'
On the last day before the 69th Montana Legislature adjourned for transmittal break and after the Senate held a marathon floor session to debate and vote on 99…
Labor board temporarily reinstates laid-off Forest Service workers’ employment
The approximately 360 Montana-based federal Forest Service workers laid off in a blanket federal workforce reduction initiative may soon return to their positi…
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an "aggressive" reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health …
House and Senate make opposite decisions on partisan judiciary bills
Leaders in Montana’s Republican Party have made it clear that when the Legislature disbands at the end of the 69th session, the plan is to assign the judicial …
Court upholds pro-construction housing laws; nixes NIMBY-focused public comment limits
A district court judge in Bozeman ruled Monday against most of the claims made by a homeowners group that sued to challenge four pro-construction housing laws …
Montana Department of Labor and Industry mobilizes ‘rapid response event’ to address federal layoffs
The Montana Department of Labor and Industry has set up a “Rapid Response Event” to help the hundreds of Montanans who were recently fired in a mass federal workforce reduction find new jobs.
Montana abortion ‘trafficking’ bill gets voted down in Republican-dominated committee
A majority of Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee joined Democrats on Thursday in deciding to table a bill to make abortion “trafficking” inside or outside of Montana’s borders a felony for pregna…