Montana News
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Montana voters will be able to register to vote on Election Day, judge rules
A Montana judge has blocked the state from limiting voter registration on Election Day, concluding the move would …
Canada to drop Covid tests for vaccinated visitors
Canada will no longer require a pre-arrival COVID-19 test for vaccinated travelers as of April 1.
Condoleezza Rice and Michael McFaul to speak at UM
The 2022 Mansfield Lecture at the University of Montana will feature two of the country’s leading voices on democracy, Condoleezza Rice and Michael McFaul, on …
Psychiatric hospital gets more time to correct deficiencies
Montana's state psychiatric hospital has more time to correct deficiencies that have resulted in patient deaths, the Montana State News Bureau reports.
Groups sue for records in Montana mine pollution case
Conservation groups are suing Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration to obtain records related to its decision to drop legal claims against a mining executive ov…
Survey gauges attitudes toward Montana tourism
A recent University of Montana survey found state residents still generally support tourism. However, there are growing worries about overcrowding, quality of …
Gianforte says Montana not interested in Biden's conservation plan
Gov. Greg Gianforte registered his opposition to President Joe Biden’s plan to conserve 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030 in a March 7 letter to the…
New residents aren't taking pay cuts to move to Montana
Montana's population has been growing during the pandemic, and on average, new residents aren't taking pay cuts to move to the state.
Montana woman accused of taking money, identities of in-laws
A federal grand jury has indicted a Montana woman and accused her of using her in-laws' Bismarck bank account and their identities to make a $134,000 payment on a home.
Sanders County poacher still wanted on bear-baiting charges
Montana wildlife officials say a man who writes a muzzleloader hunting blog remains wanted on several Sanders County warrants for allegedly killing a third bla…
Congress hates changing the clocks just like everyone else
Republicans and Democrats in Congress can agree on sleep, or more precisely, the inconvenience of losing or gaining an hour of it each year thanks to going on …
Judge hears arguments in challenges over new election laws
Four laws the Republican majority in the 2021 Montana Legislature said they passed to make elections more secure actually enacted barriers that make it more di…
Changing snowfall makes it harder to fight fire with fire
Dripping flaming fuel as they go, a line of workers slowly descends a steep, snow-covered hillside above central Colorado's South Platte River, torching piles …
Judges redraw district maps for utility regulator board
A trio of federal judges adopted a new map Tuesday under which Montana will elect members of the Public Service Commission this year, unless the Montana Legisl…
Cattle ranchers don't want Montana wolves moved to Colorado
The Montana Stockgrowers Association has asked its state wildlife agency to reject any requests to capture wolves in Montana to be transplanted in Colorado, af…
Officials reverse course on pesticide's harm to wildlife
U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with e…