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Judge blocks Election Day voter registration changes
Late voter registration, allowing Montanans to sign up to vote so long as they’re in line before polls officially …
Thousands of local election ballots rejected over Montana’s new year-of-birth requirement
A new requirement that voters write their year of birth on mail-in ballot envelopes resulted in more than 2,700 local-election ballots being rejected this week…
Helena business weathers political firestorm over employee voicemail
In the span of 48 hours, Major and Michelle Robinson’s downtown Helena business went from preparing for its busiest holiday season to trying to survive a natio…
Judge halts Kootenai logging project over impacts on grizzlies
A federal judge has halted a logging project in the Kootenai National Forest, saying the federal government failed to correctly analyze the impacts to grizzly …
Undercover recordings distorted teacher training, union official said
Twenty-year-old college student Finley Warden said he attended an October educator conference organized by the Montana Federation of Public Employees, the state’s largest union, as “a concerned Montanan.”
Helena commission candidate defends voicemail to US Sen. Tim Sheehy
Helena City Commission candidate Haley McKnight confirmed Monday she left a July voicemail saying she hoped Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy died.
Montana still favors the GOP, but new poll shows residents unhappy with current leadership
Just because Montana is a red state, doesn’t mean residents are satisfied with Republican leadership according to a new annual poll released Tuesday.
Thousands of pounds of pork bound for Montana food banks following feral swine investigation
After the state intervened to trap about 100 swine demonstrating feral behaviors, Montana food banks are slated to receive an influx of pork this week.
Montana small aircraft crash rate among highest in the nation
The Wednesday evening helicopter crash that claimed the lives of four people near Ekalaka in southeast Montana was one of six fatal general aviation crashes so…
Governor, federal delegation send letter to Interior targeting American Prairie
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, as well as all four members of the state’s federal delegation signed on to a letter last month claiming American Prairie’s bison r…
Democratic candidates emphasize ranch roots and military experience in Montana’s western House primary
One month after pledging to fight for more of the state’s rural vote, Democrats have fielded not one but two western House district candidates with ranch roots…
Legislator Bill Mercer confirmed to U.S. District Court judgeship
Former Montana U.S. attorney Bill Mercer was confirmed to a U.S. District Court judgeship in a partisan vote by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday night.
New state law leads to hundreds of ballot rejections
A new Montana law requiring a voter’s birth year has led to county election officials rejecting an abnormal number of ballots for this year’s local elections.
4 family members of Illinois governor candidate killed in Montana helicopter crash, campaign says
Four family members of a Republican running for governor in Illinois were killed in a Montana helicopter crash, his campaign said Thursday.
Montana public health agency warns of impending end to federal food assistance
Montanans who use SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, may not receive the benefit in November.
Bozeman Health and Billings Clinic joining forces
Three years after Billings Clinic cut the ribbon on its facility in west Bozeman, the health system announced with Bozeman Health on Thursday that the two plan…