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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 …
Fired Montana dishwasher pleads not guilty to stabbings
A judge on Friday set a $1 million bond for a Montana man accused of stabbing and cutting his former co-workers after after being fired from a dishwashing job at a restaurant.
Lawsuits over workplace vaccine rule focus on states' rights
More than two dozen Republican-led states filed lawsuits Friday challenging President Joe Biden's vaccine requirement for private companies, setting up a high-…
Study shows how invasive species affect lakes
Invasive species cause biodiversity loss and about $120 billion in annual damages in the U.S. alone. Despite plentiful evidence that invasive species can chang…
Montana commission finalizes congressional district lines
Montana's redistricting commission chair selected on Thursday a congressional district map proposed by Republicans, dealing a blow to Democrats who hoped to cr…
Lawsuit: NRA illegally funded Rosendale campaign
A federal lawsuit accuses the National Rifle Association of violating campaign finance laws by using shell companies to illegally funnel up to $35 million to R…
Fired steakhouse worker accused of cutting former co-workers
A man who was fired from a Billings steakhouse returned to the restaurant hours later, grabbed some knives from the kitchen and cut or stabbed some of his former co-workers while demanding money, police said.
Gianforte nixed a kids’ vaccine campaign, so health officials plan their own
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration quashed plans for a public service campaign to promote covid-19 vaccinations for eligible teenagers over the summe…
Schools leader wants rule for opting out of school policies
Montana's elected education leader has said she is crafting a rule that would give parents the ability to opt out of some local school board policies, includin…
Field grows in race for Montana's new U.S. House seat
Another Democrat has joined the race for Montana's new U.S. House seat, expanding an already large field before maps to define the boundaries of the congressio…
Dispensaries scramble to adjust to unanticipated CBD ban
The Montana Department of Revenue and cannabis industry stakeholders alike were surprised to recently discover that HB 701, the state’s legalization framework …
Commission pares down wolf trapping season
The geographic and temporal sweep of Montana’s wolf trapping and snaring regulations shrank Thursday when the state Fish and Wildlife Commission approved a mea…
Montana School Boards Association leaving national group
The Montana School Boards Association has voted to leave the National School Boards Association next summer, saying the organization has lost its focus in supporting local school boards offering professional develo…
Aggressive customers prompt changes at Idaho liquor stores
Instances of hoarding, illegal reselling and bad behavior by customers have caused the state agency that sells alcohol to change how it rolls out rare spirits at stores, officials said.
Idaho gets OK to license farmers to grow, transport hemp
U.S. officials have approved Idaho's plan for growing and transporting hemp with up to 0.3% THC, the cannabis compound that gives marijuana its high.
US says oil, gas sales damage climate -- but won't stop them
The Biden administration is planning to sell oil and gas leases on huge tracts of public land in the U.S. West, despite the Interior Department's conclusion th…