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Comprehensive coverage of Montana’s statewide news—politics, environment, communities, and culture—delivered with trusted reporting and a local lens.
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 …
Ranchers oppose Trump's plan to import more Argentine beef
President Donald Trump 's plan to cut record beef prices by importing more meat from Argentina is running into heated opposition from U.S. ranchers who are enj…
Montana's wolf management strategy caught in legal tug-of-war
Two weeks after the Outdoor Heritage Coalition and a pair of Republican lawmakers sued the state for doing too little to reduce Montana’s wolf population, a co…
Federal judge dismisses young climate activists' lawsuit
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump's executive orders promoting fossil fuels…
US rejects bid to buy Montana coal for less than a penny per ton
Federal officials have rejected a company's bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton.
State reduces deer tags in areas hard hit by disease
Wildlife managers are reducing the number of white-tailed deer that hunters can kill in north-central Montana in response to recent reports of significant numb…
Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho
The U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, De…
Canada's prime minister discussed reviving Keystone XL with Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the contentious Keystone XL pipeline project with U.S. President Donald Trump during his Wh…
Inmate advocates say Montana’s reliance on private prisons comes at a cost
This January, CoreCivic announced a two-year contract with Montana to hold inmates at the Tallahatchie prison, an announcement that followed other contracts wi…
Republicans vote to roll back Biden-era restrictions on mining and drilling in Montana
Congressional Republicans voted Thursday to roll back restrictions on mining, drilling and other development in three Western states, advancing President Donal…
Gianforte honors Charlie Kirk at Turning Point rally at MSU
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy headlined a Turning Point USA event at Montana State University Tuesday evening, f…
Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade
BILLINGS (AP) — A Navajo tribe-owned company bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana on Monday in the biggest U…
Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?
U.S. officials in the coming days are set to hold the government's biggest coal sales in more than a decade, offering 600 million tons from publicly owned rese…
State Supreme Court hears arguments in police filming case
Attorneys argued a Kalispell man’s constitutional free speech rights were violated when he was arrested after filming police officers during a traffic stop.
Shutdown to have ‘devastating consequences,’ Montana nurses say
The Montana Nurses Association said the failure to extend subsidies through the Affordable Care Act and protect funding for Medicaid in the federal shutdown will have “devastating consequences” for families and com…
Critical mineral facility to expand in Thompson Falls
A smelting facility in Montana is looking to help secure U.S. national security supply chains through the production of antimony, a silvery-white metal element…