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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 …
Services for Blackfeet Chief Earl Old Person announced
Funeral services for Blackfeet Chief Earl Old Person are set for Friday morning, with other opportunities to pay respects to the longtime leader during the wee…
Arlee graduate student works to preserve Salish language
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — More than 200 Indigenous languages in the United States have gone extinct in the last 400 years, according to the Language Conservancy.
Montana State University dedicates American Indian Hall
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University celebrated the grand opening of its American Indian Hall over the weekend, saying it will serve as a bridge between Native American culture and all other cultures on c…
Fire season 2021: Almost a million Montana acres burned
The state’s first major winter storm dropped snow on parts of southern Montana early this week, signaling the final act of an active fire season that had promp…
Rare grizzly bear confirmed in northern Idaho forest
Wildlife managers in northern Idaho are warning people to be on the watch for grizzly bears after one was recently reported in the Coeur d'Alene National Fores…
Montana and Wyoming see increase in coal production
Coal production has increased in Montana and Wyoming due to demand in the Asia Pacific region.
Yellowstone crews scale back search for Utah conservationist
The National Park Service has scaled back the search for Kim Crumbo, a conservationist from Utah who disappeared along with his brother during a Yellowstone backcountry trip in September.
Montana man faces negligent homicide charge in fatal crash
A western Montana man faces a negligent homicide charge for a rollover crash south of Florence last month that killed his partner and injured their three daughters, Ravalli County officials said. The girls — ages …
Missoula man pleads no contest to shooting wife in shoulder
A Missoula man has entered no contest pleas to charges that he shot his wife in the shoulder and then tried to get her to lie about what happened.
Judge temporarily blocks law to prevent power plant closure
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Montana law that sought to prevent the closure of a coal-fired power plant by requiring its outgoing owners to pay fo…
La Nina's back and it's not good for parts of dry West
For the second straight year, the world heads into a new La Nina weather event. This would tend to dry out parts of an already parched and fiery American West …
MSU holds grand opening for $20M American Indian Hall
Montana State University will hold a grand opening Saturday for its new $20 million American Indian Hall, with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland among…
Blackfeet Chief Earl Old Person dies at 92
Earl Old Person, the chief of the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana and former chairman of the tribal business council, has died of cancer. He was 92.
Border residents rejoice as U.S. says it will lift travel ban
Beleaguered business owners and families separated by COVID-19 restrictions rejoiced Wednesday after the U.S. said it will reopen its land borders to nonessent…
Dillon woman gets 40 years in prison for boyfriend's killing
A Montana woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Tuesday for strangling her boyfriend with a rope during an argument after she said he threatened to call child protective services on a family member.