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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 …
Deaths of newlywed women found shot at campsite investigated
Residents of a Utah tourist town near the campsite where a newlywed couple was recently gunned down say they're puzzled and concerned as the police investigation unfolds.
Body of hiker, missing since early July, found in Beartooths
Hikers have found the body of a woman who had been missing in the Beartooth Mountains in southern Montana since early July, Carbon County officials said.
US regulators give full approval to Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine Monday, a milestone that could boost public confidence in the shots and spur more companies, universit…
Why it takes months to subdue some wildfires
At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know why crews don't simply put out the flames to save their home…
Bus driver shortages are latest challenge hitting US schools
A Montana school district is dangling $4,000 bonuses and inviting people to test-drive big yellow school buses in hopes of enticing them to take a job that sch…
Montana senators blast continued closure of Canada border
Both of Montana's senators criticized the Biden administration's decision on Friday to continue blocking nonessential travel from Canada into the United States…
Heat, drought point to trouble ahead for Montana's trout
On July 12, Florence-based fly-fishing outfitter Jay Dixon took a look at the forecast calling for several days of near triple-digit heat and decided to tempor…
Public defender office has backlog of 663 cases in Billings
A judge in Billings ordered the director of the state's public defender office to appear before him next month to explain why her office is failing to assign public defenders to Billings-area cases in a timely mann…
Biden backs end to wolf protections, but hunting worries grow
President Joe Biden's administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S…
Missoulians mourn man who died in police incident
About a hundred people gathered at Sacajawea Park Thursday afternoon to grieve the death of Brendon Galbreath, 21, and demand transparency from law enforcement…
Montana only state to ban vaccine requirements for employees
While many large companies across the U.S. have announced that Covid-19 vaccines will be required for their employees to return to work in person, there is one…
Doctors urge vaccines, masks to slow Covid surge in Montana
As cases of Covid-19 and related hospitalizations increase in Montana, medical leaders on Thursday asked residents to take actions to prevent the spread of the…
Montana schools struggle to find compromise in preparation for another COVID fall
Roughly a quarter of the 50 or so people gathered in the Hamilton High School Performing Arts Center Tuesday night wore face masks.
Climate impact of coal sales from US lands scrutinized
U.S. officials launched a review Thursday of climate damage caused by coal mining on public lands as the Biden administration expands its scrutiny of governmen…
Oil groups sue Biden administration over leasing pause
Eleven industry trade groups including the Montana Petroleum Association and the American Petroleum Institute filed a lawsuit this week challenging the Biden a…