Montana News
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 …
Huge California fire grows; Montana blaze threatens towns
California's largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands on Tuesday as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flam…
Grizzly bear in fatal Montana attack was guarding food cache
A grizzly bear that fatally mauled a Montana man near Yellowstone National Park this spring likely was defending a moose carcass and may have continued to aggr…
Crews searching for men in Yellowstone River, Flathead Lake
Law enforcement agencies are searching for a 63-year-old man who got swept away in the Yellowstone River between Columbus and Big Timber on Sunday.
U.S. Senate passes historic $1.2T infrastructure bill
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, a milestone for one of President Joe Biden’s priorities after mon…
Southeast Montana town evacuated as wildfire closes in
A small town in southeastern Montana was ordered evacuated Tuesday as strong winds drove a wildfire dangerously close to the community just outside the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, officials said.
State workers to return to work as Montana faces virus surge
All Montana state employees will be required to return to work Sept. 7, even as the state faces a surge in coronavirus cases.
Many hospitals require vaccines for workers — but not in Montana
Nearly 1,500 hospitals — roughly a quarter of all hospitals in the U.S. — now require staffers to get a COVID-19 vaccine, said Colin Milligan, a spokesperson f…
State explains how to comply with Montana's vaccine discrimination law
The Montana Department of Labor and Industry this week offered guidance to government agencies and private businesses on how to adhere to a new state law barri…
Man's trial delayed for 2019 beating death of 5-year-old boy
A Great Falls man's trial for the November 2019 beating death of his 5-year-old son has been delayed and he faces additional charges, Cascade County prosecutors said Monday.
City of Missoula to buy affordable housing apartments
The city of Missoula has an agreement to buy a 21-unit apartment building that provides affordable housing for people living with mental illness or disabilities, the city said Monday.
Parts apparently fell off plane that crashed in Minnesota
Crucial pieces of a single-engine plane piloted by a Nebraska surgeon apparently fell off in flight before it crashed west of Minneapolis, killing him and two …
Billings police investigate fatal shooting, suspect unknown
Police in Billings are investigating a fatal weekend shooting in which a suspect has not been identified, officials said Monday.
Canada reopens border to vaccinated Americans
The United States last month extended its pandemic restrictions on nonessential travel at the U.S.-Canada land border for at least a month. The announcement ca…
Libby couple, Nebraska surgeon killed in MN plane crash
A relative has identified three people killed in the fiery crash of a small plane in southeastern Minnesota as a surgeon from Omaha, Nebraska, and two of his f…
Official: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the busiest in years
Law enforcement officials say the first few days of this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have been among the busiest they've seen.