Montana News
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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 …
Montana businesses encouraged to report unemployment fraud
Montana employers are encouraged to notify the state Department of Labor and Industry if an unemployment insurance claimant fails to appear for a scheduled int…
State senator charged with reckless driving, obstructing officer
Montana Senate President Pro Tempore Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, has been charged with three misdemeanors, including obstruction of a peace officer, after he …
Man who guided illegally in Yellowstone gets week in jail
A judge has sentenced an Oklahoma man to a week in jail and ordered him to pay $1,100 for guiding visitors illegally in Yellowstone National Park.
Man given possibility of parole for killings when he was 17
A Montana man who was serving a life sentence for killing three people when he was 17 now has the opportunity to seek parole.
Officials identify suspect, victim in homicide, abduction
Cascade County officials have identified a shooting victim and the suspect in a homicide and abduction that happened at a residence in Great Falls last week an…
Suspect jailed after 79-year-old fatally stabbed in Winnett
Law enforcement officers in central Montana are investigating a fight between two men in a small town that left a 79-year-old man dead and a 29-year-old with a gunshot wound to his arm.
$29 million in COVID funds disbursed to Montana schools
On Friday, the Montana Office of Public Instruction delivered an update to the state Board of Public Education about the status of federal COVID-19 relief fund…
Organizations challenge state over water pollution permit
Environmental groups are challenging the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for permitting wastewater disposal into groundwater for a new development …
Mine opponents press Montana judge to order new review
Environmental groups pressed a state judge to order a new review of a Montana copper mine over worries that mining waste will pollute a river that's popular among boaters.
Monsoonal surge raises fire danger in western Montana
Gusty and erratic winds combined with the potential for frequent lightning created dangerous fire conditions Monday across much of western Montana, where numer…
Montana teacher shortage 'crisis' escalates
Montana faces a worsening teacher shortage "crisis" even as education officials worry that a key support for students — mental health care through the Comprehe…
Fewer osprey nesting along Upper Clark Fork River
On July 8, three osprey chicks were abducted from their Warm Springs Pond nest by the Montana Osprey Project.
Transgender people sue over law on birth certificate changes
Two transgender people sued Friday over a new Montana law that makes it difficult for transgender people to change the sex on their birth certificates.
Heavy smoke expected to linger above western Montana
Smoke from wildfires across the U.S. West was reported in large swaths of western Montana Friday leading to unhealthy air quality in Missoula and Frenchtown.
Montana GOP names new executive director
Danielle Tribble, a former staffer for U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, has been named executive director of the Montana Republican Party.