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Calls to end intraparty fight mount after bitter GOP primary season
Some Republicans believe results of the legislative primary mean it’s time for the Montana Republican Party to men…
Man found dead at scene of Billings mobile home fire
A man was found dead in an enclosed porch of a mobile home that was on fire on the west end of Billings, fire officials said.
Influx of medical students could stretch Montana resources
Opening two new medical schools in Montana would stretch and possibly overwhelm the state's physicians who provide the clinical training that students need to …
DNA confirms slain grizzly killed camper in Ovando
DNA tests have confirmed a grizzly bear killed by wildlife officials is the same bear that attacked and killed a camper last week in the tiny western Montana t…
Numbers explain how and why West bakes, burns and dries out
The American West is baking, burning and drying in intertwined extreme weather. Four sets of numbers explain how bad it is now, while several others explain wh…
Frustration builds in Montana border towns as 'temporary' closure drags on
No one thought it would last this long.
Search continues for Montana hiker, believed dead
Search crews continue to look for a Montana State University graduate student who is believed to have died in a climbing accident in the Beartooth Mountains in…
Wildfires torch homes, land across 10 states in US West
Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest, in Oregon, threatened a port…
US to take longer look at contentious Montana bison proposal
Federal officials will give the public more time to comment on a contentious proposal to expand bison grazing on public lands in north-central Montana, officia…
Cora Neumann joins race for Montana's new US House seat
Cora Neumann announced Tuesday a run for Montana's new U.S. House seat, becoming the third Democrat to join the race.
US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge
Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, un…
Missoula man gets life in prison for fatal shooting
A Missoula man has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing an acquaintance in May 2020.
Missing Montana hiker believed to have died in accident
Searchers looking for a Montana State University graduate student who disappeared while hiking in the Beartooth Mountains in southern Montana say they do not b…
Search underway for missing boater in northern Idaho
Searchers are looking for a man who went missing in the Coeur d'Alene River while trying to retrieve a set of boat keys that had fallen into the water.
Great Falls man sentenced to 60 years for motel murder
A Cascade County judge has sentenced a Great Falls man to 60 years in prison for a 2017 murder of a woman at the Airway Motel.
Yellowstone invasive mussel find both reassuring, alarming
For Sue Mills, it was simultaneously concerning and reassuring for her staff to find a quagga mussel attached to a boat that was about to hit the water in Yell…