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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…
Former police chief charged with distributing child porn
The former police chief in East Helena made an initial appearance in federal court Tuesday on a complaint alleging he distributed child pornography via Facebook Messenger.
Billings police investigate assault on tribal councilwoman
Police are actively searching for two people of interest in the assault of Northern Cheyenne Tribal Councilwoman Silver Little Eagle and another unidentified 31-year-old male but have not made any arrests or filed …
Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says
Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses.
Elected officials in Montana to see salary increase in July
Most of the statewide elected officials in Montana are expecting a salary increase soon under a state law that requires comparative pay raises every other year.
Groundbreaking held for affordable apartments in Missoula
The city of Missoula will have 200 new affordable apartment units in about two years, the Missoula Housing Authority said.
Grim western fire season starts much drier than record 2020
As bad as last year's record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year's in even worse shape.
Arson fire destroys gun, sporting goods store in Roundup
An arson fire badly damaged a gun and sporting goods store in Roundup last week and a suspect is in custody, Roundup Volunteer Fire Chief Keith Salthe said Monday.
Montana inspectors find invasive mussels on 21 boats
Watercraft inspectors in Montana have found aquatic mussels on 21 boats so far this year and officials said they expect a busy season trying to prevent the inv…
Yellowstone, Grand Teton set records for park visitation
Visitation at Yellowstone National Park last month has increased by 40% compared to 2019, an increase of about 19,000 people and a record for the month, park o…
Hundreds of dead fish found in lower Madison River
Montana fisheries biologists are investigating after hundreds of fish were found dead in a stretch of the lower Madison River south of Three Forks, the Departm…
Montana woman pleads not guilty in killing of Wyoming man
A Billings, Montana, woman pleaded not guilty Friday to deliberate homicide in the shooting death of a Wyoming man who refused to give her and her male companion cigarettes and a ride.
Montana regents ask state high court to block campus gun law
The Montana Board of Regents on Thursday asked the state Supreme Court to block a new law that would allow people to carry guns on public university campuses w…
Montana offering $125K salary to hire a business recruiter
The state is advertising for a business attractions manager, a job that will pay $125,000 a year to travel the country promoting Montana as good place to start or expand a business, in part by touting new tax incen…
Montana AG blasts state Supreme Court in letter
Montana's top lawyer fired back Wednesday at the Montana Supreme Court, sending the sitting justices a letter that accuses them of threatening lawyers on his s…
Mental health clinic plans to sell affordable apartments
The Western Montana Mental Health Center is selling two apartment buildings in Missoula that provide affordable housing for people living with mental illness or whose only income is disability payments, center CEO …