Montana News
Comprehensive coverage of Montana’s statewide news—politics, environment, communities, and culture—delivered with trusted reporting and a local lens.
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…
Snapping turtles reported in western Montana
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking for help from the public in reporting snapping turtle sightings in west-central Montana.
Montana superintendent supports lifting school mask mandates
Montana's head of public instruction wrote a letter to school superintendents on Wednesday strongly recommending that districts end their mask mandates and mak…
Wildland firefighting force urged to get vaccinated
With a potentially ferocious wildfire season threatening to ignite across the western U.S., a push is on to persuade wildland firefighters to get vaccinated ag…
Montana governor signs recreational cannabis policy into law
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed a policy into law on how recreational marijuana will be regulated and taxed in the state after more than half of voters …
New Montana election laws challenged in court
Two voting law bills passed by the Montana Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Greg Gianforte this spring are being challenged in Yellowstone County Distri…
Montana regents vote to challenge new campus carry gun law
The board that oversees Montana's university system voted unanimously Wednesday to seek a judicial review over whether the state legislature or the Board of Re…
Montana man charged with killing man trying to prevent DUI
A Montana man is charged with killing another man who tried to prevent him from driving while intoxicated after a party at the victim's house near Fairfield, Teton County officials said.
Montana man gets 100 years in prison for killing girlfriend
A southwestern Montana man who pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend and burying her body near the Madison County ranch where he worked has been sentenced to 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole…
Regents to vote on whether to challenge new campus carry law
Montana's Board of Regents will meet Wednesday to decide whether to challenge the constitutionality of a new state law that would allow people to carry and sto…
Suit targets laws that opponents say hurt Native Americans
A lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of Native American voting rights organizations and four tribes challenging new laws they say are part of a broader scheme …
New Montana laws change response to grizzly bear management
Gov. Greg Gianforte signed two bills changing the way Montana responds to how grizzly bears are managed, saying the animal should lose federal Endangered Speci…
Missing Montana woman's vehicle found with body inside
A pickup truck belonging to a Great Falls woman who has been missing for nearly three years was found in the Missouri River with a body inside it last week, Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said.
Bozeman man sentenced to prison for cattle theft, bank fraud
A Montana man who was charged in a cattle rustling scheme has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and to selling cattle that were collateral for loans, the U.S. Attorney's Offi…
Helpline provides faster mental health care around pregnancy
In an effort to connect women with responsive mental health care in the weeks before and after pregnancy, Montana's state health department and a collaborative virtual psychiatry practice are partnering up to provi…
Owner set on rebuilding Butte's historic M&M bar after fire
There's nothing left but piles of bricks and charred rubble where the M&M Cigar Store served as an anchor icon to Uptown Butte for 130 years.