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Montana voters will be able to register to vote on Election Day, judge rules
A Montana judge has blocked the state from limiting voter registration on Election Day, concluding the move would …
Despite cuts, Montana lawmakers say superintendents have told them Montana's national parks are adequately staffed
Montana’s congressional delegation lauded the passage last week of the federal tax cut and spending package known as the “Big Beautiful Bill," but an advocacy …
US Senate Dems from Western states blast Trump budget for cutting federal aid
Members of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee differed along party lines at a Thursday hearing about how the U.S. Forest Service should par…
Montana Republican senators demand revote for party leadership
Members of the Montana Senate denied a chance to vote for state Republican Party leadership at a June convention are demanding a do-over.
Foreign nationals sentenced for illegal reentry, fraudulent immigration documents
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday sentenced four foreign nationals, two of whom admitted to illegal reentry and two for possession of fraudulent immigra…
Charging foreign travelers more could rake in millions for national parks
With many national parks facing huge backlogs of deferred maintenance — Yellowstone National Park alone is estimated to have more than $1 billion — the federal…
Gianforte inks deal to open logging
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Shultz on Monday formalized a shared forest management agreement the governor said was the first of its kind between the state and the U.S. Department o…
Supreme Court rejects Montana's bid to revive parental consent law for minors' abortions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it will not hear a case involving a push to revive a law that minors must have their parents' permission for …
Updated tax valuations en route to Montana property owners
The updated property valuations that will be used to calculate this fall’s property tax bills are en route to homeowners and other Montana property owners, the…
Man accused of killing 2 Idaho firefighters had once aspired to be one
A 20-year-old man's life appeared to have begun to unravel in the months before authorities say he fatally shot two firefighters and severely wounded a third a…
Firefighters shot while responding to call praised for courage, service
Coeur d’Alene Firefighter Gabe Eckert remembers the last conversation he had with Battalion Chief John Morrison.
Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction charged with DUI
Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction has apologized for a “lapse in judgment” that led to her being arrested and charged with driving under the influ…
Man found dead and lockdown lifted in Idaho after 2 firefighters killed, 1 wounded in sniper ambush
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two firefighters were killed Sunday and another was wounded when they were ambushed by sniper fire while responding to a blaze in a norther…
Feds vow to ax restrictions on 1 million acres of Northwest Montana forestland
The federal government pledged to peel back protections on more than 1.1 million acres of forestland in Northwest Montana, opening vast swaths of the region to…
St. Mary Siphon back at work, bringing water to thousands of Montanans ahead of schedule
Just a little more than 12 months ago, the huge St Mary Siphon, more than a century old, which delivers water to thousands of ranchers and residents along Mont…
Attorneys defending transgender medical care ask the state for $1.4 million after legal victory
Attorneys who successfully challenged a bill passed by the 2023 Legislature which would have banned minors from receiving gender-affirming medical care in Montana, have asked a district court judge to award more th…