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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 …
Head of human smuggling plot gets 10 years after family of 4 froze to death on US-Canada border
More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizza…
AG Knudsen blasts Gallatin County attorney for advising against ICE contract
A Gallatin County Commissioner described a scalding letter from the attorney general about a local legal opinion as “political theater” and said Friday the cou…
Landowner will appeal corner-crossing case to U.S. Supreme Court
The landowner who earlier this year lost a civil trespassing case against four corner-crossing hunters has signalled his intention to appeal the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Urban fires can mean long trips for helicopters to get water. One firefighter had a better idea
Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydr…
Governor signs bill addressing Public Law 280
With little fanfare, Senate Bill 393 became law last week. The legislation, carried by Polson Sen. Greg Hertz, signals a major breakthrough in the funding and …
House tax bill boosts mining, guts clean energy credits
The budget reconciliation bill passed by House Republicans early Thursday would gut clean energy tax credits that Democrats approved three years ago. It also b…
State restricts which flags can be displayed in schools, government buildings
It’s now against the law for a teacher in a school to hang a Pride flag in their classroom.
Zinke, Downing line up behind Trump budget bill
Montana’s two congressional representatives are among a faction of U.S. House Republicans backing President Donald Trump’s sprawling budget bill currently work…
Trump plans to merge wildland firefighting efforts into one agency
President Donald Trump's administration is trying to merge the government's wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal offi…
US Census: Kalispell has grown nearly 25% since 2020
Gallatin and Flathead were the fastest growing counties in Montana between 2023 and 2024, while the city of Kalispell has grown nearly 25% since 2020, adding m…
Gianforte vetoes bill seeking to add transparency to gubernatorial decision-making
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has vetoed a bill to protect public access to records associated with executive branch deliberations and communications.
Gianforte signs second-home tax
The office of Gov. Greg Gianforte said Friday that the Montana governor has signed two bills implementing his signature property tax relief package, finalizing…
Judge extends pause on ‘bathroom bill’ with preliminary injunction
A district court judge in Missoula extended a pause on state officials from enforcing a new Montana law restricting access to public restrooms, changing rooms …
Judge Amy Eddy pledges to steer clear of partisan politics in Montana Supreme Court run
Flathead County District Court Judge Amy Eddy, the latest to join the race for an open seat on the Montana Supreme Court, has promised her campaign will eschew…
Food-conditioned grizzly bear killed in Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park wildlife staff trapped and euthanized a grizzly bear this week after a series of conflicts with human food sources and trash in the p…