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Judge blocks Election Day voter registration changes
Late voter registration, allowing Montanans to sign up to vote so long as they’re in line before polls officially …
Daines, Zinke start election year with plenty of cash on hand
Initial campaign finance filings show Montana’s incumbents with a hefty lead on the competition heading into the 2026 congressional race.
University of Montana president search expected to take 1-3 months
In one to three months, a new president of the University of Montana will be named, at least if all goes well, Commissioner of Higher Education Clay Christian …
Sheehy joins birthright citizenship battle with fellow Congressmen
U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy, the Treasure State’s junior senator, has signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief filed at the United States Supreme Court that argues aga…
Montana population growth remains well below pandemic boom years
After several years of rapid expansion during the Covid-19 pandemic, Montana’s population growth rate has continued settling to a slower pace according to 2025…
Feds order interpretive signs in Glacier, Little Bighorn, changed or removed
Members of the Trump administration have ordered National Park Service staff change or remove signs and exhibits at two NPS locations in Montana due to their f…
UM to celebrate 107th Foresters’ Ball
This year's theme is “Timber Fallin,’ Trucks a Haulin.”
Zinke calls Trump’s focus on Greenland ‘distracting’
As President Donald Trump was in Davos, Switzerland, last week attempting to bluster Europe into conceding the annexation of Greenland to the United States, Mo…
Montana’s tourists are getting older, richer and rarer
While Montana saw fewer tourists in 2025, they came with more gray hair — and more dollars for Montana businesses.
Montanans protest ICE, Trump’s immigration policies
BOZEMAN — Thousands of Montanans around the state held protests Sunday and Monday in the wake of Alex Pretti’s killing by federal immigration officers in Minne…
Helena exits drug task force over Border Patrol involvement
The Helena Police Department has announced its exit from a regional drug task force after the agency decided to collaborate with U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Statewide sampling shows chronic wasting disease detections up from previous years
The 100% fatal neurological disorder affects ungulates, including mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk and moose, and spreads through both direct and indirect con…
Former state Senate president Ellsworth pleads not guilty, claims legislative immunity
Former Republican state Senate president Jason Ellsworth pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor official misconduct charge Thursday in Lewis and Clark County Dist…
Bill containing funding for Mission sewer and police headed to president’s desk
The U.S. Senate passed a $12.2 million funding bill that included federal appropriations for both the town of St. Ignatius and the St. Ignatius Police Department, which was pushed by U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy.
Legislature seeks solutions on rising property insurance rates
Property insurance rates in Montana are increasing, advocates and insurance companies say, and the Legislature has been tasked to figure out why.
Lawsuit challenges Montana's second-home tax
Three prominent Republicans filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a judge to invalidate one of the two bipartisan bills that reduced 2025 property taxes for many Mo…