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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 …
Two-thirds of Montana’s private land is in the hands of a few thousand owners
A select number of landowners control a growing percentage of Montana’s private land, according to a study recently published by the journal Environmental Management.
Montana Supreme Court upholds AG finding that ballot issue is legally insufficient
The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s previous finding that a proposed ballot initiative aiming to end corporate sp…
All eyes on western Montana as 2026 midterms approach
Midterm elections are still months away, but the race for Montana’s western congressional district is already heating up.
Montana’s Congressional delegation praises military action in Venezuela
Members of Montana’s Congressional delegation quickly praised President Donald Trump and the military for the capture Saturday of Venezuelan President Nicolás …
State adopts controversial immigration database to purge voter rolls
State election officials may soon use a controversial U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services database to trim voter registration lists.
Grizzly deaths in greater Yellowstone reaches record level in 2025
In Yellowstone National Park and areas just outside the park, at least 72 grizzly bears died in 2025, mostly at the hands of humans.
Montana lands $233 million in federal health care funds
Montana is set to get $233 million dedicated to rural health care in 2026, the first award out of a federal fund that could net the state almost $1.2 billion over the next five years.
GOP lawmakers have administration ally to end predator species protections
WASHINGTON — As congressional Republicans push to delist gray wolf and grizzly bear populations from Endangered Species Act protections, they now have an ally in the administration who has taken a skeptical view of…
Supreme Court declines to take ‘Held’ youth challenges to 2025 laws
A unanimous five-judge panel of the Montana Supreme Court has rejected a request by youth plaintiffs who successfully argued that the state has a constitutiona…
Shoshone County Sheriff's Office shooting suspect identified
The man behind Friday's shooting at the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office has been identified.
Challenges ahead as Glacier unveils new vehicle management system, foreign-visitor fees and construction projects in 2026
The park received 2.95 million visitors between January and September of this year.
Daines reintroduces effort to rollback Montana Wilderness Study Areas
Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines has restarted his efforts to rollback federal designations from some of Montana’s Wilderness Study Areas, seeking to turn them b…
Grizzly presence confirmed in the Bangtail Mountains northeast of Bozeman
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has confirmed the presence of a grizzly bear in the Bangtail Mountains northeast of Bozeman, an area where grizzlies haven’t b…
Most of Montana misses out on white Christmas
Sorry, Mr. Crosby, this year you might just have to dream about it.
Montana medical board revokes cancer doctor Thomas Weiner’s license
A panel of Montana state medical board members on Friday voted unanimously to revoke the medical license of Dr. Thomas Weiner, the former Helena cancer doctor who has been accused of prescribing unnecessary treatme…