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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 …
Gianforte declares wind disaster for Montana
Gov. Greg Gianforte on Thursday issued an executive order declaring a wind disaster in Montana.
White House approves disaster declaration for flooded Northwest Montana
The Trump administration on Friday approved a presidential emergency declaration to help respond to flooding in Northwest Montana.
Judge halts Forest Service project near Yellowstone, citing impacts to grizzlies, lynx
A federal judge has halted a U.S. Forest Service logging project, pitched as a wildfire risk reduction effort, across 40,000 acres north of Yellowstone Nationa…
Former Senate President Ellsworth charged with official misconduct
Former Republican state Senate President Jason Ellsworth will be charged with misdemeanor official misconduct for allegedly attempting to award $170,100 worth …
Burgum assumes control over American Prairie grazing cases
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has “assumed jurisdiction” of three American Prairie grazing rights cases, according to a memo obtained by the Western Ag…
How Libby-area flooding could affect historic Superfund site
A deluge of precipitation combined with unseasonably warm temperatures this week generated record-breaking streamflows on Thursday along Libby Creek and the Ya…
North Idaho still feeling effects of historic flooding
Residents are still feeling the effects of historic flooding that hit North Idaho and western Montana on Thursday.
National park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to purge their gift shops of items it deems o…
Evacuations ordered after historic flooding in North Idaho
Historical flooding around North Idaho and Montana has triggered a county-wide flooding state of emergency in Bonner County due to various roads being washed o…
Record flooding threatens Washington as more heavy rain pounds the Northwest
Residents packed up valuables and prepared to flee rising rivers in western Washington state on Wednesday as a new wave of heavy rain swept into a region still…
Fish and Wildlife Commission votes to reduce nonresident deer licenses
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on Thursday adopted a handful of new deer hunting regulations aimed at reducing hunting pressure on public land and br…
PSC commissioner Bukacek cleared from ethics violation allegations
Montana Public Service Commissioner Annie Bukacek offered a “more plausible explanation” for why she brought documents from her medical office to the public agency — and it doesn’t amount to an ethics violation.
Montana reps who once fought REAL ID mum as TSA plans enforcement
For years, the elected officials representing Montana in Washington, D.C., resisted the implementation of federally mandated REAL ID requirements, articulating…
Feds promised ‘radical transparency’ but are withholding rural health fund applications
Medication-delivering drones and telehealth at local libraries are among the ideas state leaders revealed in November for spending their share of a $50 billion…
Montana records first 2025-25 flu season death
Montana recorded its first influenza death of the 2025-26 influenza season on Monday, Missoula Public Health and state Department of Public Health and Human Se…