‘Harm Me Not’: Cooke City’s timeless poetic portal
Inside a Yellowstone gateway town’s colorful, artistic, outlaw past through centuries-old words etched into a lodgepole signpost
How Montana’s federal campaigns are funded
Montana donors lead personal contributions, but PACs and congressional campaign committees are key contributors.
2026 ELECTION COVERAGE
Vice President JD Vance to visit Belgrade Oct. 26
Vance’s arrival will mark the third visit to Montana in two weeks by the federal government’s most powerful Republicans.
Aaron Flint’s fighting form
The Republican House candidate says Montana is under threat. After years of ‘fighting behind the microphone,’ he’s asking voters to send him to Washington swinging.
Trump rallies for Flint in Kalispell
The president, on tour to motivate voter turnout in hotly contested midterm elections, praised candidate Aaron Flint and bashed his Democratic opponent.
Inside Yellowstone National Park’s historic gift from data center developers
The $105-million donation is the largest in National Park Service history. It came from the largest data-center backer in the world.
Federal appeals court weighs future of wolf protections
Ninth Circuit hearing could determine whether feds reconsider Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and across the West
MoJo Book Club: Will Wright’s ‘Borders of Biodiversity’
‘How Gray Wolves, Monarch Butterflies, and Giant Sequoias Transformed Large Landscape Conservation’ explores transcontinental conservation efforts and the barriers separating wildlife movement.
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In eastern Montana, Bridger Pipeline carries both promise and risk
With ranching a gamble and Keystone canceled, many landowners see proposed tar sands pipeline as a safe bet.
Elk hunter days and harvests, by region
Southwestern Montana recorded the most hunter days in the most recent data, while southeastern Montana had the most elk harvested per hunter day.
EDITORS’ PICKS
Can Montanans be persuaded by Seth Bodnar’s anti-partisan platform?
The independent candidate needs support across — and between — ideological lines to become the state’s first independent U.S. senator.
On the Record: Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter
Heading unopposed into the fall election, Slaughter talks immigration enforcement, career aspirations and school resource officers.
Two PSC districts on Montana ballot: Meet the candidates
Public Service Commission candidates say they’re vying for office to regulate monopolies
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Judge gives state green light to start work on Laurel psychiatric facility
The lawsuit is far from over. Laurel residents are asking the judge to stop the project again, saying state officials haven’t resolved the water supply problems that further development would create.
Warrant issued for Great Falls gun shop owner whose raid by the IRS drew national attention
While VanHoose and his supporters decried his case as politically motivated, a new allegation of deception arose as he skipped his sentencing in federal court.
Hot fall triggers disease outbreak in some Montana big-game herds
Hunters report dead deer, antelope along the Treasure State’s southeast river corridors
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