High diesel prices squeeze Montana farmers
For Montana’s agricultural producers, the immediate impact is often a tighter profit margin.
Grand Teton National Ballpark? Visitors call it a field of nightmares.
Park visitors greet news of a potential MLB game in front of the Tetons with disbelief.
A history runs through it: Zinke public lands bill follows long trail
Community groups spend decades crafting wilderness proposals, hoping for political support. Will Zinke’s effort fly or die?
Staving off development, Madison County passes first citizen-initiated zoning districts
County commissioners passed effort unanimously after three-year campaign by local organizers.
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Where air conditioning is most — and least — common in Montana
New census estimates show AC is generally more common in eastern Montana — and the state trails its better-cooled neighbors.
After weeks of public outcry, Yellowstone County asks state to clarify 2025 data center law
County commissioners say the Right to Compute Act blocks them from normal regulatory actions.
Supreme Court: Butte-Silver Bow data center initiative will miss November ballot
Less than 48 hours after putting the initiative on the ballot, the court reverses course.
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Bears are ‘spinning out’ in southern Montana. Wildlife managers are at their wit’s end.
Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear-human conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with conflicting views on how to live with the species — and whether a ‘fed bear’ really should be a ‘dead bear.’
‘Where they belong’: Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes bring home the remains of three members
The emotional repatriation of Christine Redstone, Peter Howe and Richard Morgan marked the end of a 136-year separation.
On the Record: Billings Police Chief Rich St. John says goodbye after 45 years of law enforcement
Retiring after 45 years, Billings’ longtime top cop talks about the importance of proactive policing, second chances and public accountability.
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State committee votes to replace Capitol’s iconic ‘Montana’ statue
Officials say that the statue has sustained extensive damage and that repairs are ‘infeasible.’
Cost of living leads Montana voter concerns in new poll
MTFP-Rutgers Eagleton poll finds voter agreement on pocketbook issues, but wide partisan splits on immigration and environment.
Supreme Court puts Butte’s data center initiative back on the ballot
Butte-Silver Bow County said it intends to comply, but is unsure how.
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