Governor Steve Bullock says all flags flown in the state will be lowered for seven days to honor U.S. Sen. John McCain.
The widespread precipitation gracing Montana has at least tapped the brakes on the 2018 fire season.
But National Weather Service Meteorologist Trent Smith says it’s not the full-stop event everybody’s hoping for.
Canadian officials have lifted an evacuation order for Waterton Lakes National Park after rain helped slow a fire burning across the border in nieghboring Glacier National Park. Parks Canada officials said in a statement today that most of last week's closures have been lifted for Waterton park's trails, backcountry campgrounds and waterways.
Glacier National Park officials say a wildfire that shut down portions of the park for the past two weeks has not slowed work on a backcountry dormitory that burned last year.
Staffers at the Missoula Independent newspaper say its parent company, Lee Enterprises, is threatening to gut the alternative weekly. Today the paper turned to its readers for help.
