County commissioners in Butte last week approved a 600 acre land sale to a company aiming to build a large data center.

Montana’s two largest universities are bracing for a gravitational shift in how college athletics are regulated. A pending court settlement is expected to allow schools to pay student athletes for the first time.

Dozens of service providers from dentists and doctors to public defenders packed the Missoula Public Library earlier this month. They offered a one-stop-shop for residents in need as the city begins to close one of its homeless shelters.

Tracy Stone-Manning was the Director of the Bureau of Land Management under President Biden, where she oversaw the agency’s 248 million acres. Her career began in Montana, running the Clark Fork Coalition in Missoula for almost a decade and heading up the state’s environmental quality agency under Gov. Steve Bullock. She is now the president of the Wilderness Society. She sat down with Montana Public Radio’s Ellis Juhlin to discuss what's happening and how land management has changed from her time directing the BLM, to now.

Measles has been detected in Montana for the first time in 35 years. There are five cases confirmed so far. County health officials expect case numbers to rise among the unvaccinated.

With HUD grants in limbo, Kalispell shelter breaks ground on affordable housing project. Opioid overdoses in Montana are rising.

Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his Fighting Oligarchy tour to Missoula on Wednesday. Around 9,000 people filled the University of Montana Adams Center and overflowed outside. Montana Public Radio’s Edward O'Brien spoke with the Senator after his speech.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brought their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour to Missoula Wednesday. The event drew an estimated 9,000 people to the University of Montana campus.

Trump rule exempts Colstrip plants from new air pollution rules; The Montana Senate has endorsed a bill to reauthorize a law that keeps Native American children involved with child protective services with native families; The Lolo National Forest has a new supervisor.

Competing proposals to mitigate property tax hikes are advancing through the Montana Legislature. Lawmakers must soon pick one winner. It’s likely too late to enact any major rate change for this year’s taxes.