Montana's fire season began quietly but quickly grew to the second-largest so far this decade after lightning storms ignited a rash of blazes that spread rapidly in bone dry conditions. Data from the Northern Rockies Coordination Center show more than 522 square miles have burned this year across the state.
A fire caused by lightning that has been burning in the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park since early September has grown to an estimated 3.3 square miles.
A transient has been accused of attempting to rob a couple with a sword in Bozeman.
Authorities say a woman allegedly living under a false name in southwestern Montana has been arrested on a warrant out of Oklahoma after fleeing the state with her 4-year-old daughter in 2012.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are searching for a missing 2-year-old whose father was found dead in southwestern Alberta.
Montana lawmakers are wondering how to track the effectiveness of nearly $20 million being injected into the state's mental health care system this year.
The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council has voted to banish accused drug dealers from the reservation because they argue federal prosecutors aren't doing enough to pursue cases against them.
Traffic on Interstate 90 is being re-routed this morning after a power line fell across the road.
The director of Montana's Medicaid program expects the state to expand Medicaid coverage at the start of the new year.
The Montana Historical Society and the State Department of Administration are calling for the state capitol complex to be listed on the national register of historical places.