Officials say the number of child abuse and neglect cases in Montana is overwhelming state agencies in charge of handling them. A legislative committee that oversees the Division of Child and Family Services is meeting in Helena on Monday.
Republicans are widely condemning an attempt by armed ranchers in Oregon to force the federal government to return western lands to local communities. But the GOP has grown more supportive of the ranchers' goal, if not their tactics.
An inmate is facing an assault with a weapon charge after being accused of beating a fellow prisoner at the Ravalli County Detention Center.
A rare artifact that disappeared from the Montana Historical Society Museum in 2003 has been recovered.
State parks in Montana saw a third consecutive year of record use in 2015.
Environmental groups are objecting to how a federal agency has developed a new management plan for handling conflicts between wolves and livestock producers in Wyoming.