The owner of the water system that serves the city of Missoula has sold it to another company without the approval of the state Public Service Commission. This despite a court ruling that gives the city the right to buy the utility for a little under $90 million.
A central Montana coal mine that cut about 20 percent of its workforce last month has reached an agreement with environmentalists and state regulators that's intended to avoid a major shutdown.
A woman charged for her alleged role in the December killing of one woman in Missoula and an assault on another made an initial court appearance Monday.
Large numbers of migrating Yellowstone National Park bison are likely to face slaughter for at least the next couple of winters as officials weigh changes to a 15-year-old agreement that drives the practice.
Federal wildlife officials are considering new protections for a small, fanged predator that lives in remote, old-growth forests in the Northern Rockies.
A Lewis and Clark County sheriff's deputy is facing an assault with a weapon charge after being accused of hitting and pulling a gun on a man while drunk at a party.
Yesterday the state agency that oversees child abuse and neglect services challenged parts of an audit of their work released last fall.
A district judge has ruled that Montana does not have to pay a more than $744,000 settlement reached in a sexual harassment claim against a former eastern Montana judge.