U.S. District Judge Brian Morris has ruled U.S. government officials must consider reducing coal mining to fight climate change when writing regional plans for the future of the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming.
A former Montana Democratic Party chairman appears to be laying the groundwork for a possible challenge to the secretary of state's certification of the Green Party for the ballot in this year's state elections.
In his summary decision last week, Flathead County district judge Robert Allison said county commissioners’ denial of the zoning change was lacking in facts and foundation, unreasonable and an abuse of discretion.
The change was requested by a majority of neighboring landowners in 2016 in an attempt to prevent the water bottling plant’s operation.
The list of Montana's legislative candidates includes 18 native Americans, more than in each of the last two election cycles.
Cascade County officials have identified the 45-year-old man who was found on a Great Falls street with fatal injuries. Lloyd Geaudry was found in the street at about 3:45 a.m. Friday.
A 24-year-old Missoula man has been sentenced to 5 years in the custody of the Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to driving drunk and traveling the wrong way on Interstate 90, causing a fatal crash.
About 25 percent of bird species in Montana and Wyoming National Parks may find a new home as climate change becomes a more pressing issue in the region.