A panel of Montana air quality experts met with federal environmental officials Thursday to discuss funding to reduce harm from wildfire smoke. The state is still waiting to receive those funds.

Montana met its forest management goals for the third consecutive year. State officials say they increased the amount of thinning, timber harvests, prescribed burns and restoration projects on forests by 16% over 2022 levels.

A Ronan man has been found guilty of lighting a 2021 fire that burned homes and forced evacuations on the east side of Flathead Lake.

Water is running in Browning, but should still be boiled for now, Blackfeet Water Director K. Webb Galbreath says. Firefighters Wednesday night quickly knocked down a blaze in the facility housing the Missoula Smokejumper Base.

A wildfire burned through the small town of Denton, MT in December of 2021. It burned more than 10,000 acres and destroyed 25 homes. So how is the town of Denton rebuilding, and what does wildfire resilient construction look like?