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Montana’s unemployment rate was 3.2% in November. That’s a full percentage point below the national average; The Montana DNRC saw a record setting number of oil and gas lease sales on state public lands in the last four months; Lee Johnson takes over at the Department of Criminal Investigations

Tell us what issues you're most concerned about ahead of the upcoming legislative session in January.

Montana Republicans swept statewide offices in the 2024 election.

Montana’s prolonged dry and warmer-than average conditions will end abruptly later this week.

The Big Hollow fire burning 14 miles west of Grant in Beaverhead County grew to an estimated 3,400 acres over the weekend.

The Ravalli County Sheriff's Office around 9 p.m. Friday ordered evacuations due to the Sharrott Creek Fire burning 1,600 acres in the Saint Mary's area.

The Powell County Sheriff’s office has issued an evacuation warning due to a fire burning near Helmville. The Ravalli County Sheriff has issued an evacuation warning due to a fire burning in the Saint Mary’s area. An Evacuation Warning means residents should prepare to evacuate if conditions worsen.

The Endangered Species Act includes a lot of unfamiliar lingo. Here's a glossary of ESA terms to help clear up any confusion.

Power to thousands of homes was knocked out Wednesday night as a severe thunderstorm swept through western Montana.