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Montana energy providers say they are ready for this week’s anticipated historic cold snap. They’re simultaneously urging customers to prepare for the possibility of unforeseen power outages.

Our question this week comes from a listener in Helena named Bob Flipovich, who wants to know who owns the most water rights in Montana. Water rights determine who can take water out of our lakes and streams, and how much they can take.

The western district House candidates drew clear distinctions over abortion in this week's forum in Butte. Tranel hammed Zinke over ethics investigations. Could the Libertarian candidate John Lamb hurt Zinke at the polls? Listen now on Campaign Beat.

A NorthWestern Energy contractor is reapplying for a floodplains permit for a planned pipeline in Laurel after Yellowstone County withdrew its permission amid opposition from residents there.

The groups want the utility company to pay for an ecological assessment on the Madison River, including an inventory of the brown trout population.

malfunctioning gate that lets water out of Hebgen Dam just west of Yellowstone National Park caused flows into the Madison River to plummet early Tuesday, according to dam operator NorthWestern Energy.

Montana electric utility regulators won’t allow NorthWestern Energy to increase what it charges for power outside of the regular process for seeking the change.

Montana electric utility regulators are starting the approval process for a natural gas-fired plant in south-central Montana.

Weather forecasters are sticking to their predictions of ferocious heat reaching well past the 100-degree mark this week. Demand for power to run fans and…

The city and county of Missoula are applying to participate in the state’s approval process for a proposed gas-fired power plant in southeast Montana.