Susan Watters

A former Montana solicitor general has been nominated to become one of the state’s three federal judges. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is being sued for refusing to draft a national recovery plan for wolves. Montana’s highest court has upheld the conviction of a Kalispell man for obstructing police officers while he was filming a traffic stop.

The Pacific Northwest co-owners of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant are seeking protection from a new Montana law they say hurts their chances at negotiating their business dealings

BILLLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials have again been faulted by a federal judge for failing to adequately consider the potential climate change effects…

A lawsuit that challenges Green Party candidates’ appearance on election ballots later this year will stay in state court after a federal judge refused to…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials approved a 117 million-ton expansion of a Montana coal mine after concluding that burning the fuel would have a…

Three environmental groups prevailed in a lawsuit challenging expansion of the Spring Creek mine near Decker.U.S. District Judge Susan Watters ruled today…