A coalition of groups is suing the PSC for rejecting a petition to consider climate impacts when regulating utilites

The longtime prosecutor will serve in an interim role until being confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Gas and diesel costs are hitting residents hard. Could the state pause its surcharge to help ranchers, farmers, truckers and motorists?

Republican House candidate Aaron Flint says Montana is under threat. After years of ‘fighting behind the microphone,’ he’s asking voters to send him to Washington swinging.

Proposed legislation includes $10M for feasibility study; Democrats fault plan’s lack of detail.

The president, on tour to motivate voter turnout in hotly contested midterm elections, praised candidate Aaron Flint and bashed his Democratic opponent.

The Democrat’s economic appeal is equal parts labor, healthcare, tax reform and blue-collar grit.

About three in four Montanans said they have strong feelings about ICE actions in the state, so we asked the candidates for their stances on immigration.

The county commission, sheriff and three legislative races feature timely issues such as jail expansion or data center development.

After marking 10 years at the helm of the nonprofit news outlet, Adams said that it's time to let a new leader shape the next chapter.

Montana voters will determine via initiative the future of nonpartisan state courts, corporate spending in politics and the ballot measure process itself.

Each candidate emphasized his own blue-collar bona fides and alleged his opponent is too soft on data centers.

Legislative committee pushes to withhold funding from any city under investigation for discrimination. One lawmaker called it ‘blackmail.’

However you choose to vote, you might have questions. And we have answers.

Democrat Alani Bankhead ‘does not have the momentum, resources or will to win this race,’ outgoing chair Shannon O’Brien wrote.

Industry groups and economists are skeptical that new imports and dyed-fuel waivers will move the needle on spiking diesel prices.

It's not that property values are dropping at an alarming rate across downtown. Rather, the change is largely attributed to NorthWestern Energy's acquisition of Energy West and to the utility's histor...

Two schools closed, enrollment dropped and faculty resigned amid changes that were supposed to unite the system.

Kurt Alme, the Republican frontrunner, was the target of the lion’s share of attack lines, mostly for backing congressional Republican stances on tariffs, immigration and the war in Iran.

A closer look at some of the legislative and county races appearing on ballots in Missoula County.

A majority of Montana voters say healthcare will help decide their vote this November, so we asked the candidates what they’d do about it.

The south-central Montana union, made up of 420 laborers, has ratified a three-year contract with the South Africa-based mining company.

Used by fewer than one-quarter of voters, absentee voting now accounts for most Montana ballots.

The new initiative requires the county to “immediately” disclose any communications between county employees and anyone “associated or employed by any person or entity in the data center industry,” an...

The man had been living in Billings for at least two years, police said. During that time, contact with police was “very limited,” but he had an “extensive violent history” from Florida, including bur...

Tracking absentee ballots. Reassuring voters. Getting it right. Here’s what it takes to run elections in Montana.

The unanimous vote came after a marathon public hearing over the film’s compliance with its local permit.

The requirement has voided nearly 6,000 votes since 2025.

Voters say affordability is their No. 1 issue going into the midterm elections, so we asked the candidates what they’d do about it.

The crowded lockup is more than 200 people over capacity. Bond and levy proponents say measures would make it safer for staff, inmates.

What started as a ‘spoof’ of a famous cattle drive has lasted 38 years in a small town along I-90.

Flynn has spent almost 20 years at the Montana Department of Transportation.

After accepting Gov. Gianforte’s donation of the historic Hauser Mansion, officials say the state is in the design phase for adding ADA accommodations to the 140-year-old home.

Farmers can’t stop buying diesel — and usually can’t pass the added costs along.

Across Greater Yellowstone, landowners and conservation groups are working together to install fences that allow wildlife to pass safely through.

The deal softens a proposed deductible spike, but leaves monthly premium increases in place.

Lee, Montana's biggest newspaper company, will grow its footprint to nearly all of the state's major markets with the acquisition.

Joe Ricketts founded TD Ameritrade and his family owns the Chicago Cubs baseball team. The billionaire also owns the 1,300-acre Jackson Fork Ranch south of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Ricketts wants to sav...

New Census Bureau estimates show where air conditioning is most — and least — common in Montana.

Less than 48 hours after putting the initiative on the ballot, the court reverses course.

Officials say that the statue has sustained extensive damage and that repairs are ‘infeasible.’

With midterm election approaching, affordability is shaping how Montanans plan to vote.

Butte-Silver Bow County said it intends to comply, but is unsure how.

Amy Eddy and Dan Wilson are competing in a nonpartisan — but increasingly politicized — race for the state’s highest court.

Montana voters give low marks to elected officials, say state is on the “wrong track.”

Gabriel Metcalf lives directly across the busy, four-lane Broadwater Avenue from Broadwater Elementary School. Many parents, school officials and law enforcement officers watching his current actions ...

“When I started in the ‘80s, cocaine was the drug that we saw here. We saw some violence out of that. The drug dealers would be fighting for turf. There were a lot of bars. Prostitution was prevalent....

Charlie Brereton has helmed the agency for four years.

Local officials say a first-in-the-nation state law is hamstringing the public’s power to regulate unpopular development.

Upper Seven Law announced that 24 "unlawfully detained individuals" had been released from the Cascade County Detention Center. More are expected to be released as the court considers further petition...