The total number of fires for 2024 was down from 2023, but more building fires occurred during the last few months of the year into this year with significantly higher property and content loss. It ...

A key Medicaid expansion bill passed the Montana House of Representatives on Feb. 10, one step closer to removing the sunset date on a program that has provided insurance coverage to thousands of ...

Two men have been sentenced for poaching and killing fish in the display pond at the Giant Springs Fish Hatchery in 2021. Richard Van Meter, 22, and Ty Robert Lewis, 21, were convicted of unlawful ...

City Commissioners approved a contract amendment for the Giant Springs Road slide repair project during their Feb. 4 meeting. The amendment is for $18,645 to the Terracon Inc. contract. Commissioners ...

Montana Legislators are pitching a tightrope of a bill in hopes of closing a loophole for large “unqualified” landowners who benefit from the lower agricultural property tax rate. But to do that, Hous ...

Calumet Montana Refining filed an application with Cascade County for a new tax abatement allowed under a section of state law that was amended by the 2023 Legislature. The new abatement statute ...

UM Legislative News Service, University of Montana School of Journalism Bill that would create hefty sentences for DUI deaths advances HELENA — Montana Legislators are pushing for changes to DUI laws ...

Montana legislators are pushing for changes to DUI laws – laws that Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, calls a national embarrassment. Mitchell is carrying House Bill 267, known as “Bobby’s Law” ...

The Mansfield Center's advisory board met in January and spent the bulk of their time discussing fundraising options for the facility. During their December meeting, board members of the Mansfield ...

City Commissioners briefly reviewed their goals for the year during their Feb. 4 work session. After an all-day commission retreat on Jan. 3, City Manager Greg Doyon distilled their discussion into ...

Stay warm out there Great Falls, here's this week's reading list. Associated Press: Israel begins releasing dozens of Palestinian prisoners in latest exchange under Gaza ceasefire KFF Health News: ...