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Flood Watch Covers Gates of the Mountains, Central Montana Through Sunday Evening
A Flood Watch issued by the National Weather Service in Great Falls remains in effect through 6 p.m. Sunday for portions...
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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund
A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration Friday from moving forward with a fund that critics have warned could be used to reward the president's political allies. Judge Leonie Brinkema, sitting in the Eastern District of Virginia, issued the brief order halting the fund while legal challenges proceed.
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Zinke's Exit Blows Open Western Montana's U.S. House Race
What was supposed to be a straightforward re-election campaign for a popular Flathead Valley congressman has become one of the more wide-open congress...
Government
Out-of-State Super PAC Spending Big to Shape 2027 Montana Legislature Races
A Washington, D.C.-based super PAC called School Freedom Fund has been flooding Montana legislative races with mailers and digital ads targeting Repub...
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Great Falls Crews Pull Two People From Missouri River in Single Afternoon
Emergency responders in Great Falls conducted two separate rescues from the Missouri River last Friday, May 29, both wit...
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Missouri Below Holter Running at 3,820 CFS as Flood Watch Covers Region
The Missouri River below Holter Dam was moving at 3,820 cubic feet per second as of Saturday morning, according to the U...
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