Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

Sports

It was a split week for Helena's high school athletic programs, with Capital High's football team suffering a narrow road…

Community

The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest is recruiting members to serve on its Resource Advisory…

Public Safety

Sun Canyon Road is back open after a rockslide blocked the route on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.

Government

Lewis and Clark County and dozens of other Montana counties moved ahead this week with printing return envelopes for absentee…

Government

Montana state Sen. Cora Neuman is among a group of Democratic lawmakers from across the country working to build a more coordinated state-level political…

Public Safety

a rockslide deposited boulders across Sun Canyon Road, prompting emergency removal work by the Helena-Lewis and Clark National…

Government

A U.S. District Court judge sided with American Prairie this week, issuing a temporary restraining order that blocks the Bureau of Land Management from forcing the conservation organization to remove more than 300 privately owned bison from federal…

Government

Legislators are signaling that increased oversight of the Montana Department of Corrections is likely on the table — possibly as early as the 2027…

Government

A legislative oversight committee voted 10-1 this week to subpoena Montana Secretary of State Christi…

Government

Gov. Greg Gianforte signed an executive order Monday temporarily relaxing motor carrier regulations on truck driver hours, a move aimed at helping ranchers across Montana get hay to their cattle during what has shaped up to be a brutal stretch for…

Government

A federal court decision out of Idaho is drawing attention from abortion-rights advocates and legal observers across the region, including here in Montana, where the issue has its own complicated legal history.

Government

ending a legal challenge that could have returned him to the regulatory body earlier. The…

Public Safety

The Helena National Forest will close Mill Falls Campground and its access road beginning August 31…

Public Safety

The Helena National Forest will close Mill Falls Campground and its access road beginning August 31, 2026, under Forest Order #01-15-01-26-04.

Sports

The Capital High Bruins boys soccer team rolled to an 8-0 victory over the Flathead Braves on August…

Sports

The Capital High Bruins boys soccer team rolled to an 8-0 victory over the Flathead Braves on August 28 in a conference match played away from Helena.

Sports

Capital High's Bruins dropped both their matches on August 29.

Public Safety

The Helena National Forest has issued an updated closure order for trails in the Camp Creek Fire area, superseding an earlier order as firefighters continue working the blaze.

Public Safety

The Helena National Forest has issued an updated closure order for trails in the Camp Creek Fire area, superseding an earlier order as firefighters continue working the blaze.

Sports

The Capital High School Bruins defeated the Great Falls Russell Rustlers 21-14 on August 28 in a non-conference road game.

Public Safety

A Montana Army National Guard aircrew returned home this week after deploying to Washington state to support wildfire suppression…

Government

Montana is guaranteed to receive at least $89 million from the landmark $17.1 billion settlement reached with…

Government

The Montana Public Service Commission is investigating a spike in NorthWestern Energy electric bills for August, after hundreds of customers contacted the commission reporting charges they couldn't explain.

Government

Gov. Greg Gianforte has appointed Kirk Bushman to fill a seat on the Montana Public Service Commission while Commissioner Brad Molnar remains suspended.

Government

The top recommendation from Gov. Greg Gianforte's energy task force is a significant one: Montana should consider scrapping its elected Public Service Commission in favor of an appointed body.

Government

The top recommendation from Gov. Greg Gianforte's energy task force is a significant one: Montana should consider scrapping its elected Public Service Commission in favor of an appointed body.

Government

NorthWestern Energy customers across the Helena area are opening their August bills and doing double-takes.

Government

the Montana Public Service Commission cannot legitimately proceed with hearings on NorthWestern Energy's proposed merger while Commissioner Brad Molnar remains…

Government

Two Republican state lawmakers filed suit Friday against Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Secretary of State after Knudsen issued a decision this week that would remove them from the November ballot on term limit grounds.

Government

Two Republican state lawmakers filed suit Friday against Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Secretary of State after Knudsen issued a decision this week that would remove them from the November ballot on term limit grounds.

Government

replacing it with a new interpretation that would allow two veteran Republican lawmakers to run for the…

Public Safety

according to a public update from the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. Northern…

Government

A Missoula District Court judge heard oral arguments Thursday in a lawsuit challenging House Bill 121, the 2025 state law that requires sex-segregated spaces in multiuser public bathrooms, dormitories, and locker rooms.

Public Safety

The Ant Park Fire burning in the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest stood at 400 acres with 40 percent containment as of August 12.

Government

state officials and forestry professionals gathered in Alberton this week to drive home a message for homeowners…

Government

ongoing water problems in the North Star subdivision and a stalled NorthWestern Energy…

Public Safety

The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest posted…

Public Safety

The Queen Gulch Fire, burning about 14 miles northeast of Boulder, has reached 75 percent containment, according to the latest update from the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.

Public Safety

The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest is managing an active wildfire called the Ant Park Fire, located approximately one mile south of Lost Fork Ridge.

Government

Helena-Lewis and Clark National…

Government

Twenty-two Democratic members of the Montana Legislature have signed a letter asking Alani Bankhead, the party's nominee for U.S. Senate, to withdraw from the November race.

Public Safety

A wildfire burning one mile south of Lost Fork Ridge in the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest has drawn a Type 3 incident management…

Education

Agriculture and industrial arts teachers from across Montana spent two days this summer learning how to make knives at Cascade High…

Public Safety

according to an update posted by the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.…

Public Safety

Red Flag Warning in Effect for Helena National Forest Through Saturday…

Public Safety

Red Flag Warning in Effect for Helena National Forest Through Saturday…

Government

Gov. Greg Gianforte's office announced Thursday that it is accepting public comment through August 20th on five…

Public Safety

The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest announced road closures and barrier deployments at six locations in the Little Belt Mountains starting August…

Public Safety

Entities: Flathead National Forest, Flathead County Sheriff, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Skillet…

Government

Members of the public and a coalition of advocacy groups are pressing NorthWestern Energy to overhaul its long-term power planning document — arguing the utility's current draft fails to account for the electricity demands of data centers.

Business

A new business called Montana Photo Lounge, LLC has registered with the Montana Secretary of State as a domestic limited liability company based in Lewis and Clark County.

Public Safety

A Fire Weather Watch is in effect for much of north-central Montana — including the Helena and Townsend Ranger Districts of the Helena National Forest and the Lincoln Ranger District.

Public Safety

A Fire Weather Watch is in effect for much of north-central Montana — including the Helena and Townsend Ranger Districts of the Helena National Forest and the Lincoln Ranger District.

Government

The State of Montana is recruiting for a Compliance Specialist 3 position within the Department of Corrections.

Education

according to a job posting listed by the state. The position is open at multiple locations and sits within OPI's curriculum and…

Education

one of Montana's most complex…

Real Estate

NorthWestern Energy recorded four new easements in Lewis and Clark County between July 13 and July…

Real Estate

NorthWestern Energy recorded four new easements in Lewis and Clark County between July 13 and July…

Public Safety

bring backup generators online across 17 states, including Montana and Wyoming, as an approaching heat wave threatens to push…

Public Safety

as an approaching heat wave threatens to push…

Government

asking commissioners to temporarily halt data center development in the county and push the…

Government

asking commissioners to temporarily halt data center development in the county and push the…

Real Estate

NorthWestern Energy has recorded at least four new easements in Lewis and Clark County since July…

Real Estate

NorthWestern Energy has recorded at least four new easements in Lewis and Clark County since July…

Community

Hundreds of Montana families have reported buying milk that spoiled well before its printed expiration…

Public Safety

fire activity ramped up across Montana and the broader region, with air quality readings in much of western Montana hitting or exceeding…

Government

Two exploratory mining projects in west-central Montana's Little Blackfoot…

Government

Montana abortion…

Real Estate

NorthWestern Energy recorded four separate easements with Lewis and Clark County between July 13 and July 22, a cluster of filings that suggests the utility is moving infrastructure through multiple Helena neighborhoods in a compressed window.

Education

More than 300 people turned out for the fourth annual Farm-to-Table Food Festival at Bodhi Farms, where 10 chefs and local food businesses prepared dishes built around Montana-grown ingredients.

Business

Bias Brewing LLC has registered as a Montana limited liability company and applied for a Montana Retail On-Premises Consumption Beer license at 412 S. Main Street.

Public Safety

The fires — named the Owl Creek Fire and the Cache Creek Fire — are…

Public Safety

The National Weather Service office in Great Falls issued a Heat Advisory for portions of central, north central, and southwest Montana beginning Friday…

Government

State lawmakers and legislative staff from Montana are among the attendees expected at the 2026 National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative…

Government

State lawmakers and legislative staff from Montana are among the attendees expected at the 2026 National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative…

Real Estate

NorthWestern Energy recorded four easements on Lewis and Clark County properties over a ten-day stretch this month, a cluster of filings that points to infrastructure work underway or planned across multiple Helena neighborhoods.

Real Estate

NorthWestern Energy recorded four easements on Lewis and Clark County properties over a ten-day stretch this month, a cluster of filings that points to infrastructure work underway or planned across multiple Helena neighborhoods.

Business

Jess Lockwood, the two-time Professional Bull Riders world champion who calls Montana home, has registered a limited liability company with the Montana Secretary of State.

Business

Jess Lockwood, the two-time Professional Bull Riders world champion who calls Montana home, has registered a limited liability company with the Montana Secretary of State.

Public Safety

Flock Safety cameras capable of scanning and logging license plates are already operating at retail locations in Great Falls, including at a Home Depot parking lot, and most shoppers have no idea the technology is there. The cameras use artificial…

Public Safety

The National Weather Service in Great Falls issued a Red Flag Warning late Thursday night for a broad swath of central Montana, including the Lewis and Clark National Forest Rocky Mountain District and the Rocky Mountain Front.

Government

Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar added VoteVets to his endorsement list this week, a national progressive veterans organization that describes itself as the largest of its kind in the country. The endorsement is the latest in a string…

Public Safety

The warning covers a broad swath of north-central Montana including Lewis and Clark National Forest.

Public Safety

The watch cites a combination of hot temperatures, gusty winds, [affecting the Lewis and Clark National Forest area].

Government

The State of Montana is accepting applications for Criminal Defense Investigator 2 positions with the Office of Public Defender, with openings listed at multiple locations across the state.

Government

Both Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead and independent candidate Seth Bodnar say they're staying in Montana's U.S. Senate race.

Government

filling a vacancy in District 2, which covers south-central Montana.

Government

Gov. Greg Gianforte is accepting applications for a temporary appointment to the Montana Public Service Commission, filling a vacancy in District 2, which covers south-central Montana.

Government

a move that affects old-growth forests across the West, including areas relevant to northern…

Government

a move that affects old-growth forests across the West, including areas relevant to northern…

Government

Government: Trump Claims Election Infrastructure at Risk in Primetime Address; No Evidence of Broad Interference Offered — Entities: Donald Trump, White House, Montana Secretary of State, Lewis and Clark…

Community

Holter Dam, roughly 35 miles north of Helena on the…

Government

The Montana Secretary of State's Office formally confirmed this week that independent candidates have qualified for the ballot in both the U.S. Senate race and the eastern congressional district…

Government

The Montana Legislature cannot legally redraw its own district boundaries between the regular ten-year redistricting…

Business

a contact address of 205 2nd Street in Joliet…

Business

A new limited liability company called Agriculture Consulting Services of Montana, LLC has registered with the Montana Secretary of State, listing a Lewis and Clark County filing and a contact address of 205 2nd Street in Joliet, Montana.

Government

Eastern Montana shattered heat records during the week of July…

Government

A group of Montana lawyers has released a legal analysis concluding that the Montana Democratic Party would not be obligated to nominate a replacement…

Government

Four Montana inmates have died at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi in…

Government

Montana is on the verge of two consequential blunders — approving a wave of data center development and moving forward with the NorthWestern Energy merger — without fully accounting for the long-term…

Government

Montana is on the verge of two consequential blunders — approving a wave of data center development and moving forward with the NorthWestern Energy merger — without fully accounting for the long-term…

Government

Montana Secretary of State officials confirmed Wednesday that three independent candidates for political office have submitted enough valid signatures to appear on the November general election ballot.

Government

one that a group participating in the case argues could invalidate any decision…

Government

Jason Ellsworth, the former Montana Senate president who faces charges of abusing his office for personal gain.

Government

may run headlong into the state Constitution — and that the governor himself could be among those on the…

Government

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission — the federal agency created after the 2000 election debacle to set voting system standards and administer Help America Vote Act funds — has no members as of this week after President Trump removed its…

Education

Janicki Industries officially broke ground Friday on what the company says will become its largest manufacturing campus, a 180-acre development at Great Falls' AgriTech Park representing an estimated $800 million investment.

Business

A new development company called White Dog Development, LLC has registered with the Montana Secretary of State, listing an address of 2875 Little Coyote Road in Big Sky.

Public Safety

The National Weather Service office in Great Falls has issued a Heat Advisory running from noon Friday through 9 p.m. Monday for portions of central, north central, and southwest Montana — including the Helena area.

Government

The suspension marks one of…

Government

the 2023 law that banned gender-affirming care for transgender…

Arts & Culture

Reyes is on a Montana tour and will visit Montana Book Company on July 28.

Public Safety

A Montana law firm has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court challenging the arrest.

Government

Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday that Misty Ann Giles will leave her post as director of Montana's Department of Administration at the end of August.

Government

Former state lawmaker Mark Blasdel will take over the role, having previously served in the Montana Legislature.

Arts & Culture

Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild in Lincoln, Montana, is running a free Saturday concert and performance series through Labor Day.

Government

Montana closed out Fiscal Year 2025 with general fund revenues growing 4.1…

Government

Montana closed out Fiscal Year 2025 with general fund revenues growing 4.1 percent — a swing of nearly six percentage points from the 1.7 percent decline that budget writers had penciled in, according to a report from the Legislative Fiscal…

Government

A new poll finds that 77 percent of Montanans support raising the state's cigarette tax by $2 per…

Government

a decision that Montana elected officials and campaign finance watchers say could further…

Government

American Prairie scored a significant legal victory this week when a federal judge granted the conservation nonprofit a preliminary injunction in its ongoing fight with the state of Montana over grazing its bison herd on public lands.

Government

Montana officially began enforcing work requirements for its Medicaid expansion program on July 1, marking the first time the state has actually implemented community engagement rules that lawmakers first pursued seven years ago.

Government

Montana is on track to become one of the first states in the country to enforce new Medicaid work requirements when the rules take effect July…

Business

A new pub called Slainte! Butte America Pub, LLC has registered as a domestic limited liability company with the Montana Secretary of State.

Public Safety

An Alzada family lost their home early Sunday morning after a propane leak triggered an explosion that destroyed the house, leaving them without shelter and, critically, without insurance coverage to help them rebuild. The rental property, located in [Montana].

Public Safety

Two Montana mothers who each lost a child to suicide are working together to turn their grief into law.

Public Safety

Two Montana mothers who each lost a child to suicide are working together to turn their grief into law, advocating for new legislation they hope will prevent other families from going through what they have endured.

Government

It has been a decade since anyone outside the Republican Party won a top-ticket statewide race in Montana, and eight years since a majority of Montana voters backed a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate.

Government

Sheehy says the company acknowledged problem[s with the ammunition, as reported amid his work in the Montana Legislature].

Government

Montanans who want to weigh in on NorthWestern Energy's next Integrated Resource Plan — the company's long-range roadmap for how it will generate and deliver electricity — will have fewer chances to do so than they did the last time around.

Government

Several Montana outdoor organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Montana Land Board, arguing that a recent update to the state's land transfer policy was pushed through without the public process required under state law.

Government

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has formally determined that the Big Hole River is impaired.

Government

Montana is getting older faster than state planners expected, according to updated demographic…

Government

The document that governs how Helena and every other Montana community is run traces its roots not to the statehouse but to a convention held more than 50 years ago.

Government

A proposal from NorthWestern Energy to create a new rate structure for data centers drew significant public interest at the Montana Public Service Commission.

Government

Montana state officials have made their final call on where to build a long-planned forensic psychiatric facility: Laurel, on the state's south-central edge, roughly 130 miles from Helena.

Government

Montana state officials have made their final call on where to build a long-planned forensic psychiatric facility: Laurel, on the state's south-central edge, roughly 130 miles from Helena.

Arts & Culture

Every Monday in July, the lawn outside the Scott Hart Building across from the State Capitol will be the place to find Pow Wow Indian Tacos and frybread, as organizers raise money for the 27th annual Last Chance Community Pow Wow.

Government

Hawaii has enacted a campaign finance law modeled on what organizers are calling the Montana Plan — an effort to limit corporate spending in state elections — giving the movement its first out-of-state adoption and adding momentum ahead of Montana voting.

Government

a direct response to questions about political favoritism in disaster aid distribution across Montana.

Government

a proposed state forensic mental health facility near Laurel came away with nothing — or more precisely, with one word.

Education

Nine months after Helena voters approved more than $280 million in school construction bonds, the project that anchored the campaign is moving from planning tables to actual ground.

Education

turning the city into what may be the largest concentration of youth rugby talent assembled in Montana in recent…

Government

Alani Bankhead won a Democratic Montana Senate primary this spring with less money than many campaigns spend on yard signs.

Government

If results go the right way in November, the Montana Legislature's American Indian Caucus could be larger than it has ever been.

Community

A new feature from the Independent Record traces the arc of Montana's mining history.

Government

House Democrats held a press conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday calling for stronger federal protections for transgender and gender-diverse students, pushing back against actions by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration.

Government

terminate bison grazing leases on Bureau of Land Management parcels in Montana, setting up a legal fight over the future of bison.

Government

Montana homeowners who felt shortchanged by last year's property tax relief effort may get another shot at a fix — but they'll have to wait until the 2027 Legislature convenes.

Government

Gov. Greg Gianforte and First Lady Susan Gianforte are accelerating their plan to donate the Samuel T. Hauser Mansion to the state of Montana.

Business

A new limited liability company called L & R Montana LLC has registered with the Montana Secretary of State, listing an address in Silver…

Community

Residents looking to cut firewood on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest can now purchase permits online, the Forest Service has announced.

Education

but as a hands-on experience meant to connect students with the work that defines…

Government

dealing a significant setback to Montana plaintiffs who had traveled to Missoula's…

Government

Alani Bankhead walked out of the Rialto Bar on Tuesday night as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, having defeated Reilly Neill by nearly 12,000 votes.

Government

The ruling is the…

Government

Pattison pulled 22,015 votes — 67 percent of…

Government

Montana's June 2 primary election has come and gone, and the results sketch a political landscape that rewards incumbency, party…

Business

Helena Buds LLC, a newly registered domestic limited liability company, is operating as a medical marijuana dispensary serving patients in the city, based on job listings tied to the business…

Government

President Donald Trump announced this week that the federal government will spend $700 million to build or refurbish coal power infrastructure across the…

Government

The Trump administration is redirecting fees collected at national parks and federal recreational lands — money paid by hikers, campers, and visitors — toward construction projects in Washington, D.C., a move that critics say strips funding from…

Government

When the results came in from Montana's June 2 congressional primaries, a generational shift was impossible to ignore: for the first time, the state's congressional delegation will be shaped entirely by candidates from outside the Baby Boomer…

Government

Eight Republican incumbents lost their seats in Tuesday's primary election, the most incumbent legislators to be denied renomination in a single cycle in recent Montana…

Government

With Tuesday's primary results certified, Montana's three congressional races are set for the fall, and at least one political scientist says the real messaging battle is only just beginning.

Government

Tuesday's primary election produced no clear rout for either wing of Montana's deeply divided Republican Party, with results showing each faction — the hard-right insurgents and the more traditional establishment bloc — claiming enough victories to…

Business

A Washington-based aerospace and industrial manufacturer has chosen Great Falls over Twin Falls, Idaho, for a 2-million-square-foot campus that the company says will bring $800 million in investment and up to 1,000 jobs within its first five years.

Government

On the Senate side, Republican Kurt Alme and Democrat…

Government

setting up a November contest in Montana's eastern U.S. House district.

Education

The family and friends of a 13-year-old Billings girl who died by suicide last October are pressing for expanded mental health and counseling resources in Montana schools.

Business

A new limited liability company called 840 Helena Avenue, LLC was registered with the Montana Secretary of State, listing an address of 840 Helena Avenue, Suite 103, in Helena.

Public Safety

The Park Lake campground and day-use area in the Helena National Forest is closed to visitors starting June 1 while crews repair an earthen dam and regrade the access road, the Forest Service announced.

Government

Montana voters have already returned more than 188,595 ballots in this year's primary election as of Monday morning.

Government

Montana voters have already returned more than 188,595 ballots in this year's primary election as of Monday morning, according to the Secretary of State's website.

Government

Montana became the 25th state to join the Trump administration's 'A Home for Every Child' initiative Monday.

Government

A Washington, D.C.-based super PAC called School Freedom Fund has been flooding Montana legislative races with mailers and digital ads targeting Republican incumbents.

Government

What was supposed to be a straightforward re-election campaign for a popular Flathead Valley congressman has become one of the more wide-open congressional primaries Montana has seen in years.

Government

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez traveled to Missoula on May 28 to rally support for Democrat Sam Forstag, who is running in Tuesday's primary. The appearance marks the second consecutive year the New York congresswoman has made the trip to…

Government

Tuesday's primary election will sort out a crowded Republican field for two open seats on the Montana Public Service Commission — the five-member board that regulates monopoly…

Government

the five-member board that regulates monopoly utilities and, by extension, has a direct hand in what Helena-area…

Government

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., declined Thursday to block President Trump's executive order restricting voting by mail, at least for now, leaving the order in effect while legal challenges continue to work through the courts.

Government

Montana's 2026 primary election is Tuesday, June 2, and Helena voters will head to the polls.

Government

has turned its attention to the Democratic side of Montana's U.S. Senate primary, spending nearly $700,000 in the final week before voters weigh…

Government

a move that would…

Government

PacificSource Health Plans, one of only three primary health insurers operating in Montana, has announced it will shut down its Montana operations and exit the insurance marketplace entirely by the end of the…

Community

Cancer Support Community Montana is coming to Helena for real this time — not as a satellite operation, but as a full chapter with a permanent address.

Government

accused of firing into the front of Helena's Planned Parenthood of Montana clinic in…

Government

Montana is roughly six weeks out from implementing new Medicaid work requirements, and health care advocates are raising pointed…

Community

The declaration came as much of Montana has been contending with below-normal precipitation.

Government

Helena resident Alani Bankhead entered the final stretch of Montana's Democratic U.S. Senate primary.

Sports

Capital High's Bruins handed the Helena High Bengals a 7-6 loss in varsity softball Friday, May 16, in what remained a one-run game throughout the late innings.

Government

Republican Commissioner Annie Bukacek is facing two challengers in the June 2026 primary for Public Service Commission District 5 — the only PSC race this cycle with an incumbent on the ballot.

Government

The outcome matters to Helena-area ratepayers because…

Sports

Capital High dropped a 5-4 decision to the Butte Bulldogs on May 12, while Helena High fell to the Big Sky Eagles by a score of 6-0.

Government

a deal that would reshape how most Montanans get their…

Government

The Montana Public Service Commission convened a four-day hearing this week to consider whether to approve a proposed merger between NorthWestern Energy and Black Hills Corp.

Sports

Capital High's Bruins took care of Flathead 4-0 but dropped a lopsided contest to Glacier 8-3.

Government

The Montana Public Service Commission voted Wednesday to adopt a 28-page investigative report recommending action against Commissioner Brad Molnar, its former president.

Government

The Montana Public Service Commission voted Wednesday to adopt a 28-page investigative report recommending action against Commissioner Brad Molnar, its former president, following a monthslong inquiry into his workplace conduct. The 3-2 vote marks…

Sports

Helena High Softball Is Having a Week — Capital High Too. Entities: Helena High Bengals, Capital High Bruins, Hellgate…

Public Safety

The Helena National Forest put seasonal fire restrictions into…

Government

Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar committed serious misconduct — including unwelcome sex-based comments in the workplace and retaliation against employees who reported his behavior — according to findings released by an internal response…

Public Safety

A prescribed burn designated the Poorman RX fire has burned 20 acres in Lewis and Clark County, according to fire reporting.

Government

Three Montana state agencies issued a joint advisory on April 23 directing residents to limit how much fish they eat from Fort Peck Reservoir and other contaminated waters across the state.

Government

Montana's Libertarian Party — the only third party in the state with a guaranteed general election ballot line alongside Republicans and Democrats — has a contested U.S. Senate primary this June.

Government

Kathleen "Katie" Lane, President Donald Trump's nominee for a federal judgeship in Montana, advanced out of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this week on a party-line vote.

Sports

The Helena High Bengals beat the Capital Bruins 9-8 in a conference softball game Monday, May 5, with Helena playing as the away team.

Government

Montana's 2026 U.S. Senate race got considerably more complicated when Republican incumbent Steve Daines announced he would not seek…

Sports

The Capital High School Bruins dominated the Hellgate Knights 19-4 in a varsity conference softball game Wednesday, April 30, played in Helena.

Arts & Culture

Montana WILD, the state's fish and wildlife education center on the south end of Helena, is hosting the World Migratory Bird Day Festival on Saturday, May 2.

Business

Lewis & Clark College, a private liberal arts institution based at 615 S. Palatine Hill Road in Portland, Oregon, has formally registered as a foreign non-profit corporation in Montana, according to records from the Montana Secretary of State's office.

Community

The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest has announced proposed changes to recreation fees, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Forest Service.

Community

The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest has signed a final decision authorizing a forestwide prescribed fire project, according to an announcement from the U.S. Forest Service's Region 1 office.

Community

The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest is still accepting participants for its Youth Forest Monitoring Program, according to the U.S. Forest Service.