Starting this year, floaters are now required to carry with them something they have always been able to leave behind — their excrement.
Police found the children — the girl and two boys — walking together in an alley at 4:45 a.m. on Nov. 30 when it was below freezing.
The profound appreciation for public lands and natural environments — and a pervasive feeling of worsening quality of life — were widespread across the state's normally gaping political divide.
Father Patrick Beretta will host a “Mass to Honor All Butte Working People” at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, at the Granite Mountain Memorial.
Nothing heightens the senses like roaming griz country alone, whether on two feet or hunched over two wheels as a meaty lime-green semblance of a wounded cow elk.
A tribal attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Jackson was former chief legal counsel to the Montana Department of Natural Resources.
"Throughout the country, mail is unfortunately being used to introduce drugs into prison facilities," the Montana Department of Corrections said.
The numbers are so high that a researcher initially had a hard time believing them. A Lee Enterprises investigation gives insight about the forces that have been fueling these deaths.
The Legislative Audit Committee "insisted" the corrections department provide "material" outcomes in six months.
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"He's the ultimate Dillon Beaver and we're going to miss the heck out of him."
The National Homelessness Law Center called it the "most significant case about homelessness in 40+ years."
TDS Telecom executives and others celebrated a new company hub in Butte on Monday.
Leann Malcolm, charged with stabbing her partner to death in Anaconda on April 10, has pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide and tampering with evidence.
Police believe a jaw bone found in southern Anaconda-Deer Lodge County on Saturday is from a human.
Jack Losensky's new book, 'Logging for the Company,' details a time when the Anaconda smelter's insatiable need for fuel required woodcutters and skillfully engineered flumes to deliver the necessary timber.
Renee Griffith Grantham, who made legal history in Montana in a case against Butte High School, was killed in a traffic incident in Missouri this week.
The reigning Frontier Conference champions wrapped up their spring practices on a sunny afternoon in Dillon on Saturday.
The Butte High junior has a busy schedule during most meets, as he has competed in six different events so far during the 2024 season.
Only 50 Montana school districts are currently set to receive financial rewards for increasing teacher pay next year.
The Helena Police Department had a rodeo on their hands Friday morning after a moose caused a brief shelter-in-place at Capital high School.
The order comes out of a lawsuit filed by the Montana Quality Education Coalition earlier.
The ACLU is challenging Montana laws that restrict sex marker changes on birth certificates and drivers' licenses.
Authorities found dead animals scattered about a couple's property in Beaverhead County and the living animals were malnourished.
The vote cannot stop the measure but gave opponents space to voice their concerns.
Both large air tankers, including one in Missoula, are grounded pending a joint investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Forest Service.
Though Montana shares a border with Canada, issues surrounding the southern U.S. border with Mexico have dominated messaging in the state’s U.S. Senate race.
Paddling rivers could be tougher with April to July stream flows forecast at 70% to 85% of normal.
Contracted facilities could have been fined over $100,000 due to their minimum teacher shortfalls, but those provisions weren't enforced.
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Asher Croy had moved from linebacker to running back this spring and showed well in Montana's spring football game earlier this month.
Four members of the Montana men’s tennis team earned all-Big Sky Conference honors, highlighted by a unanimous first team selection for Tom Bittner.
The Big Sky Conference announced its 2024 all-conference teams and individual award winners for women's tennis, with Montana winning all three top honors.
Old Elk, a 5-foot-8 guard, averaged 14.6 points. 5.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists as a sophomore for Dawson.
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Disney is banking on its so-called experiences division, with plans to spend billions freshening up its popular theme parks and attractions, as well as resort, cruise line and merchandise.
Some dogs seem to destroy every toy they get their mouths on in a matter of minutes. These tougher dog toys will keep power chewers entertained while providing benefits like mental stimulation or tooth cleaning.
Movie critic Bruce Miller says that if you get an invitation to dinner from "Abigail" just say it got lost in the mail. She's a messy eater.
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