Mired by a stagnant population while Montana’s other larger cities have enjoyed relative economic booms, Great Falls has long had a bit of an underdog reputation. The city lagged behind Missoula, ...

Grassroots petitions in Butte-Silver Bow and Yellowstone counties aimed at curbing data center growth in Montana could make ...

Less than 24 hours after terminating about $2 billion in substance abuse and mental health grants nationwide, the Trump administration reversed itself and restored the funding. In Montana, state ...

An aerial view of docks on the eastern shore of Flathead Lake in 2023, the last time the lake did not hit full pool due to drought. Credit: Justin Franz / MTFP Given northwest Montana’s warm and dry ...

An aerial view shows settling ponds and coal silos at the now-defunct Decker Mine. Decades of coal mining and methane drilling have contributed to water-quality issues in the nearby Tongue River ...

A snowmobiler died in an avalanche near the Montana-Idaho border over the weekend. It is Idaho’s first avalanche fatality of the 2025-2026 season. The slide occurred on Feb. 22 north of the Keg ...

The Montana-based group promoting a ballot initiative that would make campaign finance more transparent obscures its own financial backers with a murky fundraising structure, according to publicly ...

A state judge in Helena Friday extended a legal freeze on Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s rejection of thousands of petition signatures on a trio of constitutional initiatives seeking ...

(Right to Left) Chris Siegley of Bozeman, Joann Proxell of Anaconda, Mary Brasher of Butte, Bob Brasher of Butte, and Elaine Wralner of Anaconda, wait outside the Mother Lode Theatre to listen to ...

Montana U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy is claiming he sustained injuries from allegedly faulty ammunition he used in 2024. In a lawsuit the Republican senator filed against Freedom Munitions, Sheehy claims the ...

A proposal to explore for copper and other minerals on public land west of Helena has garnered pushback from environmental groups who say the timeline for the federal government’s review leaves ...