One week into the filing period for the 2026 elections, one thing is clear: The year’s biggest primary race, to be decided in June, will be the Democratic contest for Montana’s Western U.S. House ...

The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s previous finding that a proposed ballot initiative aiming to end corporate spending in political campaigns is ...

Three prominent Republicans filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a judge to invalidate one of the two bipartisan bills that reduced 2025 property taxes for many Montana homeowners. They argue the ...

Nick Vertz suspected calm weather wouldn’t soon return after last week’s high-speed wind event that recorded 101-mph winds in Glacier County. The Billings-based National Weather Service forecaster ...

Great Falls biorefinery Montana Renewables can now send hundreds of thousands of gallons of wastewater to disposal sites in nearby Pondera County after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

District Court Judge Jeffrey Dahood discusses the charges with County Attorney Morgan Smith and Michael Paul Brown’s attorneys, Christopher White and Walter Hennessey, from the Office of the State ...

Roosevelt County Sheriff Jason Frederick sits for a portrait in the conference room at the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office April 27, 2026, in Wolf Point. Credit: Lauren Miller, Montana Free Press, ...

Late voter registration, allowing Montanans to sign up to vote so long as they’re in line before polls officially close, will continue at least through the June 2 primary election under a court order ...

A missing hiker in Glacier National Park appears to have been killed by a bear in what could be the first fatal bear encounter in the park in nearly 30 years. Anthony Pollio, 33, of Fort Lauderdale, ...

A worker who was electrocuted at the Stillwater Mine last summer used the wrong switch to try to cut power to a portion of the underground mine because it wasn’t properly labeled, according to a ...

Brian Miller and Sam Lux don’t have history, money, or momentum on their side. They’re taking their best shots anyway.