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 ...

A broad coalition is suing the state over its interpretation of a decades-old law that housing developers have long relied on to supply water to low-density residential subdivisions outside public ...

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 ...

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A home for sale on West Spruce Street in Missoula on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. The number of home sales increased in 2024 for the first time since 2020, according to the 2025 Five Valleys Housing ...

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 ...

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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, ...