A Jewish rabbi in Whitefish is receiving national recognition for her leadership in standing up to anti-Semitism. A Montana sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during an early morning traffic stop today. While about $12 million is financing the U.S. House race between Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Rob Quist, the Libertarian candidate says contributions to his campaign are just starting to roll in. Tribes representing tens of thousands of indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada will be

Republican U.S. House candidate Greg Gianforte picked up the endorsements of three of Montana’s largest newspapers over the weekend. The Missoulian , the Helena Independent Record , and the Billings Gazette all endorsed Gianforte over Democrat Rob Quist in the race to fill the state’s open seat in congress.

About $12 million is fueling the special election between Democrat Rob Quist and Republican Greg Gianforte, according to latest campaign finance disclosures. Helena Regional Airport in Montana will soon be using a full-body scanner for the first time since March 2013. The U.S. Supreme Court today turned away challenges to open primaries in Hawaii and Montana.

Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Billings this afternoon. Authorities in western Montana have released the names of a couple that died in a murder-suicide at the residence east of Corvallis. On the day Republican Candidate Greg Gianforte was grabbing headlines in and around Billings because of Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to the state, Democrat Rob Quist was at a low key event in Missoula.

Donald Trump Jr. joined Republican U.S. House Candidate Greg Gianforte on the campaign trail today in a four-city tour, two weeks before Montana selects its next congressman. Governor Steve Bullock has vetoed 10 more bills, including one that would have allowed residential subdivision developers to resume drilling multiple small water wells from the same water source without a permit. U.S. Department of Justice officials say a new audit has uncovered problems with how the Fort Belknap Indian

A 23-year-old Arizona woman who spent a week lost in a Montana wilderness area with her dog thanked her rescuers today. Montana's Democratic U.S. House candidate has ties to a rental property not listed on state tax rolls. Montana’s senior U.S. senator is calling for a special investigator to look into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Gov. Steve Bullock has vetoed seven more bills, including one that would prohibit doctors from performing late-term abortions and another that would allow lawmakers to carry concealed weapons. Four states are suing over the Trump administration's decision to restart the sale of coal leases on federal lands. Vice President Mike Pence is planning to visit Billings on Friday to help Republican Greg Gianforte stump for votes ahead of the May 25 special election to fill Montana’s U.S. House seat. It

Officials in northwestern Montana are investigating two missing person's reports. BNSF Railway says that, as a precautionary measure, it has removed material from the shore of Flathead Lake near Somers that has a mysterious, oily sheen. Republican House Candidate Greg Gianforte’s campaign is downplaying his comments about the House health care bill that were secretly recorded and leaked to the media. Montana’s been without a permanent U.S. Attorney for almost two straight months.

National Democrats are making a late bid to help their party's candidate in Montana's May 25 special congressional election. Vice President Mike Pence plans to travel to Montana next weekend to campaign for Republican Greg Gianforte. Details on the trip have not yet been finalized. Governor Steve Bullock used his veto pen yesterday to kill what he calls ‘a regular political game’ played by the legislature, to restrict the governor’s use of the state airplane.

The Environmental Protection Agency and BNSF Railway are responding to an unidentified sheen on the shoreline of Flathead Lake. A Nevada consulting firm and three of its executives will pay a Native American tribe in Montana $2.5 million the tribe says was stolen from an online lending company it owns. Montana didn’t have a vote on the health care bill that passed the U.S. House today.