Secretary of State Corey Stapleton says he’s sending ballots to state lawmakers “as soon as possible,” for whether a special legislative session should be held in July. Police say the victims of a weekend shooting near a Missoula high school were 16 and 17 and were not from Missoula. The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council has banned a convicted drug dealer from coming onto the reservation in northern Montana.

A woman who was found gravely injured on the Flathead Indian Reservation over the weekend has died. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has deleted a photo of himself wearing socks with President Donald Trump's face and the slogan "Make America Great Again" after multiple groups said he was violating federal law. A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a Montana man who shot and killed a grizzly bear near Ronan in 2014.

Environmental regulators are asking a judge to rule that a mining executive violated Montana's "bad actor" law and to block him from operating in the state. Investigators say the Crow Indian Tribe cannot account for $14.5 million in federal transportation funding it received over a four-year period. Four people have been arrested after a woman was found gravely injured on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

Democrats in Congress are asking U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to explain the reassignments of dozens of senior agency officials, most recently Yellowstone National Park's superintendent who was offered an unwanted transfer and then told he'd be gone in August. Part of Highway 200 reopened this afternoon clearing the route between Missoula and Great Falls. Donald Trump Jr. is set to rally Montana Republicans after his father said Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester must pay "a big price" for

The Montana Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force are evacuating nearly 140 people from a Bible camp southwest of Augusta after the road was washed out due to flooding. The sponsors of at least two Montana citizens' initiatives say they've collected enough voter signatures to qualify their measures for the Nov. 6 general election. A proposal to ban mining near Yellowstone National Park got its first hearing in the U.S. House today. It has the unconditional support of Montana’s lone

Kalispell Regional Healthcare is under federal investigation over "compensation to certain physicians" and recently told employees it has set aside $21.5 million for a potential settlement. Mining industry advocates went on the offensive Wednesday against a proposed ballot initiative they say would effectively ban future mining in the state. The U.S. Forest Service proposed changes Wednesday to sage grouse protections in six Western states, including Montana, that call for eliminating special

The Montana Supreme Court today unanimously denied a request by the Montana Mining Association to toss out a proposed ballot initiative for being legally insufficient to put before voters. Heavy rain falling along the Rocky Mountain Front over the last several days has triggered flooding and road closures in and around the town of Augusta. All three of Montana’s delegates in Washington, DC, say they oppose the Trump Administration’s strategy of separating families at the border. But they

Governor Steve Bullock's budget director says the administration is complying with a judge's order to temporarily reinstate Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. Democratic U.S. Senator Jon Tester fielded questions from a broadcasters' group about immigration and health care after his Republican challenger declined to debate him on Father's Day. Montana Governor Steve Bullock is asking for a presidential disaster declaration for the spring flooding in the

Law enforcement officers with the Fort Peck Tribes are still searching for inmates who escaped from the tribal jail in Poplar. The tribe is offering reward money for information leading to the six who remain at large after 13 inmates escaped earlier this month. A Montana mortuary business must pay a woman $50,000 after her husband was cremated against his wishes. Idaho authorities say a second body has been recovered after a vehicle carrying six hunters crashed into the fast-moving Selway river

The Montana Supreme Court says a University of Montana campus police officer was wrong to continue to detain and question a student suspected of underage drinking without advising her of her right against self-incrimination. Montana wildlife managers want a 40-percent reduction in the quota for bobcats killed by trappers in the southwestern portion of the state amid signs the population is declining. A spokesman for the developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline says the company is pleased with