A trial is underway in the case of a Florence pain doctor charged in the overdose deaths of two patients. A company that wants to build a large sea terminal in Washington to export coal to Asia is challenging that state's decision to deny a key permit. Steve Daines and three other Republican senators released draft legislation they say would reverse the so-called Cottonwood Decision. The National Park Service is proposing a steep increase to entrance fees at 17 of its most popular sites next

A federal appeals court says the campaign contribution limits Montana voters enacted in 1994 are constitutional. Montana wildlife managers are bolstering their efforts to look for chronic wasting disease this fall. Officials in western Montana are warning hikers to use care after a mountain lion was spotted. Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton says the mountain lion was seen on the south side of Mount Helena. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is adding an additional public

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Montana is giving the public a yearly review of its work tonight at Helena College. Two health insurance companies have increased the rates for some of the policies they sell in Montana. Montana’s Public Service Commission is holding a public listening session in Havre a week from Monday.

One Democrat hoping to unseat Republican Congressman Greg Gianforte next fall has an early lead in his campaign bankroll, according to the latest federal finance documents. Montana could be in for another colder and wetter-than-normal winter.

Multiple wildfires discovered yesterday continue burning across Flathead County. High winds took down power lines and caused smoldering debris piles to escape their perimeters. Several Montana Republicans hoping to unseat Democratic U.S. Senator Jon Tester are loaning themselves money to prime their campaign war chests as election season get started. The federal government gave Montana a one-year extension to comply with the REAL ID law. Without it, Montanans could not board a commercial

The ACLU of Montana is challenging the constitutionality of a proposed ballot initiative that would require transgender residents to use public bathrooms that correspond with their sex at birth. The University of Montana announced today that it will try to cut excess personnel through a voluntary severance strategy. High winds in the Flathead Valley are stirring up fires and causing power outages. Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says fire crews are still responding to fires reported outside

Republican Representative Greg Gianforte has raised $252,000 dollars since July for next year's election for Montana's sole U.S. House seat, while two Democratic challengers took in about twice as much combined over the same period, according to campaign filings. Federal regulators are allowing two companies offering health insurance through the individual market in Montana to file rate increases after President Donald Trump's decision last week to end federal subsidies for low- to middle-income

Montana's insurance commissioner says two of the three companies offering health insurance through the individual market in the state cannot adjust their rates following President Donald Trump's decision to end federal subsidies for low- to middle-income people. The University of Providence in Great Falls plans to add men's and women's hockey, beginning in the fall of 2018. Homeowners in Seeley Lake are offering their summer residences to displaced victims of California wildfires.

Congressman Greg Gianforte is inviting the public to be on a conference call with him tonight at 6:05 PM. His office announced the event via a press release at 3 o’clock this afternoon. A link to register for the call is available on our website, MTPR.org. A state inspection team found no quagga or zebra mussels at Tiber and Canyon Ferry reservoirs this week in their last checks of the year for the aquatic invasive species. Power is now restored to nearly all Northwestern Energy customers along

A Gallatin County District judge Wednesday released the booking photo of Congressman Greg Gianforte. Republican legislative leaders say Democratic Governor Steve Bullock has all the authority he needs to cut the state budget to address an expected revenue shortfall, and they aren't interested in a special session to make cuts or raise taxes.