Montana state Auditor Matt Rosendale announced a bid for the U.S. Senate on Monday, bringing a high profile challenge to Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. A Bozeman police officer killed his wife and himself at their home on Saturday night. Gallatin County officials today identified the dead as 31-year-old Danielle Heninger and 40-year-old Zach Heninger. The Columbia Falls City Council and the Environmental Protection Agency will host a workshop Monday evening about grants available to the

The Mineral County Sheriff issued a third evacuation order for the area around the Sunrise fire late this morning. Yellowstone National Park is taking action against up to a dozen employees after an investigation found some female workers were subjected to sexual harassment and other problems. A small airplane on a training flight Friday afternoon landed safely on Interstate 15 north of Helena after experiencing a mechanical problem.

As firefighters continue to battle the Sunrise Fire on Lolo National Forest, officials have been forced to evacuate about 30 homes near Superior. The U.S. government has reversed its earlier decision to deny a request for aid to help pay for fighting Montana’s largest wildfire. Frenchtown Rural Fire District and the Arlee Volunteer fire department were on the scene of a fire at Kelly’s Auto Salvage & Wrecker in Arlee. Hundreds of people packed an auditorium in Helena Thursday to protest

The Mineral County Sheriff’s Office has issued an immediate evacuation order for residents of Sunrise and Quartz Flats due to the 27-hundred-acre Sunrise Fire. Residents in Quartz Creek remain under a stage two evacuation warning.

Montana revenues have fallen far enough below projections to trigger a worst-case scenario of $97 million in spending cuts across state government starting as soon as next month. The Lolo Peak Fire in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness is now estimated at 1,090 acres and zero percent containment. Plans to build Montana's largest solar farm are in jeopardy after state regulators set contract terms the developer says is unworkable. The Garfield County Sheriff is lifting the evacuations for property

Thirty-four states have sent firefighters and other resources to Montana to help deal with the massive Lodgepole complex of fires that has already destroyed 12 homes in Garfield County. An automatic state budget cut could pull tens of millions of dollars out of the state firefighting fund as early as tomorrow. The Forest Service has called two public meetings to address concerns about the Lolo Peak Fire. A University of Montana student was released today following a weeklong detention in

There are now more large wildfires burning in Montana than any other state. At least 18 large fires are consuming both forests and grasslands in eastern and western Montana. The Lolo Peak fire west of Florence is still relatively small at an estimated 249 acres, but tonight, management of it is being transferred to the highest level incident management team. Montana's 60-million-dollar reserve fund to fight fires could be halved during what officials say could be an expensive fire season.

A 19-year-old Missoula resident was killed while fighting a fire near Seeley Lake yesterday. Montana’s K-through-12 schools could face millions of dollars in cuts next month if state revenues don’t improve. As wildfires continue to burn across Montana, there are two public meetings tonight to give information on fires near Lolo and Lincoln. Gallatin County Attorney Marty Lambert today asked a judge to reject Congressman Greg Gianforte’s request that he be exempted from the usual booking process

Governor Steve Bullock formally signed a slate of bills Wednesday, aiming to address the state’s problem of overcrowded prisons. Congressional Republicans are moving forward with legislation to roll back the Endangered Species Act, amid complaints that the landmark 44-year-old law hinders drilling, logging and other activities. A lightning strike Tuesday near Lincoln grew into a nearly 200-acre blaze today. Near Dillon, fire crews are preparing to use explosives to fight the Whetstone Ridge Fire

As Governor Steve Bullock beings his final term, the Democrat is starting to raise money with ambitions of stepping onto the national political stage. Energy Secretary Rick Perry says the Trump administration is pushing for increased exports of natural gas and other energy sources as its seeks U.S. "energy dominance" in the global market. Most of the wildfires burning in Montana saw little growth yesterday, with the exception of the Park Creek fire burning about 5 miles north of Lincoln. A state