The Montana State Auditor's Office is trying to reach thousands of Montana residents who might be eligible for reimbursement from a $285,000 settlement in an insurance fraud case. A Montana Native American storyteller is expected to be honored as a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts. Visitation is up in Glacier National Park after a busy August ended seven months of decreased visitation.

Missoula police released the names of two officers involved in a fatal shooting earlier this month. The Montana University System Board of Regents approved a $1.6 billion budget Thursday, an 8% increase from last year’s budget, according to the Missoulian. Montana Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jack Ballard announced Friday he is ending his campaign.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox cheered the Trump administration's rollback Thursday of an Obama-era clean water regulation. An Oregon-based company has received approval to build a 114-turbine wind farm in Montana that would generate enough electricity to power more than 76,000 homes a year. Montana has the country’s sixth lowest obesity rate.

A daycare center has reopened at the University of Montana more than eight months after it shut down because of asbestos contamination. A 66-year-old Kalispell woman initially charged with murder-for-hire has pleaded guilty to a federal drug distribution charge that carries a longer potential prison sentence. Yellowstone National Park recorded just over 820,000 visits during the month of August and has exceeded 3.1 million visitors so far this year.

Montana Public Radio evening newscast for September 10, 2019.

Montana Public Radio evening newscast for September 09, 2019.

Evening Newscast September 6, 2019.

U.S. wildlife officials rejected petitions to protect Yellowstone National Park's storied bison herds but pledged to consider protections for two other species: a tiny, endangered squirrel in Arizona and bees that pollinate rare desert flowers in Nevada. Federal officials say BNSF Railway's plan to build two bridges as part of a second railroad line in northern Idaho meets environmental requirements. Glacier National Park officials have unveiled a new astronomical observatory at the St. Mary

Today the EPA released the changes it wants to make to the existing 1998 legal cleanup plan for a 170-square-mile portion of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund site. The Bitterroot National Forest’s first prescribed burns of the fall could begin Saturday in the Lake Como/Lost Horse area. Enjoying these hot, late summer days? Soak it up while you can. Fall-like weather is fast approaching.

A 35-year-old man was shot and killed by Missoula police officers responding to a report of possible drug activity. Crews are trying to finish digging control lines around the 20-acre Welcome 1002 Fire burning a few miles southwest of the town of Hot Springs on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The Montana Secretary of State's Office has decided how to distribute $750,000 in federal grant money to upgrade voting equipment across the state's 56 counties.