The U.S. Supreme Court Monday sided with a member of the Crow tribe who was fined for hunting elk in Wyoming's Bighorn National Forest. Seventy-one Montana elected officials will get pay raises this summer to match the average salaries of their counterparts in neighboring states. State Auditor Matt Rosendale is asking Montana legislators to override Gov. Steve Bullock's veto of a bill on prescription drug costs. A proposal for a new limestone mine near Drummond is now open for public comment.

A new trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan lifts age restrictions and opens the door to an estimated $200 million annual increase of U.S. beef and beef product exports, according to the U.S. department of agriculture. Officials have issued a flood warning for Missoula as snowmelt and rain causes the Clark Fork River to rise. Defense attorneys for a man charged with an alleged role in the shooting death of a Montana sheriff's deputy are appealing a judge's order that he be forcibly

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is announcing he's been endorsed in the 2020 Democratic presidential race by Iowa's attorney general. The Montana Supreme Court has ruled the state failed to make a reasonable effort to reunite a woman with the son who was taken away from her after he was born in Billings with methamphetamine in his system. Federal officials say an effort to develop a better fire shelter following the deaths of 19 wildland firefighters in Arizona six years ago has failed.

A Republican lawmaker says a push to permanently protect U.S. grizzly bears because they are considered sacred among Native Americans would elevate "sentimental biases" above science. The sponsor of a bill Gov. Steve Bullock signed last week to prevent aquatic invasive species says he’s happy with the funding package, despite some last-minute changes. Gov. Steve Bullock’s presidential campaign says it’s raised a million dollars in its first day.

Gov. Steve Bullock spent the day meeting with reporters and supporters as he kicked off his campaign for president. Local health officials say the number of whooping cough cases in Missoula has topped 100. A bill that would ban sport hunting of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states gets a hearing in a U.S. House committee Wednesday.

Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins is seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Steve Daines. Officials in Butte have released the name of a motorcycle rider who died in a hit-and-run crash last week. Montana wildlife officials euthanized a young male grizzly bear after it repeatedly broke into a barn in the Blackfoot Valley to access grain.

The nation's third-largest coal company by production volume filed for bankruptcy Friday as utility companies increasingly turn to gas-fired generation and renewable energy for electricity. A slice of west Missoula will be under a flood watch from Tuesday morning until further notice. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has vetoed a bill attempting to put new regulations on an obscure and influential player in the prescription drug supply chain.

Gov. Steve Bullock has signed a bill to continue Montana's Medicaid expansion program for the next six years, as long as the federal funding continues. U.S. demand for coal to generate electricity will continue its slide in coming months despite efforts by the Trump administration to prop up the struggling industry, federal officials said today. A Washington state official says wolves should be removed from the federal endangered species list in the entirety of the state.

There are over 170 reported cases of whooping cough in Montana. A sensor malfunction forced a United flight to return to Billings after take off. One year into a federal initiative aimed at reducing violent crime rates, law enforcement officials in Billings say they’ve curbed an upward trend.

Google has restored an advertisement from a Montana hunting group the company says it mistakenly rejected over animal cruelty concerns. The former University of Montana women's soccer coach is suing the university alleging it illegally released information saying he used his university-issued cellphone to contact escort services during recruiting trips to Las Vegas. Health insurers say premiums on the individual market could drop between 10 and 20 percent once a new bill is signed into law.