Officials say a Montana man who was shot eight times in Missoula is in rehabilitation after undergoing 10 surgeries. Reports of a 9-year-old Oregon girl being injected with medication to control her behavior in a Montana treatment facility have raised questions about the practice. The Montana Legislature has passed a resolution to examine how it might set up monetary compensation for people who are wrongfully incarcerated.

The Daily Interlake is reporting that a man killed himself in Kalispell’s Woodland Park on Friday afternoon. Officials say Yellowstone National Park's gray wolf population has dropped to about 80 wolves, less than half of the highest population mark in the park. A Montana woman has made Fortune's 2019 list of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders.

Montana’s Congressional delegates are drawing a range of conclusions from the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. The long-contested bill to continue Medicaid expansion with new work and public service requirements for some of the people receiving benefits has cleared the Montana legislature and is heading to Governor Steve Bullock’s desk. U.S. Justice Department attorneys want an appeals court to let construction proceed on the

State lawmakers took no action on the hotly-contested Medicaid expansion bill at the capitol Wednesday. A Polson woman has pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide in the May 2018 shooting death of her former boyfriend in Thompson Falls. Officials say a proposed solar project development north of Dillon would be the largest commercial solar facility in Montana if approved.

The state Senate voted 28-22 today to pass the Medicaid expansion bill that includes work requirements, an improved asset test and premium increases for people who stay on the program for more than two years. Officials say the Montana Highway Patrol trooper who was shot three times outside Missoula in March still can't speak and his movements are limited. Ryan Zinke has landed a more than $100,000-a-year job with a Nevada gold mining firm.

A bill to continue Montana’s Medicaid expansion program has passed a critical vote in the Senate by a one vote margin. The Montana House of Representatives today advanced legislation known as the “Save Colstrip” bill, which would incentivize Northwestern Energy to buy more shares of Colstrip’s coal-fired power plant. A proposal would set aside some money from a Superfund cleanup settlement to build a man-made creek through the center of Butte.

A Montana man and woman have been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to stabbing two people to death and trying to dissolve their bodies in chemical-filled tubs. A Montana high school student was injured after being struck in the chest by a javelin thrown by another student-athlete during track-and-field practice. A bill allowing the State of Montana to borrow $80 million for some big ticket construction projects made it out of a Senate committee today.

The bill to continue Montana's Medicaid expansion program has failed on a tie vote in the Senate, but it's not dead. A bill that a group of Montana high school students wrote to try to reduce gun violence in the state came to an end in a Senate committee today. A proposal to fund a new Montana history museum was defeated today in the state legislature.

U.S. officials Wednesday removed part of a Montana asbestos cleanup site from its Superfund list in the latest sign that the 17-year restoration is ending, though the asbestos-related health problems for thousands of people remain. The Montana High School Association's executive board voted to allow tribal flags to be at midcourt during the national anthem at district, divisional and state basketball events. A full panel of a federal appeals court will hear arguments in a case to determine

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck near the southern Idaho-Montana border. A retired Roman Catholic priest in Great Falls has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography. Newspaper and public-information advocacy groups are objecting to what they see as the Montana Legislature failing to give the public proper notice of meetings. Meagher County Commissioners signed an emergency declaration Tuesday afternoon due to a power outage that began in the morning.