A University of Montana Grizzly football player was found dead in his Missoula home Tuesday in what police believe to be a suicide. An overnight storm that dumped snow across large parts of Montana has snarled traffic and closed schools in the northwestern part of the state. Survivors of domestic violence, stalking and harassment came to the Montana Capitol Wednesday to rally support for Senate Bill 114, which would update laws around stalking and restraining orders.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is taking one more shot at passing an infrastructure package. Fox News host Bret Baier and his family survived a motor vehicle crash in Montana after the television anchor's sport-utility vehicle slid on an icy road, collided with a pickup truck and turned over in a ditch. A bill in the Montana Senate would change DUI laws, making it legal for officers to take a blood sample from someone who refuses a breathalyzer on first offense and increasing penalties for

Montana Democrats are fighting to control the narrative of Medicaid expansion’s uncertain future. However no bills have been introduced to continue the program past its upcoming expiration date. Renewable energy and fossil fuel advocates are making their case to Montana regulators as the state's largest electricity supplier looks to build new power generation facilities. Anti-abortion activists marched on the Montana State Capitol on Friday.

A judge has sentenced a former Indian Health Services pediatrician convicted of molesting Native American boys to more than 18 years in prison. Northern California investigators have identified the gunman who killed a 93-year-old woman during a shooting rampage as a Montana resident with no known ties to the region or victims. Proposed legislation to boost financial aid for Montana college students from low-income families has attracted support.

Bills revising sex crimes laws are being introduced in Helena. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is in no hurry to announce plans to run in the 2020 election. Montana’s senior U.S. senator wants to ensure the ongoing partial government shutdown doesn’t hamper farmers’ ability to grow hemp. Montana authorities have identified the person who died when a sport utility vehicle crashed into the snowmobile he was riding as a 60-year-old man from Alabama.

Wildlife advocates are asking Montana officials to ban trapping along much of the state's border with Idaho to protect a housecat-sized predator living in old-growth forests. Montana’s Senate Judiciary Committee is considering a bill that would require Montana crime labs to test sexual assault kits collected from survivors. Montana is issuing February’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments a couple of weeks early due to the ongoing partial government shutdown.

Officials at Sentinel High School in Missoula dismissed students early today to conduct a thorough search of the school after a magazine of ammunition was found in a hallway. The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place Montana's voter-approved limits on contributions to political campaigns in state elections. Montana State University-Billings is offering a course dedicated to the Heart Mountain Japanese internment camp in northern Wyoming.

The Missoulian reports University of Montana President Seth Bodnar was sworn in to the Montana Army National Guard on Tuesday. Native Americans who have been incarcerated in Montana need more help finding housing and re-entering their communities. That’s the premise of a bill introduced in the Montana Senate today. The Montana Office of Public Defender is asking lawmakers to allow it to collect fees from people who are in jail or prison. A bill to do that was introduced Friday, and drew a rebuke

The Montana House has passed a compromise rules package aimed at preventing Republican infighting and ensuring all bills assigned to committees are heard. A Montana man has pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl. Democrats announced their plan for the future of Montana’s Medicaid expansion program today.

A judge denied a request to throw out a lawsuit by the Montana Green Party that would make it easier to get minor political parties on the ballot. Three mountain lions were sighted Tuesday morning near a school bus stop used by the Florence-Carlton School District. A 48-year-old federal fish and game agent in Montana has pleaded not guilty to charges involving sexual crimes against a child.