The dean of the University of Montana’s School of Journalism is taking on a new role at UM. Gov. Steve Bullock has named the director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to lead the state budget office. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited Superfund sites in Butte and Anaconda Friday.

Governor Steve Bullock named a new state budget director today. The University of Montana is anticipating a roughly 5 percent drop in enrollment this fall. The first-ever Montana medical residency for psychiatrists was announced today at Billings Clinic.

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is rolling out a new television ad promoting his collaboration with President Donald Trump as the Montana Democrat seeks to inoculate himself against conservative critics ahead of Trump's upcoming visit to the state. The increasing number of tourists entering Yellowstone National Park's west gate has prompted a study of traffic congestion in West Yellowstone, Montana. President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in Billings tomorrow evening, at the 10,000-seat MetraPark

Civil liberties advocates have sued the U.S government alleging law enforcement agencies are maneuvering to crack down on anticipated protests over the Keystone XL oil pipeline. State politicians and others from around Montana joined union workers locked out of a talc-milling plant in Three Forks for a Labor Day rally Monday. Civil liberties advocates have sued the U.S. government, alleging law enforcement agencies are maneuvering to crack down on anticipated protests over the Keystone XL oil

Wildlife officials in Wyoming and Idaho say they've been contacting hunters licensed to kill grizzly bears to tell them their hunts are on hold following a judge's ruling. President Donald Trump has named the superintendent of Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park to head the National Park Service, a job that has been filled on an acting basis since January 2017. An overlook at Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park has reopened after two years of repair work. There’s a new

The Alberta Bair Theater in Billings has received a $1 million gift from two private donors that it will use to renovate its aging facility. President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration for flooding this spring in parts of Montana.

Management and union workers at a talc-milling plant in Three Forks plan to resume contract negotiations amid a worker lockout that's lasted nearly a month. Montana health officials say an elderly man from Yellowstone County has died of West Nile virus. A federal court in Missoula is expected to decide if the Yellowstone grizzly bear will stay on the endangered species list tomorrow.

The Kootenai National Forest on Tuesday approved the first phase of the Rock Creek silver and copper mine near Noxon, but the proposal’s fate remains uncertain due to a legal dispute with state regulators. A Montana sheriff's deputy who killed a suicidal man in February has been cleared. Glacier National Park lifted evacuation warnings for portions of the park Tuesday.

Governor Steve Bullock says all flags flown in the state will be lowered for seven days to honor U.S. Sen. John McCain. The widespread precipitation gracing Montana has at least tapped the brakes on the 2018 fire season. But National Weather Service Meteorologist Trent Smith says it’s not the full-stop event everybody’s hoping for. Canadian officials have lifted an evacuation order for Waterton Lakes National Park after rain helped slow a fire burning across the border in nieghboring Glacier

A fast-growing wildfire discovered Thursday night in the northeastern part of Glacier National Park has led to the closure of nearly all of neighboring Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. Yellowstone National Park officials say it was a grizzly bear that attacked a 10-year-old boy yesterday near Old Faithful. A tobacco-industry funded group has launched a massive ad blitz against a ballot initiative to fund Montana's Medicaid expansion program by raising the tobacco tax.