Geologists believe the tallest geyser in the world, Steamboat Geyser, erupted last week in Yellowstone National Park. Great Falls dentist Brett Bruggeman, who only began mushing a few years ago, finished 39th in Alaska's Iditarod sled-dog race.

A Montana high school student has been arrested after a police chase in which shots were fired in a school parking lot in Missoula. Staff of the Legislative Services Division told Montana lawmakers the Legislature's sexual harassment training and policies are inadequate. Republican legislative leaders set up a committee Friday to investigate confidential settlements paid out to public employees under the administration of Governor Steve Bullock.

A Frenchtown high school music teacher has pleaded not guilty to fondling and other inappropriate touching of two female students. Western U.S. governors have released their first region-wide list of the worst invasive species for their states. Some boat launches on Tiber Reservoir will be closed this summer to lessen the likelihood of contaminating other Montana lakes and rivers with invasive mussels.

In several locations across the state, hundreds of students walked out of their schools at 10 o'clock this morning, joining students nationwide on the one month anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead. Roughly two-thirds of Montanans disapprove of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's recommendations to decrease the size of national monuments. That's according to a new poll by the University of Montana. A new ad campaign by the League of Conservation Voters launched

A man who registered as a Green Party candidate for Montana's U.S. Senate race was on the state Republican Party's payroll and heads a newly formed anti-tax group, according to a review of election documents. The head of Montana's Division of Child and Family Services has resigned after 16 months on the job, as the state has a record number of kids in foster care and the agency is dealing with internal budget cuts and a loss of funding for outside groups that offer support services. Interior

Three people who were arrested while protesting the slaughter of bison near Yellowstone National Park have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and are banned from the park for 5 years. A former University of Montana student is charged with two counts of attempted deliberate homicide in a convenience store shooting in which one man was shot in the head. The public has been given longer to comment on part of a big, new RV park outside Glacier National Park that was approved by Flathead County

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was in Browning Friday to transfer the first payment of what is expected to be $470 million agreement for water-related projects on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The first grizzly bear hunt in the lower 48 states in more than 40 years could happen in Wyoming this fall. Gov. Steve Bullock says $200,000 in emergency energy assistance funding will be released to eligible families on three Montana Indian reservations hit hard this winter. The newly-appointed head of

Concerns over aquatic invasive species have led Yellowstone National Park officials to ban the use of felt sole boots or waders and to set a boating season during which watercraft inspections will be available. The Wyoming Legislature has passed a proposal to collect a fee at Yellowstone National Park to fund wildlife conservation efforts in the states surrounding the park. The economic benefits of Montana’s Medicaid expansion outweigh it costs to the state, according to a study released

A judge has ordered three bison activists arrested in Yellowstone National Park to be detained until at least Monday. The U.S. Senate has begun its review of a bipartisan measure from Democratic Montana Senator Jon Tester that the sponsors claim would encourage economic growth in rural America, called the "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act." Tennessee Republican Senator, Lamar Alexander, is lead sponsor of a new bill to increase park infrastructure funding using

The sale of oil and gas leases on more than 17,000 acres of federal land in south central Montana was postponed Monday. The Montana Standard reports that two Butte natives, Pat Dudley and Ray Rogers, are establishing a $35 million medical training center in uptown Butte to bolster hands-on healthcare in rural areas in the U.S. and beyond. On campus Tuesday night, a University of Montana researcher will share some of his findings on the detrimental health effects of smoke. Algae growth is