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As the number of cases of Chronic Wasting Disease increases, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks helps hunters learn to...
11/14/2025

As the number of cases of Chronic Wasting Disease increases, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks helps hunters learn to test.

Attendees got a hands-on experience in digging for lymph nodes to test as CWD cases continue to rise in Montana.

Feds change direction: There will be no plan to protect wolves in the U.S.
11/13/2025

Feds change direction: There will be no plan to protect wolves in the U.S.

Congress considering several bills that would remove all wolves from the Endangered Species Act

Trump administration says full SNAP benefits will be paid within 24 hours of reopening the federal government.
11/13/2025

Trump administration says full SNAP benefits will be paid within 24 hours of reopening the federal government.

The Trump administration will release full benefits for most participants in the nation’s major federal nutrition program within 24 hours of the reopening of the federal government, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesperson said Wednesday. Many of the roughly 42 million Americans who rely on U...

Thousands of ballots rejected across Montana as new 'voting fraud' law kicks in.
11/13/2025

Thousands of ballots rejected across Montana as new 'voting fraud' law kicks in.

Larger counties saw higher rejection rates; secretary of state declared election overall successful

Arizona Representative sworn into office, adding her name to an Epstein files petition. Meanwhile, the White House puts ...
11/13/2025

Arizona Representative sworn into office, adding her name to an Epstein files petition. Meanwhile, the White House puts pressure on two Republican Congresswomen to remove their names.

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva was sworn in to office Wednesday after a delay that U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson attributed to the long government shutdown, but that critics allege was because the Arizona lawmaker pledged to be the deciding signature on a petition to release the s...

The federal government shutdown expected to end today as House votes.
11/12/2025

The federal government shutdown expected to end today as House votes.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House plans to approve a stopgap spending bill Wednesday evening that will end the record-breaking 43-day government shutdown once President Donald Trump signs the legislation. Democrats are expected to oppose the package en masse, though a few centrists may vote for it, desp...

State's only indoor professional arena football team says it's done with Billings.
11/12/2025

State's only indoor professional arena football team says it's done with Billings.

The Billings Outlaws, the state's only professional indoor football team, will be leaving Billings.

A private prison in Mississippi which houses Montana inmates lost hot water. Officials say it has been restored.
11/12/2025

A private prison in Mississippi which houses Montana inmates lost hot water. Officials say it has been restored.

Hot water has been restored to Montana inmates who are being housed in a private Core Civic prison in Mississippi.

Columnist George Wuerthner talks about the trouble with prescribed burns in his latest column.
11/12/2025

Columnist George Wuerthner talks about the trouble with prescribed burns in his latest column.

George Wuerthner, an expert of forests and burning, says that advocates of prescribed burns don't always talk about the negative aspects.

Montana high school program hopes to revive the dying art of the local butcher shop.
11/12/2025

Montana high school program hopes to revive the dying art of the local butcher shop.

Meat processors used to be commonplace in many small, rural communities across the west. One Fergus High School program looks to change that.

A jury has convicted a man of deliberate homicide in the shocking murder of Dustin Kjersem, which rattled the Big Sky an...
11/12/2025

A jury has convicted a man of deliberate homicide in the shocking murder of Dustin Kjersem, which rattled the Big Sky and Gallatin County community in 2024.

A Gallatin County jury has convicted Darren Abbey of first-degree homicide in the brutal campsite attack of Dustin Kjersem in Big Sky.

Democrats release bombshell emails about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.
11/12/2025

Democrats release bombshell emails about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

  WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats investigating the late s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein released emails Wednesday they say show President Donald Trump knew about the financier’s abuse of underage girls as far back as 2011. The three emails released by Democrats on the House Committee on Oversi...

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