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A 2021 sex ed law is being challenged in court. Opponents say it's restricting important education and creating a chilling effect among teachers.
Starting this year, floaters are now required to carry with them something they have always been able to leave behind — their excrement.
The decision followed a local resident filing a complaint over Pride flags displayed in two Sentinel High School classrooms.
The profound appreciation for public lands and natural environments — and a pervasive feeling of worsening quality of life — were widespread across the state's normally gaping political divide.
Both sites are on former White Pine Sash company land, which processed logs into trim boards, windows and other woodworking craft products.
MCT artist director Joe Martinez is producing the hit musical again after a production here in 2005.
The International Wildlife Film Festival closes out on Thursday, so the Missoula community theater will get back to independent films about human foibles.
Nothing heightens the senses like roaming griz country alone, whether on two feet or hunched over two wheels as a meaty lime-green semblance of a wounded cow elk.
A tribal attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Jackson was former chief legal counsel to the Montana Department of Natural Resources.
"Throughout the country, mail is unfortunately being used to introduce drugs into prison facilities," the Montana Department of Corrections said.
The numbers are so high that a researcher initially had a hard time believing them. A Lee Enterprises investigation gives insight about the forces that have been fueling these deaths.
The Legislative Audit Committee "insisted" the corrections department provide "material" outcomes in six months.
County commissioner Josh Slotnick said that there could be another 35,000-50,000 people living near the Wye west of Missoula in five decades.
Adam J. Whiteman, 24, was initially facing several charges in connection to the incident, but Flathead County charging documents include one felony count of kidnapping and two misdemeanors.
The trail sees more than 1,000 people daily, making it the most visited in Montana, according to the university. That requires year-round maintenance and some closures for more intensive work.
Council rejected a car wash rezone request, but approved a rezone in the Rattlesnake with ties to a historic Chinese cemetery that lies beneath the ground.
The festival has booked veteran groups and emerging players for four nights at the ZACC Show Room.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
A woman with disabilities and very limited income has medical expenses due to being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.
Whether it’s strapping into wetsuits to snorkel for data or bringing the lab streamside to sample fish, the UM Fisheries Techniques class goes beyond classroom curriculum to get students hooked.
About 130,000 Montanans who have lost Medicaid coverage as the state reevaluates everyone’s eligibility following a pause in disenrollments during the covid-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court will consider a straightforward but legally untested question: whether a former president is immune from federal prosecution for official acts.
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Sapa has been through a whirlwind year that included the death of his father and a former teammate as well as a broken leg he suffered during football.
The National Homelessness Law Center called it the "most significant case about homelessness in 40+ years."
There were 448 new dwelling units permitted for construction in Missoula in 2023, a 48% drop from the year before.
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The EPA also released a requirement for coal-fired power plants to curb 90% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2039.
Jenny Walsh said she's excited to bring her expertise in special education to the MCPS school board.
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Baukol, who also played basketball for the Shields Valley Rebels, is a barrel racer and breakaway roper.
Geron is the fourth MSU men's basketball player to enter the portal since the season ended.
Asher Croy had moved from linebacker to running back this spring and showed well in Montana's spring football game earlier this month.
Four members of the Montana men’s tennis team earned all-Big Sky Conference honors, highlighted by a unanimous first team selection for Tom Bittner.
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Disney is banking on its so-called experiences division, with plans to spend billions freshening up its popular theme parks and attractions, as well as resort, cruise line and merchandise.
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