The race's nonpartisan label hasn’t prevented politics from taking hold in recent cycles.
MONTANA UNTAMED: At least seven grizzly bears died in Montana in 2023 after being shot by hunters. All were judged to be self-defense.
This was my fourth trip to Butte since moving to this Last Best Place, and every time I’m there, I like it just a little bit more.
Melanie Meuchel resigned as Montana softball coach Monday. Her team went 1-14 in Big Sky Conference play this season.
The coalition that brought the lawsuit said in court documents the Office of Public Instruction followed a previous order and set up a process allowing approved schools to open this fall.
Senior cornerback Trevin Gradney is the first-ever Grizzly from Billings to wear Montana's No. 37 legacy jersey.
The Missoula County Elections Office said in a release Monday that the error affected 16 Missoula County precincts, mostly in the northeast area of the county.
The rider's mother, Eden Atwood, identified him on the GoFundMe as Benjamin "Benny" Atwood.
The fire is about 11 miles south of Skalkaho Pass, 20 miles southwest of Philipsburg and 25 miles east-southeast of Hamilton.
Emergency room visits and hospitalizations among kids for "cannabis poisonings" have gone up drastically in Montana and Missoula since 2016.
The Office of Public Instruction’s implementation of the new testing model caused mixed emotions from piloting districts even though the office claimed positive feedback.
At 3:45 p.m., local authorities responded to a head-on crash at the north end of the Armed Forces Bridge on Sunday.
At 7:24 p.m., the Missoula County Sheriff's Office responded to shots fired at the 600 block of Michigan Avenue.
The fading Missoula smokejumper records, and their corresponding volumes at the West Yellowstone and Grangeville, Idaho, bases, would have been consigned to profound obscurity if not for Missoula's Roger Savage.
A group of residents would like to see if voters want to ban single-use plastics inside Missoula city limits.
One group trying to lay the groundwork for a second Donald Trump administration is out with a new policy book that aims to articulate an "America First" national security agenda.
Missoula Loyola's boys tennis team has its sights set on an unprecedented fourth straight State B-C team title. The Rams' experience makes them the favorite to accomplish the feat.
Berry, a Montana Grizzlies commit, leads the Class B girls in the 100 dash, 100 hurdles and 4x100 relay, and is second in the 200 dash heading into divisionals.
Lily Gladstone received an honorary doctorate at the ceremony along with Carol Tatsey-Murray, both Blackfeet women.
Authorities arrested a 38-year-old man, but on Friday, the Kalispell Police Department reported they wouldn’t be referring the attempted kidnapping charge to the county attorney’s office.
Photos from the University of Montana's Spring 2024 Commencement ceremony at the Adams Center, Saturday, May 11, 2024.
When Mikalen Running Fisher left her home and family on the Blackfeet Reservation in 2017 to attend the University of Montana, she didn’t know what to expect.
Craig A. McCrea, 38, was sentenced to 60 years at Montana State Prison, with 30 years suspended, and ordered to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution.
Against the recommendation of child care providers, a legislative interim committee struck down rules that would have made licensure easier and expanded capacity.
"This is an unusual and potentially historic event," said Clinton Wallace, director of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
John Mercer had been an attorney with the Polson firm Turnage Mercer & Wall for 42 years before his appointment to the bench.
Tyler J. Hurst, who’s currently not in custody and at an out-of-state treatment facility, appeared via Zoom on Friday for his arraignment.
The increased fees will help pay for parking lot improvements, "modernizing the winter cabin rental program," and active forest management around the Garnet area.
Northern locations in the U.S. are best for viewing the northern lights, but clouds will interfere in many spots.
There's a new place to eat breakfast and get dessert in downtown Missoula.
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Many roads and trails are inaccessible following last week’s storm that brought over three feet of heavy snow to the Little Belts and Highwood mountains.
Petitioners argue that the commission must consider carbon costs to comply with Montana’s constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment.
Read through the obituaries published today in Missoulian.
The PSC affects the household budgets of more than 400,000 Montana utility customers.
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Check out the Missoula/Hamilton National Nurses Week 2024 special publication
With the door opened for new boys and girls medalists to rise up, a longtime title threat and a fresh face, respectively, could take charge.
Scores from around Montana during the 2024 high school softball postseason.
Class C State golf starts Tuesday in Hamilton.
“I used to be excited when I broke 14. And to be able to run 13 low, it's kind of hard to believe." Helena native Elena Carter
MONTANA UNTAMED: At least seven grizzly bears died in Montana in 2023 after being shot by hunters. All were judged to be self-defense.
Jennifer Narramore, owner and co-founder of Tornado Talk, and her team have been sharing tornado survival stories from the last 70 years.
The option for shoppers to donate money as you pay at the checkout has become a regular occurrence, but should you use the opportunity to share the wealth?
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The energy drink market has exploded, especially among Generation Z, thanks to an aggressive marketing strategy targeting youth — those who are most at risk from excessive caffeine intake.
Red Lobster has abruptly closed as many as 80 restaurants in at least 27 states. Here is the full list of known closures scheduled for liquidation.
You may have seen some news about the progress of the Boom Supersonic Transport (SST) demonstrator, and that news raises the obvious questions, will supersonic travel return? Should you care? The short answers are "Probably yes" and "Probably no." If that's all you care to know, you can go right to the sports or cooking pages or sites. Read on for more detail.