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Heritage Commission, Commerce announce Virginia City concessionaires

The Montana Heritage Commission and state Department of Commerce announced this week that contracts for Virginia City and Nevada City concessionaires have been finalized. Those concessionaires include 10 from the 2025 season and five new ones, which follow a protracted dispute between some businesses and the state. Following financial instability

Gulch Distillers highlighted as part of state ag investment program

HELENA — On a sunny and bright St. Patrick’s Day in downtown Helena, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte stopped at Gulch Distillers for a tasting and to highlight the state’s Growth Through Agriculture grant and loan program. March is National Agriculture Month and the state program, created in 1987, provides

Stop work order issued in Flathead dock case

A Flathead county judge has temporarily stopped a luxury real-estate company from construction on a 159-foot dock on Flathead Lake. The bench ruling came in a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Citizens For A Better Flathead, which said Flathead County violated violated public participation and state environmental

State changes rules for weekend events on Capitol grounds

Events planned on the grounds of the Montana State Capitol requiring a permit are no longer allowed on weekends following a change in February. The change, which says permitted events are only allowed on weekdays between “7:00am and 6:00pm, excluding holidays,” was apparently a financial move. “The department

Streamlined system highlights FWP changes to hunting, fishing regs

New hunting and finishing laws passed during the 2025 Legislative session, along with adopted regulations by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission mean some significant changes for hunters and anglers, with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks highlighting the changes in a post this week. One of the biggest is FWP’

Sheehy housing legislation aimed at vets passes Senate

The first piece of legislation Sen. Tim Sheehy introduced as a senator, an effort to increase VA Home Loan awareness, has passed the U.S. Senate as part of a broader package of housing legislation, his office announced. The legislation, co-led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat,

Different Dems? At Butte debate, candidates make pitch to challenge GOP

BUTTE — Montana Democrats gathered in the Motherlode Theater in Butte on Tuesday night for the first debate among the party’s four primary contenders for the state’s western district congressional seat. More than 100 people attended Tuesday’s debate, which came on the heels of a Monday event in