Sign in Subscribe

Micah Drew

Montana snowpack rapidly melted in May

Throughout May, warm temperatures across Montana led to a rapid melt off of the state’s snowpack, which sits “largely below 50% of median,” as of June 1. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, which released its June Water Supply Outlook

Montana FWP euthanizes black bear that entered tent

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials euthanized a black bear that entered a tent at Beavertail Hill State Park near Missoula. According to a press release, on Tuesday morning the black bear entered a tent that had campers in it, but no one was injured. Agency officials lethally removed the

Two NIH scientists in Montana charged with ‘smuggling’ virus

Two scientists with a federal infectious disease research institute in Hamilton are accused of smuggling samples of monkeypox, or “Mpox,” into the United States and lying to law enforcement. Vincent Munster, chief of the Virus Ecology unit in the Laboratory of Virology at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, and

Federal appeals court denies youth climate lawsuit against Trump executive orders

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a June 2 ruling rejected a youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit seeking to overturn three of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at supporting the fossil fuel industry, curbing renewable energy and suppressing climate science. A three-judge panel agreed

Eight incumbent Montana legislators lose primary elections

Eight incumbent lawmakers — all Republicans — lost in the June 2 primary election to challengers from within their party and will not appear on the November ballot – nor in Helena come January. Six of the losses were among more moderate Republicans targeted by the more conservative state GOP party, and two

Montana sees unofficial primary turnout drop from 2022

More than 37.6% of Montana’s registered voters participated in Tuesday’s primary election, down from 39.4% in the 2022 primaries, according to the Montana Secretary of State’s office. Unofficial results show that 297,884 Montanans cast ballots during the 2026 primary, just up from the 293,

Katie Lane confirmed as newest Montana federal judge

The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee for Montana’s federal bench along party lines. Katie Lane, 34, who served a brief stint in the Montana Attorney General’s office and most recently worked as a lawyer for the Republican National Committee, earned Tuesday 52 votes supporting