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May visitation to Yellowstone sets new record

Following a mild winter and despite high gas prices, Yellowstone National Park recorded its busiest May ever, with 570,272 recreation visits, the National Park Service announced on Tuesday. Tourist numbers topped last May's record-setting visitation by only 1%, or about 3,900 people. So far in

Vail Resorts lands 15-year contract for Grand Teton concessions worth $1B gross

A Vail Resorts company has been awarded the contract to operate concessions at Grand Teton National Park, estimated to generate more than $1 billion in gross receipts over the next 15 years while serving more than 50 million visitors and generating 1,000 jobs. The National Park Service awarded Grand

Anaconda grieves loss of community's treasured twice-weekly newspaper

The community of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County grieved Monday after learning its steadfast twice-weekly newspaper had abruptly closed after more than five decades. A sign on the Main Street door of The Anaconda Leader announced the shuttering. “We deeply regret to inform our customers and readers that The Anaconda

'Substance use crisis' in Montana: Missoula hospital launches medical detox program

Community Medical Center in Missoula has announced a new medical detox program designed for adult patients who require acute management of withdrawal symptoms from alcohol or opioids. The need for the service is "urgent," according to hospital CEO Greg Cook, saying there's a substance use crisis

‘A fast moving target’: Montana school boards consider adding AI policy guidelines

Montana school boards are starting to consider adding policy guidelines around generative artificial intelligence use in classrooms, with some using language provided by the Montana School Board Association. The MTSBA policy “boilerplate” language, which district school boards can tweak depending on their specific needs, was created in conjunction with the

Millions were spent on Montana’s rowdy Republican legislative primaries. What’s next?

A “wash,” a “mixed bag,” some hard feelings and sleepy candidates — those are the more abstract results of Tuesday’s rowdy Republican legislative primary elections across Montana. If the point of all the money and vitriol that went into these races was to change the makeup of the 2027 Legislature,

'Remarkable': Swan Lake Trading Post celebrates 100-year anniversary

SWAN LAKE — In 1926 the settlement of Swan Lake was little more than a rustic outpost. It had no electricity and present-day Highway 83 turned into a lightly used dirt trail up the densely forested Swan Valley into Condon. The town's log post office and trading post