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Could $2.4M prevent Montana children from dying in the ER? Some experts say yes.

Montana’s Public Health and Human Services Department is encouraging hospitals to take steps to better prepare their emergency rooms to treat pediatric patients, following new recommendations from a coalition of health care professional groups. Hospitals can apply for the state’s “pediatric prepared” status, which is based on a

'Old-school newspaperman': Montana Standard reporter Mike Smith remembered for getting it right

Mike Smith, a reporter at The Montana Standard, died Tuesday morning in Butte

A 12-year-old girl was raped. A lawyer says it took Montana CPS 6 months to contact police.

A 12-year-old girl was raped. A lawyer says it took Montana CPS 6 months to contact police.

Throughout a two-week civil trial in Butte, an attorney cast Montana’s child protection agency as so buried in its own bureaucracy, it failed for six months to do the simplest thing: call the cops about a child rape. Because of that, Lawrence Henke said, a 12-year-old

Montana's 0% statewide sales tax may be attracting big data centers

Montana's lack of a statewide sales tax could definitely be a factor in why there's interest from big data center companies looking to build facilities and buy power here. The CEO of NorthWestern Energy, Brian Bird, recently gave an update to investors in which he revealed

Dutch man sentenced to 20 years for role in Montana fentanyl ring

A man from the Netherlands who pleaded guilty to trafficking over 10 kilograms of fentanyl into states including Montana was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Gerad Nigel Punch, 40, was arrested in

Fewer Montana landlords claiming property tax exemption than expected, state says

As the deadline to apply for preferential property tax rates fast approaches, the number of applications from landlords of long-term rentals is lagging far behind previous state estimates. The second phase of new property tax reforms are going into effect in 2026, and the key part of those laws

'The right path for all Montanans:' Longtime Dem state lawmaker enters eastern district race

Amid two political newcomers competing in the Democratic primary to replace Republican Rep. Troy Downing, one of Montana’s longest-serving Democratic legislators has now entered the race. Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy of Box Elder, who first ran for the state Legislature in 2003, has won every legislative race he’