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Amid few challengers, Downing talks housing, beef and ICE ahead of reelection bid

When Rep. Troy Downing first announced his 2024 run for Congress, he campaigned on securing the U.S.-Mexican border and strengthening an economy strained by surging prices. After being elected with 66% of the vote in 2024, he said there’s been “a lot of wins” since then, citing

Judge weighs claim Forest Service needn't review bison hunts at Yellowstone park border

The Forest Service has no obligation to conduct an environmental analysis regarding bison hunting on its lands outside Yellowstone National Park, a federal attorney argued in U.S. District Court in Great Falls on Tuesday. “The Forest Service does not manage bison, it never has,” Michelle Ramus, a Department of

Hamilton lab employee exposed to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

A Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) employee was exposed to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in November according to officials from RML and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. “The individual remained well and showed no evidence of being infected. They have been back at work for some time,

Bozeman-based State Department nominee faces heat over Holocaust, race remarks

A controversial Bozeman-based public policy professional and political writer who formerly served on the state Humanities Board is the Trump Administration’s nominee for a top State Department position. Jeremy Carl, a senior fellow with the Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank, was grilled Thursday by a U.S.

Updated: Gianforte, Knudsen launch probe into legality of Helena's immigration resolution

Just two weeks after the Helena City Commission declared in a resolution it wanted to keep local police out of participating in immigration enforcement, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced Wednesday he had opened an investigation into whether the measure violates a law banning sanctuary cities signed by the governor

PSC Commissioner, self-proclaimed 'RINO hunter' gunning for the Montana Legislature

GREAT FALLS — Montana Public Service Commissioner Randy Pinocci, a pugnacious Republican from Sun River, has filed to return to the Montana Legislature. Pinocci's last eight years on the PSC have been marked by infighting, investigations and the occasional mutiny. In other words, Pinocci is no stranger to confrontation,

Montana Supreme Court candidate headlines GOP campaign kickoff event in Great Falls

GREAT FALLS — Montana Supreme Court candidate Dan Wilson on Friday headlined the state Republican Party’s premier campaign launch event where the nonpartisan status of his race was, intentionally or not, a punchline in the keynote speech. “If you want to see a Supreme Court that just gives answers and