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State, UM, MHSA build extensive air quality monitoring system

Across the state of Montana, there have been wide gaps in the state’s wildfire smoke detection safety net. PurpleAirs in Schools — a Department of Environmental Quality program now in its third year — seeks to close the net with hundreds of low-cost, but effective, air quality sensors installed at

Sheehy safe after making emergency landing in field near Ennis

U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy, Montana’s junior senator, made an emergency landing in a field near Ennis on Friday as the Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports that he and another passenger were unharmed. The privately-operated plane made the emergency landing in a field near the town of

MT Gov. unveils new ‘Welcome to Montana’ highway signs

Visitors to Montana arriving via highway will be greeted by a new set of roadside signs in the image of the state’s new “Montana Brand” which the state rolled out last spring. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte unveiled the new signs at the state capitol on Tuesday following a poll

Commerce announces seven large tourism grants for rural communities

The Department of Commerce announced last week it awarded grants to seven projects to increase tourism in rural communities throughout the state. The program stems from 2023 legislation brought by Sen. Daniel Zolnikov, a Billings Republican. Each project is receiving $1.25 million to start and the projects will be

Cancelled Clancy event becomes example of censorship at U.S. Senate hearing

At a Democrat-led Congressional hearing in late February, children’s author and former TV writer Bess Kalb used a previously unreported incident in Clancy where she had to cancel a book reading event to illustrate a point about the broader impacts of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on the

‘Change is hard’: Legislators point to issues with new FWP licensing system

A state licensing system that no longer accepts cash in most places has caught the attention of legislators, who peppered Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Christy Clark with questions about the change at the Legislature’s Environmental Quality Council meeting this week. FWP launched its “License Ambassador Program” earlier this

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