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Missoula travel outlook: Gas prices may not slow Montana tourism

MISSOULA, Mont. — As tourism season picks up across Montana, questions grow about whether shifting weather and higher gas prices could change travel plans. NonStop Local spoke with Genie Ladd, a certified travel consultant at Destination Montana, about how weather and fuel costs were affecting tourism in the state. Ladd said

'This year is worse': Why a Montana city is running out of water

'This year is worse': Why a Montana city is running out of water

FAIRFIELD — Chuck Dale, Fairfield’s water supervisor, wasn’t satisfied with the rain that blew across north-central Montana on Wednesday. It wasn’t nearly enough to refill the depleted wells in the 800-person town about 35 miles west of Great Falls. “Take a 30-foot cylinder, fill it

East Side Fire burns 1,600 acres, 185 evacuated south of Red Lodge

East Side Fire burns 1,600 acres, 185 evacuated south of Red Lodge

More than 100 firefighters try protecting structures as unseasonably high temps may turn to weekend snow

East Side Fire burns 1,600 acres, 185 evacuated south of Red Lodge

Firefighters have evacuated more than 185 homes near Red Lodge after a fire rapidly spread to more than 1,000 acres on Monday and continued on Tuesday during unseasonably warm weather. At a briefing shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday, incident command said that the fire was zero percent contained,

Lance Craighead: Montana Climate Matters — impacts on wildlife in the Treasure State

Ecologists understand that each species occupies a “niche” in the environment where the right living conditions (defined by temperature and moisture), resources (including food, water, and shelter), and lack of competition from other species allow populations to survive and reproduce. Plants grow where conditions are right, and animals depend upon

High and dry: Snowpack hits record-low levels across Montana

As of early April, when snowpack-monitoring stations in Montana are typically peaking, one-third of the longer-standing sites are posting record-low totals. That’s according to the April Water Supply Outlook the Natural Resources Conservation Service released on Tuesday, which highlighted that some low-elevation snowpack monitoring

Out with a splash: Big Sky celebrates end of winter season with Pond Skim

BIG SKY — Anticipation mounted in the Big Sky Bowl as hundreds of skiers and snowboarders waited for the first Pond Skim contestant to drop in. As music bumped from the DJ tent, 100 contestants lined up downhill from the Powder Seeker lift, eager to celebrate the end of the winter