The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, along with four other groups, have asked a federal court judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit that the State of Montana filed against Yellowstone National Park, challenging its latest bison management plan. Previously, the State of Montana said that park officials and biologists had reneged on an agreement to keep the number of bison in the park

Nearly $484,000 in funding was approved by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission to improve Montana fisheries. Through this funding, an irrigation diversion will be removed and replaced with a fish-friendly boulder cascade to provide fish passage and maintain water rights on the Clearwater River. And, wood structures that mimic beaver dams and vegetative plantings will be installed on Tolan

In early January, Gov. Greg Gianforte told lawmakers to get property tax relief bills to his desk by mid-February. Now with just a few days left before the Legislature’s halfway mark, several bills that cut at the issue in different ways are still alive. One of the highest profile bills is House Bill 231, carried by Rep. Llew Jones, R-Conrad. It’s a Republican flagship that would create a

A federal judge dismissed a Montana lawmaker’s suit against large tobacco companies, alleging that not only were the companies violating a decades-long settlement with the state, but that Montana’s top attorney, Austin Knudsen, was not doing his job because of a cozy relationship with the companies. Rep. Ron Marshall, R-Hamilton, said that large tobacco manufacturers, including R.J. Reynolds

The Montana Farm Bureau Foundation and Women’s Leadership Committee are once again offering more than $7,000 in scholarships to students pursuing higher education. Educating youth is part of the MFBF Mission Statement: Montana Farm Bureau is a grassroots organization dedicated to preserving and improving the agriculture and natural resource industries through member involvement in education,

I write to you from Helena, not as a career politician, but as a public servant and neighbor, to address the negative, untrue press surrounding the “nasty nine” nickname. Let me set the record straight. This is my first elected office and I serve because I care deeply about northeast Montana — my friends, family and neighbors. Above all, I am a husband and father and I let my family’s

The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office has announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for April 29 to offer 11 oil and gas parcels totaling 4,266 acres in Montana and North Dakota. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in October 2024 and held a public comment period that closed in December 2024 on the parcels and the related environmental analysis. A 30-day public

While Montana is one of only a few states to have a dedicated Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force, the inability of that organization to accept funding has hamstrung its efforts. That will soon change thanks to a new state law. Brought by Rep. Tyson Running Wolf, D-Browning, House Bill 83 establishes a state special revenue account, allowing the task force to receive donations, grants, gifts

In an outcome that surprised even the sponsor, senators voted unanimously Wednesday, Feb. 26, to support a bill that takes $56 million paid by tourists and returns it to property taxpayers. Sen. Carl Glimm, R-Kila, sponsored Senate Bill 90 and said he believes the unanimous support indicates the strong appetite this session for property tax relief, although he said he wasn’t expecting to