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,