Montana's congressional representatives expressed concerns Thursday about Pentagon plans to eliminate a new cargo plane slated for the Montana Air National Guard in Great Falls and to consider further domestic military base closing in 2013.
NeighborWorks Montana, a group that works to revitalize declining neighborhoods and provide affordable housing, launched an initiative Wednesday to replace aging mobile homes in the Great Falls area with new, energy-efficient manufactured homes.
HELENA — Montana is looking to recreational hunters for help in enforcing more of its wildlife management policies, but one regulator worries they are being asked to cross an ethical line in doing so.
BROWNING — A homegrown initiative to fight the harmful effects of alcohol here received recognition from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a well-attended ceremony that highlighted a local group's accomplishments after years of work.
NaturEner USA LLC of San Francisco announced Tuesday it plans to begin construction of what will be the state's second-largest wind farm on 21,000 acres in Glacier and Toole counties next week after securing a $320 million construction loan.
Former State Rep. Julie French, D-Scobey, said in a news release Thursday that she plans to challenge Republican Sen. John Brenden, also of Scobey, for the Senate District 18 seat.
Two fires burning simultaneously scorched approximately 18,000 acres on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation on Wednesday night and Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 400 people, including about 90 students and staff from a boarding school dormitory complex.
HELENA — If Big Sky Country felt a bit more crowded Tuesday, it could be because state officials are estimating that Montana's population has surpassed 1 million people for the first time.
The race is on for Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology to secure additional grants and private donations to get a bid out for construction of its on-campus childcare facility this winter.
HELENA — The federal government is investigating an alleged fraud scheme in which people handed over their savings to invest in what they believed was an oil and gas development project on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
Before we head out to the oil patch this week, I want to welcome our new readers from the Great Falls Tribune. It's quite an honor to be included in "Montana's Newspaper!"
BILLINGS — Gov. Brian Schweitzer said he will not allow any wild bison to be moved within Montana because a federal agency has raised concerns about potential disease transmissions — throwing into doubt a proposal to relocate 68 of the animals from Yellowstone National Park to two American Indian reservations.
U.S Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., joined House members from two other land-based missile states in asking Defense Secretary Leon Panetta not to cut America's intercontinental ballistic missile force too severely.
HELENA — Federal safety regulators disclosed problems Tuesday with oil and other hazardous liquid pipelines at seven major river crossings and hundreds of smaller crossings in Montana and northern Wyoming — problems that could put the lines at increased risk of failure.
