Inside Yellowstone National Park’s historic gift from data center developers
The $150-million donation is the largest in National Park Service history. It came from the largest data-center backer in the world.
Elk hunter days and harvests, by region
Southwestern Montana recorded the most hunter days in the most recent data, while southeastern Montana had the most elk harvested per hunter day.
2026 ELECTION COVERAGE
Can Montanans be persuaded by Seth Bodnar’s anti-partisan platform?
The independent candidate needs support across — and between — ideological lines to become the state’s first independent U.S. senator.
Aaron Flint’s fighting form
The Republican House candidate says Montana is under threat. After years of ‘fighting behind the microphone,’ he’s asking voters to send him to Washington swinging.
Trump rallies for Flint in Kalispell
The president, on tour to motivate voter turnout in hotly contested midterm elections, praised candidate Aaron Flint and bashed his Democratic opponent.
Federal appeals court weighs future of wolf protections
Ninth Circuit hearing could determine whether feds reconsider Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and across the West
MoJo Book Club: Will Wright’s ‘Borders of Biodiversity’
‘How Gray Wolves, Monarch Butterflies, and Giant Sequoias Transformed Large Landscape Conservation’ explores transcontinental conservation efforts and the barriers separating wildlife movement.
Tweak to Endangered Species Act could allow widespread development
Trump officials tout ‘harm’ change to unleash energy agenda, as critics warn it could unravel 50 years of ecological recovery
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On the Record: Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter
Heading unopposed into the fall election, Slaughter talks immigration enforcement, career aspirations and school resource officers.
Missoula County to prohibit sale of kratom in retail food businesses
The prohibition on the substance that can have opioid-like effects would apply to convenience stores, grocery stores and other businesses with a retail food license.
EDITORS’ PICKS
Two closed schools. Faculty resignations. What happened at Great Falls Catholic schools?
The church is pursuing its vision for a united Catholic school system. The cost has been high, with dozens of frustrated parents enrolling their kids elsewhere.
Actions by Trump, Gianforte unlikely to mitigate diesel woes, experts say
Industry groups and economists are skeptical that new imports and dyed-fuel waivers will move the needle on spiking diesel prices.
Montana lawmakers allege disability discrimination in fight over psychiatric facility
Committee members told Laurel the city broke civil rights laws by declining to provide water to the proposed building. They also pushed to withhold state funding from cities under investigation for discrimination.
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Yellowstone County Attorney Twito resigns, tapped to lead U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana
The longtime prosecutor will serve in an interim role until being confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Groups sue PSC for refusing to consider climate change
Montana’s Public Service Commission rejected a petition asking the agency to consider climate impacts. Now the petitioners have sued.
Two PSC districts on Montana ballot: Meet the candidates
Public Service Commission candidates say they’re vying for office to regulate monopolies
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