After weeks of public outcry, Yellowstone County asks state to clarify 2025 data center law
County commissioners say the Right to Compute Act blocks them from normal regulatory actions.
Montana drops bison lawsuit against Yellowstone National Park
Motion to dismiss ends nearly two years of litigation, renewed tension over who gets a say in bison management
‘Privilege of a lifetime’: Cam Sholly looks back on eight years as head of Yellowstone
Longtime superintendent reflects on leading America’s first national park through record visitation, a historic flood, a pandemic, wildlife conflicts and more — and what comes next for Yellowstone National Park.
‘It should not exist’: Ancient archaeological mystery revealed high in Beartooth Mountains
A young Montana archaeologist has evidence that Clovis people lived in the Greater Yellowstone high country at least 13,000 years ago – a time when the mountains should have been covered in ice.
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Meet the Flathead Valley judges squaring off for a state Supreme Court seat
Amy Eddy and Dan Wilson are competing in a nonpartisan — but increasingly politicized — race for the state’s highest court.
Most Montanans say state is on ‘wrong track,’ poll shows
New Montana Free Press-Rutgers Eagleton Poll shows voter concern over state’s direction, partisan divide regarding elected officials.
Billings man with gun resumes ‘patrolling’ near elementary school
Parents of frightened Broadwater Elementary School students urge district officials to take action.
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Bears are ‘spinning out’ in southern Montana. Wildlife managers are at their wit’s end.
Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear-human conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with conflicting views on how to live with the species — and whether a ‘fed bear’ really should be a ‘dead bear.’
‘Where they belong’: Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes bring home the remains of three members
The emotional repatriation of Christine Redstone, Peter Howe and Richard Morgan marked the end of a 136-year separation.
On the Record: Billings Police Chief Rich St. John says goodbye after 45 years of law enforcement
Retiring after 45 years, Billings’ longtime top cop talks about the importance of proactive policing, second chances and public accountability.
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Brereton to leave helm of Montana state health department
The director will be replaced by State Medical Director Dr. Doug Harrington.
How Montana’s ‘Right to Compute Act’ stymies data center regulation
Local officials say a first-in-the-nation state law is hamstringing the public’s power to regulate unpopular development.
Dozens of warrantless arrests deemed wrongful in class-action immigration case
A federal judge ordered the release of 24 immigration detainees late last week, and more are expected to be released soon as the case continues.
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