More than a hundred personnel were added to the Observation fire southwest of Hamilton since yesterday.
Four Montana counties have been placed on drought alert.
Authorities are investigating after someone broke into the Smith Valley fire hall and set fire to a rescue truck that caused extensive damage.
A judge has determined the public has a 5-foot easement to access the Ruby River on either side of the Seyler Lane bridge south of Twin Bridges.
Managers have started releasing more cold water from a reservoir in northern Idaho for endangered Snake River sockeye salmon following a year where 99 percent of the run died due to lethally hot water.