State wildlife officials are conducting tests on fish from additional areas to see if they’re infected with a disease blamed for a massive fish kill in the Yellowstone River.
At least 20 rural homes were evacuated early this morning near Thompson Falls after a local wildfire more than doubled in size.
Lincoln County may need to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for misspent grant money.
A man who was convicted of attempted murder 20 years ago has fled probation for the second time in less than two months.
A state agency's decision to award a $7 million tourism marketing contract to a Wisconsin firm is being criticized by some tourism industry officials.
Firefighters are responding to a small wildfire above Lakeside, estimated at 5-10 acres in size.
Public safety officials are on alert across Western Montana as red flag fire weather is forecast to persist until at least 9:00 tonight. That means westerly winds gusting to 40 miles per hour and very low humidity levels.
After thousands of fish deaths forced an unprecedented closure of 180 miles of the Yellowstone River last week, an official with Montana's Office of Tourism says the state’s branding as a place of pristine landscape is still strong.