Cool wet weather has helped firefighters across Montana, with some benefitting more than others.
This afternoon all evacuees from the West Fork Fish Creek fire southwest of Alberton were allowed back into their homes in Mineral County, and pre-evacuation notices were rescinded along Petty Creek Road in Missoula County.
Evacuations were also lifted this afternoon along Beartooth Road near Holter Lake.
The Sheep fire burning near Essex received a quarter of an inch of rain last night
Things were tougher yesterday for crews on the Willow Creek fire near Livingston.
There was also an uptick of fire activity yesterday on the Clark Fork Complex of fires burning near Heron and over the Montana-Idaho state line.
A trial to determine the legality of an execution drug has concluded after attorneys for Montana's two death row inmates disputed the credibility of the state's key medical witness.
A public hearing on proposed changes to Montana's campaign laws was scheduled for 14 hours at the Capitol yesterday and today.
A soldier injured in a parachute training accident in western Montana has been released from the hospital and is back training with his unit.
Montana child welfare officials insist a state law prohibits disclosure of information about child abuse deaths despite a warning from the federal government that continued secrecy could jeopardize grant money.
Park rangers are conducting traffic safety checkpoints in Yellowstone National Park throughout the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
Two orphaned cubs of a grizzly bear that was killed in Yellowstone National Park arrived in an Ohio zoo.
Two Montana miners are denying claims that their mine northwest of Helena fails to comply with U.S. Forest Service regulations.
A Missoula jury has found a 34-year-old woman not guilty of assaulting a police officer and a nurse in a busy emergency room on Christmas Day.