Montana and Washington state lawmakers will meet this fall about the possibility of weaning Washington off of Montana coal.
The Missoulian newspaper and Montana Kaimin are reporting that a University of Montana student has been arrested in connection with a reported sexual assault on campus in August.
The death of an inmate at Flathead County jail has prompted a state investigation.
Federal officials say Montana has a safe aviation program, but it is unlikely the state's five firefighting helicopters will be used to respond to blazes on U.S. Forest Service lands this year.
A grizzly bear trapped and released in Montana has wandered into northern Idaho where state and federal officials are trying to recapture it due to concern it has lost its natural wariness of humans.
The man charged with killing a Great Falls man and fleeing, setting off a three-day manhunt in the hills north of Helena, made his initial appearance in District Court in Great Falls today.
Weather forecasters are predicting gorgeous late-summer weather this weekend, but a major change is just around the corner.