The assistant principal of Hellgate High School has submitted her resignation to Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Thane today. This follows the recent data breach at MCPS where information of 1,100 students were accidentally released to a group of parents via email.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is bracing for a showdown with Congress if the government keeps running out of money to fight wildfires. Year after year, the Forest Service has borrowed money from other programs to keep up with the ever-growing cost of fighting fires.
Both of Montana’s senators voted against the omnibus federal spending bill that passed Congress today, but its lone congressman voted for it.
Montana’s unemployment rate declined slightly by one-tenth of a percent to an even 4 percent in November. The U.S. unemployment rate remained unchanged over the month at 5.0 percent.
The city of Missoula has appealed the $88.6 million value placed on the city's drinking water system. The city filed the appeal yesterday, challenging the decision made by a panel of commissioners in November.
Federal officials are seeking public comment on the power plant at Hungry Horse Dam as they move forward with a proposed modernization of the plant.
A Kalispell man has been charged with sexually assaulting a young girl less than a year after the Montana Supreme Court overturned his conviction for sexual assault.
Governor Steve Bullock says he uses private email to communicate with staff only about political or campaign-related issues, but acknowledges the line between politics and state business sometimes gets blurry.