On today's morning newscast: the thick blanket of wildfire smoke over western Montana is a proving a blessing and a curse for firefighters in the state. The hazy conditions can rob fires of the oxygen they need to grow but, at the same time, prevent aircraft from being able to drop water and fire retardant.
Air quality in Montana is bad from Billings west. It’s listed as very unhealthy in Libby and the Flathead valley, and unhealthy in Missoula, Hamilton, Butte, Helena, Seeley Lake, Great Falls and St Mary.
The state Department of Revenue is reminding owners of property or forest lands damaged by wildfire or other natural disasters that they may be eligible for property tax relief.
U.S. officials and the governors of coal-rich Western states are meeting with Chinese energy officials in a bid to advance so-called clean-coal technologies that have struggled to gain traction.
Activists have succeeded in their efforts to get a name-change for a polluted channel in Butte that has gone by the name "Metro Storm Drain" for years.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval talked privately yesterday with President Barack Obama about keeping the greater sage grouse off the endangered species list in 11 Western states.
Law enforcement officers in Lodge Grass arrested a man who had reportedly been driving around town firing a gun. No one was injured.
In far Northwest Montana, about 85 homes remain evacuated due to the Napoleon fire. It’s part of what’s now being called the Clark Fork Complex of six fires straddling the Montana-Idaho border.
Nevada has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the test maker blamed for the widespread technical problems last spring that left most of the state's students unable to finish the required Common Core-aligned tests.
Firefighters are reporting success on the Scotchman’s Gulch Fire near Phillipsburg. As of Sunday morning it was being called 82% contained after favorable weekend weather.
A suspected drunken driver has been charged in a crash that killed a motorcyclist who was stopped at a red light.