Colstrip Montana

MTPR’s Austin Amestoy sat down with the filmmakers behind “Tomorrow’s Town Today,” which explores life in the coal-centric town of Colstrip, Montana, through the eyes of some of its youngest residents.

For one Montana family, lead contamination in their home brought on what one parent describes as the “biggest trial we’ve ever been through.”

Residents of Colstrip — a town that has grown and prospered because of coal — fear that any bad news for the industry will be even worse for them. Up against shifting markets and corporate interests, how can Colstrip's advocates ensure future stability for its residents?

The U.S. Department of Commerce is directing several million dollars to help with workforce and industry diversification in southeast Montana’s coal country.

The owners of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant are now required to study how the city of Colstrip will keep its supply of drinking water if the plant ever shuts down.

The residents of Colstrip rely on the local coal-fired power plant pumping in clean drinking water from the Yellowstone River. The plant uses the water for its operations, but also sends some of it to town. This means there are major questions about what will happen to the local water supply if the plant ever shuts down.

The dispute between Republican legislative leadership and the state Supreme Court will likely continue after the legislative session ends. This as Montana…

The first application period for $10 million in transition funds is now open for workers and communities affected by last year’s closures at two of the Colstrip power plant’s four units.

Montana's largest coal-fired power plant has begun demolishing equipment as part of a partial closure.The Colstrip Power Plant started dismantling its…

A coal mining company that works in Montana filed a request in May for a judicial review of a recently changed rule for power plant air emissions...