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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks launches 'Bear Relocation Dashboard'
GREAT FALLS — Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks recently launched an online Bear Relocation Dashboard in an effort to provide more insight to bear management and to keep landowners and communities aware when black bears or grizzly bears are...

Montana’s Jeff Winkler Named Chair of U.S. Pea & Lentil Trade Association
FORT BENTON, MT – The Montana Pulse Crop Committee (MPCC) proudly announces that Jeff Winkler, MPCC Pulse Industry Representative and owner of Madoc Ag, LLC in Fort Benton, Montana, has been elected Chair of the U.S. Pea & Lentil Trade Association...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Latest Wolf Proposal Aims to Increase Harvest
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is proposing changes to wolf trapping and hunting regulations aimed at reducing the statewide wolf population, the agency announced earlier this month. According to FWP’s 2024 Wolf Report, Montana is home to...

Port: League of Women Voters promotes irresponsible rhetoric undermining our elections
MINOT — There’s very little bipartisanship in America today, but one area where the right and left seem intent on working together is making Americans feel something less than confident about the security of our elections. The right’s efforts are...

Four dead in shooting at Anaconda bar
Local News Needs Fuel. You’re the Spark. This summer, MTFP reporters are partnering with hometown newsrooms across Montana — from Glendive to Anaconda — to bring deeply local stories to light. Your gift helps power this collaboration by covering...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.30.25
Good Wednesday morning. Sea & Shoreline, one of the country’s most prolific aquatic restoration firms, has added Brett Cyphers as its new Director of Government Affairs. This power move reflects the company’s deep and expanding role in...

Restoring Montana forests
Now that wildfire season is here, the elk rut is only two months away and the Big Beautiful Bill has been signed into law by President Trump without any public land sales. What needs to happen with our federal public lands in Montana is active...

Western Montana counties net PILT funds
Counties in Montana will receive $46.5 million in federal payments this year to cover a lack of property tax revenue coming from federal lands. The payments are part of more than $644.8 million that will be distributed to 1,900 state and local...

16 things to know before you come to Bozeman, Montana
Hailed as one of the hippest towns in the American West, Bozeman is luring growing numbers of visitors thanks to its proximity to mountain wildernesses and its diverse demographic. Old-school ranchers in plaid shirts and Stetsons, Hollywood...

Montana Farm Bureau Members Meet in D.C. for Annual Fly-In
A group of Montana Farm Bureau members brought concerns of the organization’s farmers and ranchers on an action-packed visit to the nation’s capital last week as part of their Washington, D.C. Fly-In. The group met with White House staff,...

City, county propose tax increases for 2026
Local News Needs Fuel. You’re the Spark. This summer, MTFP reporters are partnering with hometown newsrooms across Montana — from Glendive to Anaconda — to bring deeply local stories to light. Your gift helps power this collaboration by covering...

Supporters submit proposal to keep Montana judicial elections non-partisan
HELENA — A proposal to bring a ballot measure to keep political party labels out of Montana’s judicial elections is taking another step forward. On Tuesday morning, the committee behind the effort officially submitted the language for their...

Lincoln Co. gets sizable chunk of PILT funds
Montana counties will receive $46.5 million in federal money this year to make up for a lack of property tax revenue from federal lands. In Northwest Montana, Lincoln County is slated to receive $872,636 for its 1.7 million acres of federal land....
Supporters submit proposed ballot measure to enshrine Montana judicial elections as nonpartisan
HELENA — A proposal to bring a ballot measure to keep political party labels out of Montana’s judicial elections is taking another step forward. On Tuesday morning, the committee behind the effort officially submitted the language for their...

The Trump administration is letting states have more control over national forests
The Trump administration has started giving states more control to manage national forests within their borders. The first known agreement was signed in Montana earlier this summer. The state and the U.S. Forest Service agreed to collaborate on...

Trump voter and Montana Knife Co. founder feels tariff pain: His $515,000 sharpener from Germany is set to cost another $77,250
As President Donald Trump prepares to announce new tariff increases, the costs of his policies are starting to come into focus for a domestic manufacturing sector that depends on global supply chains, with a new analysis suggesting factory costs...

Did You Know UFOs Have A Strong Presence In Montana?
Montana Is Home To Several Of The Most Well Documented UFO Sightings Back in 1950, two flying saucers were filmed on a hand-held camera as they flew over the Electric City. It's known in UFO circles as the Montana Movie. In 1967 there were UFO...

Here is what’s on this weekend in Medicine Hat: August 1-4
Sunday the prediction is showers with a high of 22 C. Monday expectations are showers with a high of 27 C. Here is what’s on in Medicine Hat and area this weekend. — ⚾️American League State Baseball Tournament FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY The American...
Politics: 2025Talks - July 28, 2025
Politics and views in the United States. Speaker Johnson blasts effort to release more Epstein files. A bill advances in U.S. House to strip chemical regulations from EPA. Montana students join a lawsuit for Election Day voting rights, while a...

Devil's Den murder suspect charged in Miles City
SPRINGDALE, Ark. – Andrew McGann, 28, made his first court appearance after being arrested in connection to the murder of a couple formerly from Miles City, Montana. McGann was apprehended at a local barbershop on Wednesday. During a press...