HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce will open applications Oct. 1 for a new loan program designed to help rural businesses access capital at lower interest rates. The Opportunities in Rural ...

CHOTEAU — Grizzly bear conflicts in Montana have more than doubled in just five weeks, jumping from 59 cases in mid-July to 139 incidents as of this week, according to state tracking data — a surge ...

HELENA — A Montana campaign finance compliance consultant pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of wire fraud for embezzling $253,000 from political campaigns and organizations across the state over ...

This article was originally published by The Empowerment Alliance and is republished through RealClearWire. The 2009 “endangerment finding,” in which the EPA formally declared that greenhouse gases ...

MISSOULA COUNTY — The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a phone scam targeting people with false claims that their loved ones have been arrested. According to the Sheriff’s ...

HELENA, MT — The Montana Department of Livestock confirmed Friday that a bull from a Beaverhead County ranch tested positive for brucellosis, marking the 14th case of the reproductive disease detected ...

HELENA — Montana hunters face a mixed but generally encouraging outlook this fall, with elk herds at or above objectives in most regions, pronghorn numbers surging to eight-year highs in the southeast ...

BOZEMAN — A California semiconductor company has relocated its entire operation to Montana, citing the state’s business climate and access to Montana State University’s cutting-edge quantum computing ...

MISSOULA, MT — Multiple local businesses that sponsored the Missoula County Republican Central Committee booth at the Western Montana Fair are facing coordinated harassment campaigns through false ...

BOZEMAN — Author and attorney Michael Punke, whose novel “The Revenant” became an Academy Award-winning film, addressed Montana State University’s incoming freshmen Tuesday as part of the university’s ...

HELENA — Montana’s unemployment rate held steady at 2.8% in July, marking an unprecedented 10th consecutive month below 3%, building on eight straight months reported in June, and extending the ...

BIG TIMBER, MT — A Big Timber man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced. James Karl Ellis, ...