Phoebe is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She has worked at The Sheridan Press and The Billings Gazette, and her work has appeared in McClatchy Newspapers and ...

The U.S. Forest Service will abandon its nine regional offices as its parent Department of Agriculture consolidates out of Washington, D.C., according to a memo released by Agriculture Secretary ...

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2022 Elections State Supreme Court race draws $2.9 million in outside spending in last month of campaign ...

Elmo Fire offers a stark reminder of the danger fire poses to one of the state’s fastest-growing areas.

Montana’s famous cow-to-person ratio has narrowed a bit. U.S. Department of Agriculture data from early 2024 shows 2.12 million cattle roaming the state alongside 1.14 million people. That’s still ...

As grizzly bear populations increase and their range expands, Montana wildlife officials have launched a new online dashboard to help track bear-related incidents. The tool comes as lawmakers push to ...

The City of Big Timber anticipates selling millions of gallons of its water to Crazy Mountain Ranch to see it through the summer.

The Montana Land Board on Monday voted 4-1 to authorize Montana’s water right regulator to file protests on 18 privately held water rights that are used to irrigate State Trust Land.

Senate-side lawmakers appear to be deeply skeptical of relief measures that, like the governor’s proposal, would tweak tax rates to reduce taxes on homeowners by shifting burden to other types of ...

A worker died Saturday morning in an electrical incident underground at the Stillwater mine near Columbus. “The [federal] Mine Safety and Health Administration has been up at this site since Saturday ...

The Missoula writer on the double-edged success of “Maid,” combatting anxiety on book tour, and more.