Jul 16, 2024 · As of Tuesday, three large active fires in Montana had spread across more than 46,000 acres, or a combined area of more than 70 square miles. The three fires — Deadman (which includes four different fires), Horse Gulch, and Miller Peak, also span the state as forecasters call for very high temperatures coupled with wind — dangerous fire conditions that may continue into next week.

Nov 12, 2024 · The Montana House Republican Caucus on Tuesday voted Rep. Brandon Ler, R-Savage, as Speaker of the House for the 69 th Legislative Session. “We have an express mandate from Montanans to roll up our sleeves and begin correcting the 16 years of Democratic administration destruction,” Ler said in a speech before the vote.

Dec 25, 2024 · It’s holiday time and with that comes traditions. One of the traditions we’ve established here at the Daily Montanan is not just presenting our annual list of Top 10 stories as decided by the staff, but we also love to show you what you’ve been reading.

Montanans will have three constitutional initiatives before them in 2024. Each, if passed, would amend the Montana Constitution. Constitutional Initiatives 126 and 127 are tied closely together, but because of the Montana Constitutional requirement that a constitutional proposal can only contain one subject, both 126 and 127 were separated to ensure compliance with the law. […]

Nov 14, 2024 · More than a dozen women who said they were sexually assaulted by a doctor at a Missoula healthcare center said they’ve begun the process of suing Community Medical Center by going through the Montana Medical Legal Panel, a necessary step before suing the hospital.

Sep 15, 2024 · Casey Quinlan was an economy reporter for States Newsroom, based in Washington, D.C. For the past decade, they have reported on national politics and state politics, LGBTQ rights, abortion access, labor issues, education, Supreme Court news and more for publications including The American Independent, ThinkProgress, New Republic, Rewire News, SCOTUSblog, In These Times and Vox.

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Dec 12, 2024 · NorthWestern Energy announced Thursday it is joining a new high voltage transmission project that will help expand Montana’s grid and meet the state’s increasing energy demand.

Oct 25, 2024 · Voters make selections at their voting booths inside an early voting site on October 17, 2024 in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Several counties effected by Hurricane Helene saw a large turnout of residents for the first day of early voting in Western North Carolina.

Oct 10, 2024 · Attorneys for Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel delivered closing arguments Thursday in Knudsen’s disciplinary hearing before the Commission on Practice after hearing from the Supreme Court administrator and two lawmakers from the 2021 session.. Montana Solicitor General Christian Corrigan delivered the closing for Knudsen, saying that punishing ...