Several people wearing red gathered on the steps of the Big Horn County Courthouse Wednesday with most of them carrying signs with the name of a young woman who had just turned 18 when she went missing. About 78,000 Indigenous people live in Montana, although they comprise less than 7% of the state’s population. According the data from the sta...
Yellowstone National Park To Resume Large Group Tours
Last year Yellowstone National Park wouldn’t allow bus traffic in the park to thwart the possibility of spreading COVID-19. This year Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks have authorized the resumption of large group tours with a few stipulations. All passengers must either be vaccinated for COVID-19 or tested 72 hours before the t...
Senator Daines Comments On Recent Back-To-Work Initiative
Legislation recently signed into law allows any Montana voter to bring a petition placing a minor party on the ballot. It also sets out deadlines for petitions that seek to place a third party on the ballot for statewide elections. The law also requires opponents of a minority party petition drive must disclose spending on the effort similar t...
Bill That Would Aid Special Education Students Nearing Signing
In 2019, the Montana Legislature passed Hanna’s Act which created a statewide missing persons specialist in the Montana Department of Justice to help local jurisdictions with timely searches for missing people. In Helena Wednesday, tribal leaders families victims’ advocates representatives of Montana’s U.S. senators, state legislators and Gove...