July Was Historic Month For New Business Registration In Montana A record nearly 7,000 new business registrations were filed in Montana last month topping the previous monthly best of roughly 6,700 in April. So far this year nearly 45,000 new business registrations have been filed with the Secretary of State’s Office. Montana has experienced r...
Judge Rules Rocky Mountain Wolves Wrongly Denied Endangered Species Protections U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled Tuesday the federal government must reconsider its refusal to grant protections for gray wolves in the Rocky Mountains because killing them in Montana Idaho and Wyoming puts the species at risk. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser...
Travel Boycott Cuts Canadian Visitation To Montana Canadian tourism is on the decline with cross-border visits down more than 30% compared to last summer. At high-traffic areas like Sweetgrass and Roosville visitation from Canada is down by almost a third. Canada even has its own “buy local” movement that encourages avoiding U.S. trips hurting...
Attorney General Knudsen visits Anaconda 48 hours after four people were killed in shooting Attorney General Austin Knudsen received a briefing Sunday in Anaconda regarding the Friday morning shooting at the Owl Bar and ongoing search for the suspect 45-year-old Michael Brown who opened fire killing four people before fleeing the scene. Brown ...
NorthWestern Energy inks power agreement with proposed AI data center in Yellowstone County NorthWestern Energy has signed a letter of intent to supply as much as 1,000 megawatts of electricity by the year 2030 to what would be the largest data center in Montana in Yellowstone County by Texas-based Quantica Infrastructure. The total load for ...
Federal cuts spell stormy weather for Montana solar industry About 2.5% of the homes in Montana now have solar but the industry expects to be hit hard by the Trump administration’s efforts to boost domestic energy production by pushing policies to expand oil natural gas coal and hydropower. The federal government has pulled back programs deeme...
Montana PSC president Brad Molnar under investigation Public Service Commission President Brad Molnar is under an internal investigation by a hired outside attorney which he and his attorney claim is an illegal effort to silence and oust him from his position. The PSC’s chief legal counsel Lucas Hamilton has confirmed the investigation is und...
Representative Zinke to announce intent to include Madison Gallatin rivers in Wild and Scenic system Representative Ryan Zinke has scheduled a press conference for today to announce a bill that would include 100 miles of the Gallatin and Madison rivers and some tributaries in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Of Montana’s 170,000 mil...
Canadian Travel Drops as Domestic Tourism Remains Flat in Northwest Montana As summer travel peaks businesses in Northwest Montana are reporting flat domestic tourism compared to 2024 and a 25% decline in Canadian travel amid a weak currency economic uncertainty and tense border relations. In June there was a 22% year-over-year drop in crossin...
Outcry as US agriculture department to cut salaries and relocate staff In a memorandum issued Thursday agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said the US Department of Agriculture will undergo major restructuring. According to the memo regional offices will be eliminated or scaled down. How this will affect Montana producers is not clear yet but...
