Land Board greenlights $1.7 million for Montana’s public schools. Montana’s public schools are set to receive a major funding boost. During its last meeting the Montana Land Board approved roughly $1.7 million in revenue for education. With over 5.2 million acres under its care the Land Board’s mission is rooted in Montana’s Constitution which...
Montana Is 2025’s 2nd Most Patriotic State in America – WalletHub Study With the Fourth of July approaching today WalletHub today released its report on 2025’s Most Patriotic States in America. Montana ranked 2nd in the nation with the most red white and blue pride. The personal-finance website compared the 50 states across 13 key indica...
Canadian wildfire smoke chokes north-central Montana Smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted into Montana this week covering a large swath of north-central Montana Wednesday and Thursday. Fires have been burning since May in the Canadian provinces of Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Montana has had several small wildfires early this season its...
Trump to axe power plant emission rules saving Colstrip The Trump administration announced Wednesday it plans to repeal “all ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions standards for the power sector” as well as Air Toxins Standards “that directly result in coal-fired power plants having to shut down.” Electric utilities have cited the regulations for retiring...
Report: Most Montanans agree tourism benefits outweigh negative impacts According to University of Montana Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research 68% of respondents to a 2024 survey agreed the benefits of tourism outweigh the negative impacts but feel local communities are becoming more overcrowded. Residents in Central Montana saw the ...
Montana Gas Prices Drop For 4th Time In 2025 Gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 1.6 cents in the last week averaging $3.18 for a gallon of regular unleaded today. According to Gas Buddy dot com gas prices in Montana are 4.2 cents a gallon higher than a month ago but are 22.1 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. Montana is ranked 12th in...
Water Supply Short For Summer Months According to the Natural Resources Conservation Services water supply outlook report low streamflows are expected in northwest Montana’s river basins all through the summer. This comes after unseasonably hot and dry temperatures in May that triggered an early peak spring runoff. On the Rocky Mountain Front...
Montana Snowpack Melts Rapidly During May Resulting in Well Below Normal June 1 Snowpack Snowpack across Montana is around 50% to 70% of median. That’s a drop from May 1st when snowpack was largely 75% to 110% of median and streamflow matched snowpack and precipitation patterns. A full report of conditions can be found in the monthly Water Sup...
MT marijuana providers, regulators assess industry as testing laboratories fall in numbers Montana officials and marijuana providers gathered in Helena Wednesday to sort through the tenuous position of an industry with as much product as ever but only a single testing laboratory to verify it’s safely void of pesticides. The 2025 Legislature ad...
More Measles In Montana: Total Case Count Now 17 Including Two Hospitalizations The number of confirmed measles cases in Montana so far this year reached 17 Tuesday afternoon. Two in Yellowstone County were the latest preceded by two in Flathead three in Hill and 10 in Gallatin Counties. Two people have been hospitalized as a result. All are s...
