Stay safe on Western Montana's rivers this spring

MISSOULA — This time of year, especially with the heat, Montana’s beautiful rivers look tempting, but they can also be dangerous. There are some steps you can take to reduce risk as you recreate on the water this season. “We're pretty lucky being here …

Montana Lottery Powerball, Lucky For Life results for May 28, 2025

Anya Taylor-Joy Channels Hannah Montana for Miley Cyrus's Album Party

At this point, there are very few early-2000s trends that have remained untouched by the Y2K-obsessed hands of Gen Z. The age group has spent years rifling through the Millennial archives, unearthing some of our most traumatic fashion memories for their …

Huge crowd shows up at Montana BBQ restaurant to defy PETA

Smoked BBQ at 203 Second Avenue North in Great Falls enjoyed a huge turnout for lunch on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - thanks to community response to a vehicle from the organization People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) parked outside, urging people …

Ballot measure proposal seeks to enshrine Montana judicial elections as nonpartisan

HELENA — In 2026, judicial elections in Montana will be conducted without political party labels – as they have been for decades – after a series of proposals to change the system failed to pass the Legislature this year. Now, a new committee wants to ask …

Montana Amends Law to Cover Collection and Use of Neural Data

[co-author: James O'Reilly*] Montana recently revised its Genetic Information Privacy Act to address neural data. The law went into effect in 2023, and applies to both entities that offer genetic testing services as well as entities that use genetic …

Montana Tech student selected for prestigious fellowship at Brookhaven National Laboratory

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Montana Tech mechanical engineering student will spend six weeks at the United States at Nuclear Chemistry Summer School (NCSS) at the Brookhaven National Laboratory this summer. The program selects 24 top students from around the U.S. …

How the 68th Legislature shaped Montana’s energy policy

HELENA, Mont. — Weeks before the 68th Legislature, Montana lawmakers garnered national attention with news that Rep. Steve Gunderson, R-Libby, was considering a measure to revise Montanans’ right to a “clean and healthful environment” afforded by the state …

Vanished in Montana: Ashley HeavyRunner's family without closure nearly 8 years later

BROWNING, Mont. — Funny, smart and at times feisty -- that’s how Kimberly Loring HeavyRunner described her younger sister, Ashley, who went missing from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in 2017. Nearly eight years since the 20-year-old disappeared in June …

Voermans signs with Montana Tech for track

Columbia Falls senior Lane Voermans has signed with Montana Tech in Butte to compete on the college’s track team. Voermans won the state A title in the discus as a sophomore and senior and was runner-up as a junior. He also set the discus record at the …