Darrell Ehrlick
Lawsuit claims Grant-Kohrs Ranch is illegally endangering survival of bull trout
The case, brought by two organizations, Save the Bull Trout and Alliance for the Wild Rockies, said that the U.S. Department of the Interior and West Side Ditch Company are violating the Endangered Species Act in order to preserve the Grant-Kohrs Ranch national historic site.
Mai Wah: Remembering the legacy of Chinese immigrants in Montana
The Mai Wah Noodles and Chop Suey sign atop the building on West Mercury Street are printed in big black-and-white letters, a visible and permanent reminder of what was once home to one of the largest Chinese communities in the intermountain West.
Flooding closes Yellowstone Park, isolates Gardiner; evacuations in Red Lodge
The full damage of the rain is still being assessed by officials in the park and nearby. The Montana communities of Gardiner and Red Lodge are essentially closed off because of concerns about flooding, washed out roads and damaged bridges.
State says emergency birth certificate rule was legal, necessary
The director of Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services said the agency had no other choice than to write a new rule addressing how birth certificates could be changed once a judge temporarily enjoined a law passed by the 2021 Legislature.
ACLU asks court to strike down emergency order, allow birth certificate changes
The American Civil Liberties Union in Montana is asking a district court judge to immediately order the state’s Department of Public Health and Human Services to revert to a 2017 law allowing citizens to change the sex designation on a birth certificate.
Crow Nation celebrates culture, language as new dictionary is published
The Language Conservancy, an Indiana-based group focused on preserving languages, especially indigenous tongues, unveiled the “Crow Dictionary,” a massive collection of nearly 850 pages that documents the language and is the first major collection of the language published since 1975.
Group sues U.S. Fish and Wildlife for not protecting white bark pine
The Center for Biological Diversity has launched a lawsuit against the United States Fish and Wildlife Services for not listing 11 critically at-risk species under the Endangered Species Act, including the white bark pine tree found in Montana.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle votes unanimously to form union
The newsroom employees at the Bozeman Daily Chronicle have voted unanimously to certify the Yellowstone Newspaper Guild. It becomes the second daily newspaper in the state to form a union in the past three years.
Last week’s quake was the biggest in Yellowstone National Park in five years
Last week, Yellowstone National Park experienced its largest earthquake in nearly five years, with a magnitude 4.2 earthquake happening about 23 miles northeast of the East Entrance to the park.
Montana has distributed $56M in rental assistance, given back $53M
Anastasia Burton, communications and public affairs supervisor for the Montana Department of Commerce, said that the state tried, but was left no choice to return the money, in accordance with U.S. Treasury guidelines.