Montana Today

Billings Clinic is just one of the scores of hospitals across the U.S. looking abroad to ease a shortage of nurses worsened by the pandemic. The national demand is so great that it’s created a backlog of health care professionals awaiting clearance to work in the U.S.

Anticipating future growth, Missoula County this week signed off on a plan to improve the water system in Lolo, saying more redundancy is needed to accommodate changes in the area.

In addition to creating access to a market of marijuana consumers of unprecedented size in Montana, the passage of I-190 signaled something of a shift in virtues. More than half of Montana voters agreed: Possession of marijuana, in most instances, wasn’t worth a jail sentence, at least not while there’s money to be made.

Departing Glacier National Park Superintendent Jeff Mow is looking forward to having more time to enjoy the Flathead with his family. He is looking back with satisfaction, having met the challenges of running the park for the past several years, and with thanks for the people who helped him do it.

Moviegoers are back in Montana theaters, munching on salty, buttery popcorn, watching Meryl Streep strut her Donald Trump in “Don’t Look Up,” and giving at least a couple of arthouses their best months since coronavirus arrived in the Treasure State.

Just days after issuing a plea for blanket donations to help keep residents of a south-side homeless camp warm, the United Way of Missoula County got what it needed, and then some.

A case involving a Missoula-area pastor, gay rights and the National Association of Realtors’ code of ethics may be the first legal test of the code, involving LGBTQ+ discrimination, an advocacy group says.

The Temporary Safe Outdoor Space off Highway 93 remains open, and the United Way of Missoula County this week issued an urgent request for blankets to serve the camp's homeless residents.

Sgt. Nathaneil G. Irish was laid to rest in the sprawling cemetery along Central Avenue in Montana’s largest city. Irish, who called Billings home, was killed in Iraq in 2019, after dying by suicide there.

The wildlife habitat known as the Bad Rock Canyon near Columbia Falls is one of the Flathead Valley’s largest remaining undeveloped riverfront properties. FWP and the Flathead Land Trust were given two years to secure more than $7 million in funding to purchase the land.