Montana Today

With the start of the fall semester only weeks away and COVID-19 case counts on the rise, college campuses across Montana are once again rolling out plans to prevent the spread of the virus.

Montana won’t be issuing any mandates on face-coverings or other safety steps, Gianforte said – and, he stood by his signing of a new law that forbids businesses from requiring employees to be vaccinated or forbids them from denying services to those who aren’t vaccinated.

The Arlee Rehabilitation Center started with one man who saw demand for those in need and wanted to meet it by combining his two passions—people and animals—together.

Federal health officials will likely reject Montana’s request to include work requirements for beneficiaries of its Medicaid expansion program, which insures 100,000 low-income Montana adults, state officials said.

After running away during his family’s evacuation, Astro, a Polson family's pet cat, reunited with his owner on Tuesday afternoon. Burnt and bruised with damaged lungs, swollen paws and missing whiskers Astro survived the ordeal.

The Poverello Center on Tuesday said it anticipates an increase in the number of homeless and unsheltered individuals in Missoula after Congress let an eviction moratorium expire over the weekend.

For the second year in a row, Montana will be one of 12 states included in a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education to implement Waterford Upstart, an online early education program to support rural students before they enter kindergarten.

As winds shifted from the northeast on Sunday, the fire descended the mountainsides toward Flathead Lake, growing to more than 1,000 acres and burning 15 to 20 homes during Saturday night. Power was shut off to the area to prevent any further starts.

Authorities report the wildfire that’s burning in the Finley Point area has burned 1,150 acres and evacuation orders remain in place. Multiple structures were lost late Saturday night and into the early morning hours, a social media post from the CSKT Division of Fire states.

With the population growth occurring in the county, it’s good to at least plan where trails might go before other things are built in the way. Once everything fills in, it will be harder to put trails and pathways through.