Montana Today

Police officers responded to reports of a male trespasser at the Missoula Public Library on Wednesday and took him into custody after he brandished a knife. In a statement, the Missoula Police Department said the incident began at around 1:30 p...

Following a meeting between Gov. Greg Gianforte, lawmakers and the state department of corrections leaders, an entire unit at the Montana State Prison remains closed with no immediate reopening plans.

Without tribal consent, the federal government established the National Bison Range in 1908 as a 19,000-acre preserve in the middle of the Flathead Indian Reservation. Tribal members were excluded from bison management despite their involvement in the herd’s creation. 

The 2020 census missed nearly 1 of every 17 Native Americans who live on reservations, an undercount that could very well lead to insufficient federal funding for essential health, nutrition, and social programs in remote communities with high poverty rates and scarce access to services.

Mountain Line in April announced its plans to pursue a $54 million federal Bus Facilities Grant for a new master facility in the Scott Street area. Missoula County officially backed that effort in a letter of support this week.

As Missoula's plan to end homelessness closes out its first decade, the city will fund an evaluation to better understand the successes and gaps that remain in its effort to stamp out homelessness. This week, members of the City Council approved a $42,000 contract with JG Research and Evaluation to take a comprehensive look at Reaching Home: Missoula's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness...

Under new leadership and with the June primary just weeks away, Missoula Aging Services took to its mission and need for a funding increase to the City Council on Wednesday.

The last ship to bring slaves to the United States from Africa in 1860 was set ablaze near the mouth of the Mobile River following the illegal voyage, and a recent archaeological assessment of the sunken vessel revealed the charred timber and other parts that remain.

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.

In a change of course, the Department of Public Health and Human Services announced Friday it submitted a plan to receive federal dollars for food for children for the school year, making Montana eligible for summer funding as well, the latter amount earlier estimated at $36.6 million.