Montana Today

The battle happened during the riots and turmoil shortly after Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot, and news of the fierce battle seemed to get buried in the news and in the minds of the public.

For years, officials in Billings have known that powerful cleaning solvents may be in the ground, near the site of a dry cleaning and laundry service. But testing and an effort in Congress has gotten a significant swath of the city designated a “Superfund” site to clean chlorinated, volatile organic chemicals and petroleum hydrocarbons.

Advocates for increasing funding for Missoula Aging Services are ramping up their campaign ahead of the election, saying they won't be able to meet the needs of the city's growing number of aging adults without additional support. Missoula County commissioners last month agreed to place the organization's levy request on the vote-by-mail primary ballot for the June 7 election...

A year after a new Montana law stripped local health boards of their rulemaking authority, confusion and power struggles are creating a patchwork oversight system that may change how public health is administered long after the pandemic is over.

A federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 38 inmates who say conditions at the Lake County jail are inhumane. The inmates’ allegations go beyond the physical state of the Lake County jail.

The president of the University of Montana gave an optimistic take on the state of the institution and its future on Monday, saying growth, research and innovation were on the rise.

For the second year in a row, nearly $3 million was bet in Montana on the men’s and women’s NCAA March Madness tournaments, with 2022 seeing slightly lower numbers.

Larger departments are trying to attract paramedics by boosting pay and offering hefty signing bonuses. But small teams in underserved counties across the U.S. don’t have the budgets to compete.

The Missoula County Elections Office this week said it would consider printing “I voted” stickers in the Salish language for members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, marking the county's latest step to further recognize its tribal partners.

The Professional Association of Diving Instructors Worldwide Corporation is denying vicarious responsibility for the November 2020 death of Linnea Mills, according to a document filed April 4 in Missoula County District Court.