Montana Today

Western Montana has several wildlife crossing structures, thanks to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and a Legislative bill that would leverage federal funds could help add a few more.

If legislation under consideration at the state Legislature moves forward, 2023 might be the last time city elections occur in an odd-numbered year.

The City of Missoula will partner with a local engineering firm to design and eventually install a water main on Johnson Street to serve what's expected to be a redevelopment project down the road.

Passenger numbers at Missoula Montana Airport ticked up 5% in February when compared to the same month in 2019, which was a record year for the airport, officials said on Tuesday.

Fra Dana’s portrait of “Clifford Breeding” was returned from conservation after being lost for over 60 years to the Montana Museum of Art and Culture.

Missoula County plans to seek a share of funding tied to the Federal Lands Access Program to create a new path to a popular recreation site, overlay several rural roads and replace a bridge leading to National Forest lands.

Anthony Licata writes, "Over the next biennium, these bills would strip tens of millions of dollars in voter-approved revenue from the Habitat Montana Program and permanently block the program from tapping those funds again."

Harold Johns writes, "It’s yet another step in a direction towards privatization of Montana’s wildlife, a path that Montanans don’t want to be going down."

A bill introduced to the Senate Taxation Committee would use grants to give survivors of domestic violence a place to go and hotels a reason to let them stay.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday to revive a lawsuit against the federal government by two Montana property owners who say a public road brought increased traffic, trespassers and theft.