A 45-year-old pilot was killed Wednesday in a firefighting plane crash just after noon on Hauser Reservoir near Spokane Bay while fighting the Horse Gulch Fire.
Eva Molina and Eric Heiman write, "The time for action is now, yet the Montana Public Service Commission is illegally delaying a rulemaking petition that would allow real climate action to take hold in Montana."
After hearing final arguments, the Montana Supreme Court will decide whether recent state law can bar state agencies from considering the effects of climate change.
The top priorities continue the city's core services including public works, police and fire, parks and administrative services. Homelessness is on the list, as well as housing. Economic development plays a stronger role.
Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights accused the state Secretary of State’s Office of inappropriately discarding signatures from registered but inactive voters and is threatening legal action.
An inmate at the Missoula County Detention Center has filed a lawsuit against the county claiming he has received deficient medical care during his incarceration, county officials said Tuesday.