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Honeydew at Missoula Humane Society Isn’t Melancholy With 3 Legs

Honeydew at Missoula Humane Society Isn’t Melancholy With 3 Legs

This sweet little gal has been through a lot lately. But with her disposition, mobility and playful attitude, you'd never know. It was another Take Me Home Tuesday at the radio stations with the Humane Society of Western Montana. Katie introduced...

Best public middle schools in Montana

Best public middle schools in Montana

Best public middle schools in Montana Stacker compiled a list of the best public middle schools in Montana using data from the Niche. Niche uses five weighted factors for its rankings: academics grade, teachers grade, district overall grade,...

This Chalk 'X' Outside Your Montana Home Is Bad News

This Chalk 'X' Outside Your Montana Home Is Bad News

As much as it pains us to say this: crime will never go away; it just won't. Despite the amazing work by our law enforcement or the work of hardworking parents who did their best to raise productive members of society - there will always be...

Fresh Burgers, Fresh Hope: In-N-Out’s Path Toward Montana

Fresh Burgers, Fresh Hope: In-N-Out’s Path Toward Montana

I stopped at a couple of In-N-Out Burger spots during a recent road trip from Montana down to Las Vegas. Nothing hits quite like a Double Double Animal Style after hours in the car, and I’ll say that the Neapolitan shake is a road trip cheat code....

Troy Downing highlights agriculture meetings and tribal council visit in recent posts

Troy Downing highlights agriculture meetings and tribal council visit in recent posts

Congressman Troy Downing, who represents Montana in the U.S. House of Representatives, posted a series of updates on social media highlighting his recent engagements with local agricultural groups and tribal leaders, as well as infrastructure...

South Dakota-based Black Hills, NorthWestern energy companies announce plans to merge

South Dakota-based Black Hills, NorthWestern energy companies announce plans to merge

RAPID CITY — Black Hills Corporation and NorthWestern Energy said on Tuesday they would merge, creating a $15.4 billion regulated electric and natural gas utility better equipped to invest in grid infrastructure and meet rising U.S. power demand....

Black Hills Corp. and NorthWestern Energy to merge into combined company

Black Hills Corp. and NorthWestern Energy to merge into combined company

BUTTE, Mont. - Energy utility companies Black Hills Corp. and NorthWestern Energy will combine in an all-stock merger, the companies announced in a press release Tuesday. While both companies are headquartered in South Dakota, they provide natural...

Here Is The Highest Rated High School In Montana

Here Is The Highest Rated High School In Montana

Back-to-school Season Is Here After a summer of hearing "I'm bored" or "I'm hungry" every 5 minutes, parents are eyeing the calendar for the return of school. We all want the best education for our kids, but what schools in Montana are doing the...

A Big Change Announced for a Montana Hi Line Legend

A Big Change Announced for a Montana Hi Line Legend

It's a big change for a Montana Hi Line legend, here's how Eugene's Pizza is changing with the times following the upheavals facing the restaurant industry in the post-COVID era. As a kid my family was split between Western Montana and Eastern...

Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For

Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For

August 19, 2025 Across the country, rural hospitals will close, and the empty towns will mirror the quiet halls where doctors and nurses once rushed to heal. Ad Policy North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Montana, was moved to a new location in...

Federal Court Halts Transfer of Oak Flat to Mining Company Amid Ongoing Lawsuits

Details By Levi Rickert August 19, 2025 The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction on Monday, temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s plan to transfer Oak Flat—a sacred and ecologically sensitive area in...

Champion Safe Co. Welcomes Mountain Pass Safes: Montana's Rising Leader In Security And Service

Champion Safe Co. Welcomes Mountain Pass Safes: Montana's Rising Leader In Security And Service

(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Family-owned Mountain Pass Safes & Coins joins Champion Safe's national network, reinforcing American-made craftsmanship and bolstering dealer expansion under American Rebel Holdings. Provo, Utah, Aug. 19, 2025...

Warm Dry Weather Ahead As Crews Continue Fighting Montana Fires

Warm Dry Weather Ahead As Crews Continue Fighting Montana Fires

Warm dry weather ahead as crews continue work on Montana fires Several large wildfires continued to burn around the state Monday as hot weather will hit triple digits this this week causing some concern for fire managers. Northeast Montana is...

ORCA Computing Powers Up Photonic Quantum Systems at Montana State University

ORCA Computing Powers Up Photonic Quantum Systems at Montana State University

LONDON and AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19, 2025 — ORCA Computing, a leading quantum computing company, today announced that two of its PT Series quantum photonic systems have been deployed and in use following their successful installation and launch at...

Cannabis companies get more time for Supreme Court petition (Newsletter: August 19, 2025)

Cannabis companies get more time for Supreme Court petition (Newsletter: August 19, 2025)

DE gov weighs marijuana local control; Poll: Younger Americans switch to THC drinks from alcohol; Study: Psilocybin for TBI; ICE cannabis deportations Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the...

Montana State centers host panel on Western land use at Bozeman library

Montana State centers host panel on Western land use at Bozeman library

Four authors will take part in a panel discussion at the Bozeman Public Library on September 3, focusing on ecological, social, and economic issues tied to land use and planning in the American West. The event is organized by Montana State...

The State of Montana is Failing to Protect the Public’s Water and Fish

The State of Montana is Failing to Protect the Public’s Water and Fish

Lamar River, Yellowstone. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Anyone who drives around the state of Montana right now can see one unassailable truth: our state’ renowned rivers and the prized fish which inhabit them are in big trouble. From east to west,...

Montana Residents Can Apply for Up to $400 Property Tax Rebate

Montana Residents Can Apply for Up to $400 Property Tax Rebate

Montana homeowners are now able to apply for a one-time tax rebate of up to $400, as the state rolls out more wide-reaching changes to its property tax laws. The application period began on Friday, and eligible property owners have until October 1...

Today in History: Aug. 20, Soviets invade Czechoslovakia

Today in History: Aug. 20, Soviets invade Czechoslovakia

Today in History: Aug. 20, Soviets invade Czechoslovakia By The Associated Press undefined Today is Wednesday, Aug. 20, the 232nd day of 2025. There are 133 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 20, 1968, the Soviet Union and other...

Time for an ‘adult conversation’ about a Montana-wide sales tax?

Time for an ‘adult conversation’ about a Montana-wide sales tax?

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