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10/13/2025

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10/11/2025

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10/10/2025

Municipal ballots giving voters across Montana the chance to pick their next batch of mayors, councilors and commissioners will soon begin arriving in mailboxes in advance of this year’s local Election Day, Nov. 4.

The local races and issues MTFP’s staff is watching in the lead-up to Nov. 4.

10/10/2025

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10/09/2025

Wildlife managers are reducing the number of white-tailed deer hunters can kill in north-central Montana in response to significant numbers of dead deer concentrated near water reported by hunters and landowners in recent weeks.

What we know about the virus, its spread and how wildlife managers are responding.

10/09/2025

Hecla’s Libby Exploration Project was one of 10 fast-tracked for ‘expedited permitting’ earlier this year; conservation groups cry foul.

10/09/2025

The closure is part of a trend of declining obstetrics services nationwide, particularly in rural areas.

10/08/2025

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10/08/2025

Long overloaded with too many inmates and not enough space to hold them, the state has turned to prisons as far off as Mississippi. Officials cite limited options; inmates’ lawyers and families say the repercussions, both practical and legal, are substantial.

10/08/2025

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy headlined a Turning Point USA event at Montana State University Tuesday evening, filling in for Turning Point’s founder, Charlie Kirk, just weeks after the charismatic conservative leader’s assassination.

Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA carried out a Montana State University stop scheduled before his assassination, Vivek Ramaswamy and Gov. Greg Gianforte headlined in Kirk’s stead.

10/07/2025

The snowmaking operation on Spanish Peaks Mountain Club property will make Big Sky the first public ski area in Montana to turn wastewater into powder.