It’s official: Butte will now have daily flights to Salt Lake and Denver

SkyWest Airlines will start providing Butte flights to and from Salt Lake City and Denver starting in January, giving the Mining City a second, big-destination city it has sought for years. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Rescuers searching, boy may have drowned in Kootenai River

Officials in northwestern Montana are searching for a 17-year-old boy who is feared drowned after falling into the Kootenai River east of Troy. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Wildfire smoke drives people in low-vaccinated areas indoors, raising outbreak fears

Smoke from the wildfires burning through bone-dry forests and grasslands in the West has damaged air quality this week from California to the Eastern Seaboard. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Colleges offer construction worker certificate program

BOZEMAN — Two-year colleges in Montana are teaming up to provide a job site readiness certificate program for people interested in joining the construction trades as demand for workers in that field increases. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana VA included in lawsuit over information requests

The Montana VA is among 14 federal veterans facilities named in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, claiming information requests were not fulfilled in a timely manner regarding questions over some new programs. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Fire officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Alder Creek Fire

WISE RIVER — The good news Monday night about the Alder Creek Fire edged toward ironic. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

American Fork fire to close area on east side of Crazy Mountains

The American Fork and O’Hearn Creek fires burning on the east side of the Crazy Mountains have burned together, prompting a forthcoming closure in the remote area between Big Timber and Harlowton. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Suspect jailed after 79-year-old fatally stabbed in Winnett

Law enforcement officers in central Montana are investigating a fight between two men in a small town that left a 79-year-old man dead and a 29-year-old with a gunshot wound to his arm. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

One man stabbed to death in Winnett, suspect shot and injured during fight

The Petroleum County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a homicide that occurred Thursday in the small town of Winnett about 25 miles east of Grass Range on Highway 200. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Officials identify suspect, victim in Great Falls homicide, abduction

The suspect was identified as Xavier Hutt, 24, of Missoula. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Man who guided illegally in Yellowstone gets week in jail

A judge has sentenced an Oklahoma man to a week in jail and ordered him to pay $1,100 for guiding visitors illegally in Yellowstone National Park. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Man given possibility of parole for killings when he was 17

A Montana man who was serving a life sentence for killing three people when he was 17 now has the opportunity to seek parole. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Organizations challenge state over water pollution permit

The groups say that the permit could lead to increased algal blooms in the river, which is already suffering from unprecedented noxious algal blooms downstream from Big Sky. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Billings man with COVID-19 breakthrough case urges vaccination

“This doesn’t make sense in that I was vaccinated and I caught this. There was such a slight chance,” Bierbach said. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Drones providing MHP troopers with more versatility

For the troopers of the Montana Highway Patrol, there is a single tool that is making their jobs easier, safer and more versatile than ever before. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

No fear of crowds at Under the Big Sky; Whitefish music festival draws 20,000+

The question about whether or not people are ready to gather, sweaty shoulder to sweaty shoulder, in a big outdoor crowd has been answered. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana advocates of ‘right to repair’ ag equipment welcome federal recognition

Biden’s order directs the Federal Trade Commission to consider using its rulemaking authority to address “unfair anticompetitive restrictions on third-party repair or self-repair of items, such as the restrictions imposed by powerful manufacturers that prevent farmers from repairing their own… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Grieved by this loss’: Red Lodge community grapples with lessons of Robertson Draw fire

In the scarred face of the mountain, the permanent residents of Red Lodge now have a lasting reminder of what’s becoming another record-setting year of wildfires in the West. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

High temperatures in Bitterroot River, other waterways hurt trout

More dead or dying fish are being found in some of Montana’s most popular angling destinations this summer, including the Bitterroot, Clark Fork, Big Hole, Beaverhead, Jefferson and many others. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana domestic violence group misspent $333,318, feds say

Federal investigators have issued a scathing audit of a Montana nonprofit organized to end violence against Native American women and children. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana faces scarce firefighting resources amid drought

Montana faces a shortage in firefighting resources amid a historic drought that could lead to a record-breaking wildfire season, officials said Thursday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Harris Hill fire that injured Red Lodge firefighter at 2,500 acres, 50 homes evacuated

Upwards of 50 homes have been evacuated, with evacuation orders covering homes on Cole Creek Road and Stene Road. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

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