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The geyser cones of Yellowstone are made up of material called sinter—a form of silica precipitated from hot water. When looking at the sinter under a powerful microscope, strange forms are revealed that are related to some of the earliest… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

A fire started Monday morning northwest of Helena between Drummond and Helmville, officials said, adding it was posing access issues. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

VIRGINIA CITY – Walking down the boardwalk of this historic city, you could be forgiven for passing by a peach-colored stone building that used to be a garage. It looks like so many other buildings here, in a sort of… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Two weeks ago, more than 160 gun owners in Richmond, Virginia, turned in 474 firearms in the city’s first-ever gun buyback event. City officials offered Walmart, Amazon and Kroger gift cards in various amounts for different unwanted firearms: $250 for… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

ROUNDUP – When Signal Peak Energy began the process of kicking Steve Charter and his cows off his own land, they made two mistakes. First, they didn’t send the notice by certified mail – a ministerial technicality that may delay… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

“We want to inspire and show people that our culture is not a costume,” said Dyan Youpee. “It’s real, living history, and we have so much pride in it.” Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Along the banks of the Gibbon River near Madison Junction, the “All Nations Teepee Village” art installation allowed Indigenous people to share their stories of Yellowstone National Park. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Escalating rents in Montana are putting pressure on campus housing, and both flagship universities are at or near capacity as the school year begins. Montana State University in Bozeman said it has not found a correlation between high campus housing… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

In the middle of a rainy Michigan night, 88-year-old Dian Wurdock walked out the front door of her son’s home in Grand Rapids, barefoot and coatless. Her destination was unknown even to herself. Wurdock was several years into a dementia… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

The mines produce toxic waste that flows into the United States and affects wildlife in and around waterways. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Firefighters continue to work on the Thompson Creek Fire and Trail Ridge Fire. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

The purchase of a 115-acre parcel to expand the Big Lake Wildlife Management Area 23 miles northwest of Billings has cleared its first hurdle after Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks issued a decision notice approving the deal on Aug. 31. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

President Joe Biden has nominated University of Montana law professor Anthony Johnstone to a judgeship on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

A Billings man convicted of criminal endangerment after facing charges of sexually assaulting a child in 2015 was exonerated on Tuesday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

The nonprofit ACE Scholarships Montana has given out more than 1,000 scholarships to students from low-income families around the state this year to help them afford private school tuition. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

East Helena’s 14-year-old Tobey Peck is the first youth and only female from Montana to make the USA Archery Regional Elite Development (RED) team. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Current estimates of trail and bridge damage across the Custer Gallatin National Forest from June flooding is about $3.2 million, the majority of it concentrated on the 600,000-acre Beartooth Ranger District. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Beginning Sept. 8, Yellowstone National Park will no longer require visitors to obtain a day-use ticket to drive the 6-mile road corridor between Tower Junction and Slough Creek. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Idaho lawmakers are convening Thursday to consider tax breaks, and Montana lawmakers also are weighing a special session for tax relief. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

From Aug. 16 to Aug. 30, at least ten Native Americans — ages 11 to 17 — were reported missing in Montana. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

The Mount Helena fire is now 100% contained and fire crews continue efforts to work the area. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

A lawsuit has been filed against Helena Public Schools and a music teacher who was charged with assaulting a 9-year-old student with disabilities in his classroom at Four Georgians Elementary. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service