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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

A contractor working for the Montana Department of Transportation will soon start work on Flint Creek Pass on Montana Highway 1 to tackle chronic problems with rock slides. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Aerial firefighting efforts were delayed Sunday by an unauthorized drone flying over the fire. Police were able to locate the drone operator and said their investigation was ongoing. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

“They said, ‘We need an authentic, sassy, matriarchal auntie,’” said New Breast. “And I said, ‘I’m a real, Blackfoot, sassy, bad— auntie. … it’s what people call me.’” Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Agriculture conservation programs popular among Montanans will see unprecedented new funding over the next 10 years, following the passage of the roughly $770 billion Inflation Reduction Act last week. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Firefighters are responding to a wildfire Sunday afternoon on Mount Helena. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

The Grizzly Gulch fire south of Helena is 75% contained, forest officials said Sunday, adding they expect the perimeter of the fire to be fully surrounded within the coming days. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Work continued Saturday toward containing the Grizzly Gulch fire south of Helena, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

75 sharp-tails were reintroduced to the Bitterroot Valley, Flint Creek Valley and the Blackfoot Valley last fall and spring. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Trappers can continue pursuing wolves under Idaho’s current regulations after a federal judge rejected a request by conservation groups to temporarily block the state’s expanded wolf trapping and snaring rules. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Cheryl Horn, a Missing and Murdered Indigenous People advocate, has been hired to serve as the tribal victim liaison for the Montana Board of Crime Control. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

In addition to Montana, hospitals in California, Mississippi, New York, Oregon, and elsewhere laid off workers and scaled back services this summer. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Surficial geologic mapping by the Wyoming State Geological Survey has shed light on geologically young faults in the Jackson Lake area, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Though mostly inconspicuous on the landscape, these faults offer important clues to the… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

In a unanimous vote, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on Thursday approved the purchase of 5,677 acres in the foothills of the Big Snowy Mountains, north of Ryegate. The deal now faces state Land Board approval. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

A draft bill from the Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee would require warrants for most child removals and shorten timelines for initial court appearances. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Officials with the Montana Jewish Project said Thursday they have bought back Helena’s Temple Emanu-El, the oldest synagogue in Montana, returning it for Jewish use for the first time since 1935. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

“She was very passionate about her community,” said Jori Hunter-Alire, Matt’s daughter. “She loved serving her people, and she really loved her tribe. She loved being Native American.” Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Glacier National Park is known as the Crown of the Continent, and standing along the shoreline of Lake McDonald on a warm July afternoon, it’s easy to see why. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

The Helena City Commission Tuesday narrowed the field of candidates to fill its vacated seat down to two, and scheduled another meeting for Monday for further deliberation. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service