Native Americans fret as report card released on 2020 census

Despite a well-financed campaign, Native Americans expect those living on about 300 reservations across the U.S. to be undercounted again. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Preserving westslope cutthroat trout in Big Belt Mountains stream, lake proves difficult

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is proposing a project in the Big Belt Mountains to boost westslope cutthroat trout populations. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Man convicted of killing Fairfield man trying to prevent DUI

Erin Elliott Holcomb of Sun River was found guilty Monday after a trial in District Court in Choteau. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana man sentenced to 100 years for killing wife

Bradley Jay Hillious, 35, was sentenced Tuesday for the death of Amanda Hillious, 33. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

US looks to boost cooperation with tribes on land management

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said Tuesday that part of the effort includes integrating Indigenous knowledge into management plans and recognizing that federal lands once belonged to the tribes. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Cattle ranchers don’t want Montana wolves moved to Colorado

Montana cattle ranchers say Colorado ranchers don’t have management tools in place to protect their property from wolves. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Survey: Longtime Bitterroot residents facing homelessness due to housing crunch

Most of those interviewed were struggling due to a lack of affordable housing in the valley. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Yellowstone begins plowing roads, closing to oversnow travel

Roads in Yellowstone National Park began closing to oversnow travel on March 6. Spring plowing operations have begun and will continue as additional segments of roads close. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Yellowstone Cougar Project providing insight to lions’ lives, deaths

The Yellowstone Cougar Project is revealing details about the big cats’ lives, and unusual deaths, by using GPS collars and remote cameras. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Daines criticized for tweeting during Zoom call with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy

Montana’s Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines drew some heat Saturday after tweeting a photo from a Zoom meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Congress members. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Nebraska-born mountain lion killed in Montana

The mountain lion was just a kitten in 2018 when state biologists found it and a sibling in a den in the Pine Ridge area near Chadron, Neb., and attached yellow ear tags. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Most of Montana should keep masking per CDC guidance

Those living in counties with low to medium levels of severe COVID have been given the go-ahead to ditch the masks at the door. But for Montana, most counties are operating at high risk, meaning indoor masking is still recommended. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

UPDATED: Rain on snow prompts avalanche warning

The center’s danger scale was “high” for upper and middle elevations, and “considerable” for lower elevations in all three regions. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Parks board OKs investigation of land purchases for lower Yellowstone River corridor access

The State Parks and Recreation Board has approved pursuit of two parcels of land along the Yellowstone River west of Terry for possible acquisition, including one site that could be a new state park. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

The long journey back: Stevensville woman talks about dealing with long COVID

The night terrors and leg pain so intense that Rachel Burk can’t sleep are a constant reminder that COVID isn’t done with her yet. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Ukrainian woman who spent time in Helena urges support for homeland

Mariia Dzholos is attending college in Vermont but spent several months in Helena during the pandemic of 2020-2021. She stayed at the home of her friend and fellow student Lea Hohenlohe. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Fewer than 100 Montana residents hospitalized with COVID-19

Montana last had fewer than 100 people hospitalized with COVID-19 between Feb. 12, 2021 and July 28, 2021 — the period between the first surge of COVID-19 and when the delta surge started. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

WorldMontana leader with Russian roots keeps focus on people

Alexandra “Sasha” Fendrick speaks with great pride and affection when she talks about being from Russia. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana wheat prices soar on concerns of war, drought

The last time wheat prices were in this territory was 2008, the start of the Great Recession, a time when Montana grain sales buoyed a state economy that was being rocked by a collapse the housing industry. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana Mental Health Nursing Care Center’s struggles continue

While focus has been on the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs for failing to meet federal standards, another state-run health care facility is also facing challenges. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana land sales skyrocket to new highs in 2021

Land sales in Montana were astronomical in 2021, setting records for the amount sold and for the price buyers paid. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Council ponders modifications to landowner elk tag program following its popularity last year

A state advisory council is being asked to help clean up the language and narrow definitions for a statute that provides free either-sex elk permits to landowners in return for granting public access to hunters. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

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