The small plane crashed Saturday morning off the runway at Ryan Field, southeast of West Glacier

The rulemaking petition is the latest effort to undo safeguards protecting Lake Koocanusa from a mining contaminant called selenium, which is leaching out of B.C. coal mines and into the international watershed

Cyrus Western assured community leaders that the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company property and other Superfund sites in the "Mountains and Plains" region he now oversees would be protected even as the Trump administration fires thousands of EPA employees and fundamentally reshapes the agency’s mission

A new conservation easement with the Flathead Land Trust will protect 40 acres northeast of Bigfork, connecting a corridor from Swan Hill to the Swan River

A spate of recent bear encounters underscore the state agency’s new messaging approach when reporting encounters between humans and grizzly bears, including online tools to promote awareness

The five-day event is a summer staple in the Flathead Valley, featuring dressage, cross-country, and show jumping while attracting Olympic-level riders from across the country

After an angler hooked a brown trout upstream of Pressentine Bridge last month, officials are trying to determine how the nonnative species ended up in a river system, as well as the extent of its invasion

Critics of the decades-old policy restricting road construction and timber harvests in inventoried roadless areas say its repeal removes obstacles for local forest managers. But conservation advocates and former forest planners say the rule’s dissolution is more complicated.

Brian Astle, 42, of Provo, Utah, fell to his death Wednesday while scaling the prominent summit along the Garden Wall north of Logan Pass

The agency completed its review of an easement on 53,000 acres of private timberland in Flathead and Lincoln counties, preserving public access and timber production. The project now requires approval by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission.

The U.S. Forest Service announced that it had approved a special use authorization for Holland Lake Lodge in May. The permit was formally granted to Holland Peak, LLC on July 1. The owners are tentatively planning to reopen the lodge in 2026.

Local agencies urge fireworks caution as Montana enters fifth straight summer of drought

After clocking its second-busiest year on record in 2024, Glacier National Park has already surpassed the monthly visitation record in May; meanwhile, restrictions have forced daily closures in the popular Many Glacier Valley

New inventory adds flexibility to the housing market; owners of second homes and short-term rentals to feel the squeeze of Montana's new property tax hikes; plus, Market Metrics and Financial Corner

USDA plan to rescind 2001 Forest Service policy on Inventoried Roadless Areas leaves Greater Yellowstone with more questions than answers.