As public demand for outdoor recreation ramps up pressure on public lands, managers are eying opportunities to disperse visitors into underutilized areas of the backcountry — including by growing the Flathead National Forest’s cabin rental program into the fringes of protected wilderness areas

Jordon Earle Linde, 34, overpowered a jail guard and commandeered a gun before being caught and returned to custody

In Lincoln County, containment improves at South Yaak and Burnt Creek fires; Hemlock Fire near Whitefish at 80% containment

Unhealthy air was recorded around most of Montana's larger cities — Billings, Butte, Bozeman and Missoula

Enzi, 77, had been hospitalized with a broken neck and ribs three days after a bicycle accident near Gillette on Friday

In Montana, four firefighters were released from a hospital and a fifth was being treated at a burn center Monday

Set to take effect Monday, Stage II restrictions prohibit nearly all fires in order to prevent ignition points and stave off wildfires; meanwhile, crews attack a new fire start in Polebridge

Theodore Eugene Garland, 60 of Edmond, Oklahoma, led visitors who trespassed in thermal areas and elsewhere

Music festival in Whitefish returns after pandemic hiatus

Under development for three years, the plan serves as a blueprint for traffic and land use along the U.S. 93 corridor south of downtown

Visitation tally trails 2017 even as some segments of the park set all-time highs; data gap in Many Glacier means last month’s approximation is low

Public comment continues through July 26 on new laws that would allow snares and expand trapping season; opponents fear unintended bycatch

1,150-acre wildfire near Troy is burning within two miles of residences in the North Fork Keeler area

Flathead Land Trust closes in on fundraising goal to preserve 772 acres along the Flathead River

Extension comes after Gov. Greg Gianforte criticized Bureau of Land Management for holding just one meeting on proposal