COVID-19 vaccinations are not required of state employees, and vaccination rates in Montana remain below the national average

Crews battling blazes in Northwest Montana reported minimal fire activity over the weekend as temps start to climb again

City officials announced Chief Bill Dial’s retirement in a press release Thursday; Assistant Police Chief Bridger Kelch to lead department in interim

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, ranking GOP member on the Subcommittee on National Parks, said challenges surrounding visitor-use management deserve immediate attention

Residents grapple with immense loss after wildfire’s abrupt growth on Flathead Lake’s east shore, where multiple homes burned to the ground over the weekend

Closures include popular recreational access to more than 700,000 acres in Northwest Montana

New webcam at Dusty Star Observatory provides visitors rare glimpse of the first international transboundary night sky preserve in the world

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