The rural Seeley-Swan Valley school has long struggled to make ends meet, but school board members and the county superintendent say a 2023 law requiring tuition payments was the final blow. It's one of at least nine small Montana districts to go non-operational since the law passed.
Commodity prices are up despite drought and the geopolitical climate contributing to the lowest U.S. wheat production since the 1970s. But Montana farmers say it’s not enough as input costs rise and tight margins persist.
As e-bikes explode in popularity, the mountain biking community continues to grapple with whether the new technology should be shunned or embraced
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