At the Legislature, Medicaid expansion is poised for extension; a new Flathead County program offers free heart screenings; plus, Market Metrics and Financial Corner

The national heart health program comes to Montana for the first time, with a pilot site in Flathead County

House Bill 245 was opposed by several Flathead Republican lawmakers who wanted work requirements and objected to federal spending, but proponents of the bill warned of the impacts on businesses and rural hospitals if Medicaid expansion failed

Separate right-to-work legislation faces an uncertain future as it makes its way toward a committee hearing

Snow levels are expected to drop to the valley floor tonight with around a foot of new snow forecast at higher elevations through Wednesday

New postal service strategy aiming to save $3 billion annually allows Missoula facility to continue local processing

An A-frame cabin near Whitefish; a charming updated home in West Valley; and a spacious Somers home minutes from Flathead Lake

Cameron Edward Francis was booked in the Lake County Jail on a felony homicide charge after allegedly fatally shooting his girlfriend with a military-style gun and shooting at a Polson police officer. His bail is set at $5 million.

The Republican governor’s signature property tax relief measure has cleared the House Appropriations Committee with help from Democrats. Republicans also helped advance two Democratic proposals.

In many cases, laid-off seasonal employees had worked for the U.S. Forest Service for years or even decades — cleaning campgrounds and clearing trails, supporting firefighters and securing funds for wildfire mitigation — but their probationary clocks were reset last year during an agency-wide “temporary-to-permanent” workforce conversion initiative

The county’s Crisis Assistance Team says it diverted 18 people from going to jail last month, up from four in December

A proposal that would bar transgender women from school locker rooms and sports teams has already generated robust legal debate in the House

Some members of the council made it clear they felt they had no choice in the matter due to a previous ruling by the city's community development board

Thirteen Republicans joined all Democrats on Wednesday to vote down a bill set to dole out tax credits to Montana families sending their children to private schools 

The measure would have prohibited COVID-19 vaccines and boosters by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, the only mRNA vaccines currently approved by the Federal Drug Administration