The coalition that brought the lawsuit said in court documents the Office of Public Instruction followed a previous order and set up a process allowing approved schools to open this fall.
The fire is about 11 miles south of Skalkaho Pass, 20 miles southwest of Philipsburg and 25 miles east-southeast of Hamilton.
The Bitterroot National Forest is planning to begin road work this week on the Mine Road - Forest Road #715, located in the Sapphire Mountains east of Darby.
The Office of Public Instruction’s implementation of the new testing model caused mixed emotions from piloting districts even though the office claimed positive feedback.
One group trying to lay the groundwork for a second Donald Trump administration is out with a new policy book that aims to articulate an "America First" national security agenda.
Bitterroot residents hoping for a night out at the movies have been forced to drive to Missoula for years now, but a Corvallis couple are working to change that.
In 1908, Dudley Bass commissioned noted Montana architect A. J. Gibson to design a neoclassical-style landmark, known today as the Dudley C. Bass Mansion on College Street in Stevensville.
Against the recommendation of child care providers, a legislative interim committee struck down rules that would have made licensure easier and expanded capacity.
"This is an unusual and potentially historic event," said Clinton Wallace, director of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
John Mercer had been an attorney with the Polson firm Turnage Mercer & Wall for 42 years before his appointment to the bench.
Teller Wildlife Refuge is holding their annual free Youth Education and Conservation Expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 18.
"Stepping onto the field for the first time was a crazy experience," Reed Harris said. "It felt like I was looking at everything through a different lens."
Tester is facing a tough reelection challenge in the fall and his campaign has continually framed him as tough on the border.
As winter hung on despite bouts of spring-like warmth in recent weeks, hundreds of cars were stranded along I-90 near Bozeman Pass yesterday with snowdrifts as high as 3 feet.
The recent expansion of Missoula's bear buffer zone may have pushed the bears toward more extreme behavior in pursuit of easy meals.
The General Foundation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Bitterroot Women’s Club is working to help provide feminine hygiene products to students at Victor School through a grant from Crescent Montana.
The staff of Chapter One Book Store share books we love, books that bent our minds, books that illuminated our souls and the books that kept us up at night.
Culture Crawl will be held in downtown Hamilton from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 11.
Amanda Kaster, head of the Montana Department of Natural Resources, said “it’s simply too soon to tell” what the forecast for the season will be.
The musician, who recorded Nirvana, the Pixies and more, started playing and dabbling in audio while attending Hellgate High School.
Water users should plan for below normal water supplies in the coming months after one of the lowest statewide snow seasons on record.
The goal of the session is to get a constitutional initaitve on the 2024 general election ballot "ensuring only verified Montana citizens can vote."
After nine months of conversations about mitigating the child care shortage, lawmakers zero in on insurance reform.
Seven grizzly bears were shot and killed by hunters in Montana in 2023. Grizzly expert Chris Servheen believes such shootings subsequently deemed self-defense should be subject to formal review.
Ravalli County voters again said no to a mill levy to support the Bitterroot Valley Community College in what turned out to be a good night for incumbent candidates.
In Florida and across the nation, young voters could prove pivotal in the 2024 election, from the presidency to ballot amendments and down ballot races that will determine who controls Congress.
An active jet stream pattern in the western half of the country means that the first half of May will favor more tornadoes in the Great Plains.
The practice of sedating people detained by police is quietly spreading across the nation, illustrating an often-hidden way fatal police encounters end: not by gunfire but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
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The PSC affects the household budgets of more than 400,000 Montana utility customers.
Hamilton homes with at least five bedrooms.
A count of provisional ballots pushed a Butte High School property tax increase to passage by three votes.
The fading Missoula smokejumper records, and their corresponding volumes at the West Yellowstone and Grangeville, Idaho, bases, would have been consigned to profound obscurity if not for Missoula's Roger Savage.
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Melanie Meuchel resigned as Montana softball coach Monday. Her team went 1-14 in Big Sky Conference play this season.
With the door opened for new boys and girls medalists to rise up, a longtime title threat and a fresh face, respectively, could take charge.
Senior cornerback Trevin Gradney is the first-ever Grizzly from Billings to wear Montana's No. 37 legacy jersey.
Scores from around Montana during the 2024 high school softball postseason.
Jennifer Narramore, owner and co-founder of Tornado Talk, and her team have been sharing tornado survival stories from the last 70 years.
The option for shoppers to donate money as you pay at the checkout has become a regular occurrence, but should you use the opportunity to share the wealth?
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On this week’s episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Varoujan Gorjian, an astrophysicist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to discuss science-related topics.
You may have seen some news about the progress of the Boom Supersonic Transport (SST) demonstrator, and that news raises the obvious questions, will supersonic travel return? Should you care? The short answers are "Probably yes" and "Probably no." If that's all you care to know, you can go right to the sports or cooking pages or sites. Read on for more detail.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Born in Hamamatsu, Japan, and educated at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, renowned jazz pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara – known professionally as Hiromi – splits her time between homes in New York and Tokyo. Her musical skills were recognized from an early age. At 14, Hiromi performed with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Three years later, Chick Corea invited her to share the stage at his Tokyo concert. Recognized for her artistry by DownBeat’s annual critics and readers polls, Hiromi is currently touring to promote her album “Sonicwonderland.” Fans may follow her music and travel updates on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hiromimusic/). This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
For a while now, I’ve marveled at how Berlin has eclipsed Munich in urban energy. Bavaria's capital seems to be comfortable just being itself rather than trying to keep up with Berlin or Hamburg, its big sisters to the north. It’s a city that celebrates its past while looking energetically into the future.