Continuing his efforts to secure the border and combat the deadly flow of fentanyl into Montana communities, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., introduced his Stop Smuggling Illicit Synthetic Drugs on U.S. Transportation Networks Act to combat the trafficking of fentanyl and other illicit synthetic drugs via legitimate air, road, sea, and transportation networks. “The deadly flow of illicit fentanyl

Montana 4-H, the youth development program of Montana State University Extension, will celebrate National 4-H Week Oct. 6-12 with events and ceremonies across Montana. This year’s campaign, “Beyond Ready,” highlights the organization’s mission to prepare youth to become engaged, healthy and productive in their future communities. Throughout the week, 4-H communities will celebrate

About 34 million years ago, Earth began to cool dramatically, transforming the climate from greenhouse to icehouse and causing sea levels to fall. As more land was exposed to weathering forces, copious amounts of sediment likely sloughed off continents into the oceans, bound for the deep seafloor. So, when Montana State University assistant professor Zachary Burton, then a doctoral student at

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, has announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a grant to Disabled Recreation Environmental Access Movement Adaptive Recreation Inc., an organization in Whitefish that helps enhance quality of life for individuals with disabilities by providing year-round outdoor adaptive recreation opportunities.

We’ve written here about the history of the Right to Know, why it matters, and what policies affect your access to information. In this column, we’re going back to the basics so that Montanans, including you, are better equipped to exercise the Right to Know. When we talk about the Right to Know, we talk about it as exercised through information requests, which are also referred to as Right

Yellow cornmeal grits with roasted vegetables. Maple sugar popcorn with chili smoked salt. Curried butternut squash and tepary bean soup. Those are just a few of the recipes featuring Native crops that a team of students and faculty at Montana State University have developed to help support Native American producers and improve food security on reservations. Their project, “Recipes for Resilience

Montana’s Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte is running for his second term against a political first-timer, Democrat Ryan Busse, in an election that some think is already decided thanks to the state of Montana politics. Gianforte’s campaign has adopted an aura of inevitability. According to recent polling from AARP, Gianforte has a 16-point lead over Busse. Gianforte is spending roughly half