Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials announced on Friday, Nov. 8, that an elk in southeast Montana tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. The elk was located on private land in Hunting District 704 north of the Custer National Forest. This was only the fourth elk across the state to test positive for the always-fatal neurological disease since 2017. However, also in October, a fifth

Republicans will continue holding strong majorities in both chambers of the Montana Legislature when next year’s session starts in January but will no longer have a veto-proof supermajority after Democrats picked up a handful of seats following redistricting and Tuesday’s election. While Tuesday’s election results are not yet finalized, tentative results with about 560,000 votes counted

A large collaborative project exploring a new oilseed crop led by scientists in Montana State University’s College of Agriculture was featured last month by the U.S. Department of Energy for its high scientific impact. The DOE featured work spearheaded by Chaofu Lu in MSU’s Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology in its Science Highlights series, which features research the DOE

Montana State University Extension will host the Cattle Academy on Nov. 19-20 at the Custer County Event Center in Miles City. The biennial regional conference is focused on providing beef cattle producers with information on timely topics, current research and innovative technologies related to beef cattle production and management. Taylor Brown, owner of Northern Broadcasting System, will

Montanans can open a medical care savings account or make deposits into existing MSAs before Dec. 31 to reduce their state income taxes for 2024, according to Marsha Goetting, Montana State University Extension family economics specialist. MSA account holders may deposit up to $4,500 to use for eligible medical expenses. A person with taxable income over $20,500 could save approximately $265