Major tax legislation passed by the 2025 Legislature swung tax bills dramatically for most Montana homeowners this year, pulling bills down for many and raising them for others. Now, new rules proposed by the department aim to flesh out the details around a second phase of the legislation — a second-home tax that will take effect next year in an effort to provide further relief to homes being

Slaughterhouses and butchers used to be scattered throughout the United States, numbering about 10,000 in 1967. Only about 3,000 remain and about 85 percent of the American meatpacking industry is controlled by four companies: JBS, Tyson Foods, Cargill and Smithfield. The other 20 percent of that market share is held in part by small and very small meat producers scattered across the country,

Technology may have been partly responsible for the data breach that may have exposed more than 460,000 Montanans financial and health information, and technology may be part of the answer to keeping compromised information safe, according to the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance. In response to a massive information breach by Montana Blue Cross-Blue Shield, announced publicly

Fourteen student-athletes from across Montana will be honored for their commitment to service and community in Missoula on Saturday, Nov. 22. The celebration will be a part of the 2025 “Brawl of the Wild” college football game between the University of Montana Grizzlies and the Montana State University Bobcats. Lieutenant Governor Kristen Juras, Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton

Law enforcement arrested an individual believed to be connection with the death of Wolf Point’s Stanley Moran Jr. on Sept. 28, 2024. Anthony Flynn was arrested in Columbia County, Ore., at about 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10. He is facing charges of murder and arson. Moran, 47 at the time of his death, was found by the Wolf Point Volunteer Fire Department during an early morning fire occurred

During the week that Veterans Day is recognized, state residents should be aware that the Montana VFW is still advocating for veterans and interested in continuing its growth. Jeff Schepp, state adjutant/quarter master,said, “We’re still going strong and working on membership.” In fact, the Montana VFW has been number one in the nation for recruiting veterans for each of the last five