Ask Bozeman attorney Ben Alke what prompted him to launch his long-shot campaign to unseat Attorney General Austin Knudsen and he is quick to rattle off stories of what he sees as partisan overreaching by Knudsen. Back in 2021, for example, Knudsen sent Montana Highway Patrol officers to question hospital officials about their unwillingness to prescribe Ivermectin to a Covid patient. The hospital

Fort Peck Summer Theatre line up featuring an exciting mix of enduring classics and new hits direct from Broadway. Plus a world premiere. The Play That Goes Wrong will run from May 23 to June 8. When the accident prone, inept troop of actors attempts to perform a complicated 1920’s murder mystery play, chaos breaks loose. Actors forget lines, set pieces collapse and equipment tumbles. Everything

General antelope season opens Saturday, Oct. 12, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 10. For information about what to expect this season, check out Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks hunting forecast. FWP provides online information about hunting access, including our popular Block Management Program, which provides hunting access to more than 7 million acres of private land. FWP’s interactive

Pheasant season opens on Saturday, Oct. 12. The seasons for mountain grouse, sage grouse and partridge are already open. The healthy population of upland game birds and significant access to public lands should make the season a successful one. Upland Game Bird Enhancement sites and Block Management areas, as well as public lands and other private lands, provide good opportunities for hunting.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reminds landowners, watershed groups and others that this winter’s deadline to apply for Future Fisheries Improvement Program (FFIP) grants is Nov. 15. Approximately $400,000 is available for the winter grant cycle. The goal of FWP’s FFIP is to restore rivers, streams and lakes to improve Montana’s wild fish habitat. Entities can receive funding for qualifying

Upland game bird hunters will have access to more than 40,000 additional acres this season through the Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program. The program enrolled an extra 47 projects this summer that are not included in the 2024 Upland Game Bird Access Guide. These new projects are in addition to the 450 projects that provide more than 700,000 acres for public upland game bird hunting. The

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines recognized James Fauth of Phillips County for his record- breaking chinook salmon he caught while boating on Fort Peck Lake. Through his “Montanan of the Month” initiative, each month Daines highlights a Montanan by submitting a statement of recognition in the recipient’s honor into the Congressional Record, the document that reflects the official proceedings of Congress.