Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host a virtual meeting to gather input for the 2025-26 fishing regulations. The virtual meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, at 6 p.m. Fishing regulations are now under a process like hunting regulations, going through a comprehensive public review every two years. Fishing regulations are printed during odd numbered years. To review FWP’s proposed

Landowners, watershed groups and others have until May 15 to apply for summer Future Fisheries Improvement Program grants. The goal of Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ FFIP is to restore rivers, streams and lakes to improve Montana’s wild fish habitat. Entities can receive funding for qualifying projects that benefit Montana’s wild fish. Each project is assessed by an independent review panel

Agricultural producers with land enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program can apply for enrollment in Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ CRP Add-on Lease option. This option is designed to benefit producers while also providing habitat for upland game birds and other wildlife and also giving game bird hunters more places to hunt. The CRP Add-on Lease option is offered through

In a complex decision that stretches back nearly a decade, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that two wrongs don’t make a court case right. In a decision released Wednesday, March 20, a unanimous court ruled that while Montana’s largest energy provider, NorthWestern Energy, did not follow the law by trying to add more renewable, local energy to its portfolio, neither the Montana Public Service

The federal government approved Montana’s plan to address disparities in broadband access — which opens up the state to compete for more federal funding to bridge the digital divide. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Tuesday approved the state’s plan to expand digital access, skills and affordability as part of the federal $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act.

The winners of the Mini Art Show at the Roosevelt County Library were Heather Granbois, Breanna Buckles and Braven Grant. The winners can come to the library anytime to pick up their prize money. Those who entered their artwork are appreciated. Plans are in the works to have another one sometime.

Jason George said the company didn’t have enough money to pay its employees. When he called state health and public assistance officials for help, he said, they told him they were swamped processing a high load of Medicaid cases, and that his residents would have to wait their turn. “I’ve mentioned to some of them, ‘Well what do we do if we’re not being paid for four or five months?

In a highly anticipated ruling Wednesday, March 27, the Montana Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s finding that four laws passed by the 2021 Legislature violate the fundamental rights of voters outlined in the Montana Constitution. The court’s 125-page opinion closes out an appeal filed in November 2022 by Republican Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen seeking the reinstatement of