Tuesday, Nov. 21, marks the deadline to comment online regarding hunting regulation proposals for the 2024-2025 hunting seasons in Montana. To view proposed regulations and to comment, go to fwp. mt.gov/aboutfwp/commission/ december-2023-meeting. Every other year, broad changes to hunting regulations are considered through a public process that includes public scoping and comment on regulation

Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudsen has announced he will be running for re-election so that he can continue to fight drugs and crime in our communities, fight the Biden agenda and fight for Montanans’ freedoms and liberties. As the head of the Montana Department of Justice, the state’s top legal and public safety agency that includes the Montana Highway Patrol, Division of Criminal

After putting Montana’s new election management software through the paces in a series of local elections this year, state officials appeared confident Thursday that the system will be ready for the flurry of statewide primary and general election activity next year. Appearing before the Legislature’s Interim State Administration and Veterans’ Affairs Committee, elections manager Stuart

Legislators took a bipartisan 5-4 vote to object to a Secretary of State rule proposal intended to give the office flexibility in amending ballot designs. But lawmakers and county officials worried that could leave them without notices of changes to the ballots. The vote places a temporary hold on the rules process, meaning the office of the Secretary of State cannot move forward with the

(This story is excerpted from the MT Lowdown, a weekly newsletter digest containing original reporting and analysis published every Friday.) The enrollment period that lets Americans purchase health insurance coverage for the next year through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace is open now until Jan. 15. An estimated 50,000 Montanans are covered through the marketplace, according to

Average gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 14.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.42/g on Monday, Nov. 13, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 48.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 41.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 4.2 cents in the last week and stands at $4.34

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry has announced that Don Wetzel Jr. has joined the department as its tribal liaison, serving as a senior leader within the department and reporting directly to Commissioner Sarah Swanson. With more than two decades of experience directing shared efforts between national, state and tribal entities, Wetzel will lead the department’s outreach to and

The USDA has designated five Montana counties as primary natural disaster areas and 12 contiguous counties, including 10 Montana counties, are also eligible for assistance because of drought. The five primary counties are Roosevelt, Valley, Garfield, McCone and Phillips. Contiguous Montana counties also eligible are Blaine, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fergus, Petroleum, Prairie, Richland,

and surrounding communities.” U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, added, “American Indian and Alaska Native populations had the highest drug overdose rates in both 2020 and 2021. Expert witnesses from Native communities shared how tribal leaders and Native health experts are responding to the crisis. I thank the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium for their testimony on the impacts