Montana voters rejected a pair of proposed constitutional amendments to reshape the state’s primary and general elections, with backers of both initiatives conceding defeat Wednesday despite ongoing ballot counts in several counties. The measures — Constitutional Initiative 126 and CI-127 — would have brought noticeable change to how Montanans select their elected officials. The former

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