Taxpayers are keeping the phone lines buzzing to the Department of Revenue with concerns about property taxes, agency officials said last week. But far fewer property taxpayers have appealed their new assessments this year compared to a spike in 2023, according to data from the Department of Revenue. In 2023, the number of appeals was 21,322, but this year, it’s 13,271, according to the

Graduate students in the master’s of science in innovation and management program at Montana State University made statewide impacts this year in partnership with renowned country singer Dolly Parton. In 1995, Parton created the Imagination Library, which sends free, age-appropriate books each month to kids under 5. The resource aims to provide every child, regardless of income, access to books

The Montana Motor Vehicle Division is accepting Chrome for Kids Wish Fund applications from Montana- based nonprofits that grant wishes to chronically or seriously ill children. When a Montana resident pays to register their motorcycle or quadricycle, a $20 donation fee is put into the Chrome for Kids Wish Fund, a special revenue fund created by the Montana Legislature to provide financial

Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Veronica Baker, 30, hold for other agency. Bryn Barber, 40, Great Falls, hold for other agency. Dale Barton, 34, Glendive, hold for other agency. Vincent Bell, 33, Billings, hold for other agency. Ryan Beston, 44, Frazer, hold for other agency. Payton Brown, 20, Williston, N.D., criminal possession

Rail Safety Week, Sept. 1521, reminds us that safety is a shared responsibility. For Montana’s farmers, ranchers, and rural residents, railroads are more than steel tracks running through fields and towns. They are lifelines, carrying wheat, cattle feed, fertilizer and consumer goods to and from our communities. Keeping these rail lines safe and efficient is critical to agriculture and to our