Advancing her initiatives as Montana’s first lady, Susan Gianforte has announced the progress of her statewide expansion of the Imagination Library of Montana in partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The non-profit program boosts early childhood literacy by providing free high-quality, age-appropriate books to Montana children. “It is exciting to see how Imagination Library

Australia is poised to be the first country to approach cervical cancer elimination. Through nationally-funded HPV vaccination programs, vaccination programs targeting males, and comprehensive organized cervical cancer screening programs, their National Strategy for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer aims to eradicate this cancer as a public health issue in Australia by 2035. In Roosevelt County,

Jeremy L. Swisher, the Glendive Chief of Police, is facing three felony charges for hunting on Montana tribal lands without a license and tampering with witnesses, after the Montana Attorney General’s Office say he made up a story about hunting, then changed it, urging other law enforcement officers to lie to investigators. The case stems from before Swisher arrived in Glendive as police chief.

Montanans should expect to see more smoke this summer and early fall than last year, but officials say it’s predicted to remain a normal fire season for the state, albeit with likely at least 25% more activity than 2023. The recent late spring moisture is expected to delay the start of fire season into later in July and that season will likely continue into September, forecasters told Gov.