Average gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 11 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.60/g on Monday, Nov. 28, according to Gas-Buddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 29.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 21.6 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 7.9 cents in the last week and stands

Anyone wanting to salvage a road-killed deer, elk, moose are antelope must obtain a Vehicle-Killed Wildlife Salvage Permit. These are available at no cost and must be obtained within 24 hours of the time a person takes an animal into their possession. Permits are available either through law enforcement officers on the scene of collisions or online on the FWP website. As a reminder, any

One Montana’s Master Hunter Program is accepting applications through Nov. 30 for the 2023 program. Classes will be held in Billings (March), Bozeman (April) and Missoula (May). Each class will consist of two three-day consecutive weekends (Friday – Sunday). A two-day weekend rendezvous in June is also required for qualifications, field exercises and the final exam. The Master Hunter Program

The more than 468,000 Montanans who cast ballots in November 2023 by and large leaned Republican — electing two GOP candidates to represent Montana in the U.S. House and handing the GOP a historic supermajority in the state Legislature. As is typically the case in Montana, though, the state’s political geography is more complex than a simple horizon- to-horizon field of red. In several pockets