As dawn breaks over Freezeout Lake near Choteau, the flapping of thousands of wings creates a low hum across the vast valley of Montana’s eastern Rocky Mountain Front. Visitors flock from all over the ...

The extended filing window, prompted by technical glitches in late February, gave landlords additional time to turn in state paperwork.

A Richland County commissioner tells Montana Free Press that photocopies of property records, clerks tell him, have been generating about $1,000 a day for the county clerk and recorder, which charges ...

A Missoula City Council member’s attempt to pass a similar resolution to Helena’s that directs city police officers to “avoid ...

“Regular voters are more attuned to prices at the gas pump, food prices, and airfares. We may already have crossed a tipping point, as opinion polls suggest independent voters are moving away from ...

Several states, including Montana, have advanced legislation to protect crisis pregnancy centers, based on model legislation from a national anti-abortion group.

The director of the Montana Department of Administration told legislators this week her department is evaluating whether to go ‘back to the drawing board’ on the new policy.

With the city’s growing homeless population and high cost of living, the Street Dog Coalition is serving an increasing number of pet owners in need.

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The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a slate of pro-construction housing laws that were proposed by a housing task force established by Gov. Greg Gianforte and enacted by the Legislature in ...

Charles Felix Jones, whose bail is set at $5 million, also told police he shot into the Helena Planned Parenthood clinic in ...

An ides-of-March storm brought the heavy snowfall many Montanans have been waiting for all winter last weekend, dumping ...