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New faces advance, outside money exerts outsized influence, the continuing power of a Trump endorsement, and other key takeaways from Tuesday’s primary election.
Montana Free Press
Crazy Mountain Ranch says it wants ‘day-to-day’ control of key diversion structure. But opponents fear the request could reshape how water is managed across Montana.
More than 300,000 ballots were cast in the June primary, the highest raw vote total for a primary during a midterm election year in state history.
What happens when a decades-old neighborhood school falls into disrepair? Helena residents aim to follow the lead of other Montana communities in finding a solution.
A state senator has suspended his property tax cap ballot initiative just two weeks before signatures come due, alluding to pushback from key stakeholders.
RML’s latest controversy arose this week when the U.S. Department of Justice arrested and charged two of its researchers with smuggling monkeypox virus samples into the United States and lying to investigators.
Conservation groups have filed at least three separate appeals seeking to halt the Trump administration’s decision to evict more than 900 bison from large swaths of federal land in central Montana.
Benefis brought a cutting-edge heart treatment to its Great Falls hospital. When doctors questioned how some patients were chosen, they said they were pushed aside.
Roughly 19 tribes are involved in planning a week’s worth of festivities in Montana leading up to the anniversary. Tribal event organizers said they’re expecting roughly 1,000 horse riders, 500 motorcyclists and thousands of attendees.
The Anaconda Leader, a twice-weekly newspaper that had served its community in southwest Montana for more than half a century, announced Monday that it had closed. Its demise follows a nationwide trend of local outlets struggling to stay in business.
Montana Free Press
Montana Free Press
Montana Free Press
New faces advance, outside money exerts outsized influence, the continuing power of a Trump endorsement, and other key takeaways from Tuesday’s primary election
What happens when a decades-old neighborhood school falls into disrepair? Helena residents aim to follow the lead of other Montana communities in finding a solution.
More than 300,000 Montanans voted in the June 2026 primary, setting a new raw total record even as turnout rates continued to decline from their 2018 peak.
Crazy Mountain Ranch says it wants ‘day-to-day’ control of key diversion structure. But opponents fear the request could reshape how water is managed across Montana.
Roughly 19 tribes are involved in planning a week’s worth of festivities in Montana leading up to the anniversary. Tribal event organizers said they’re expecting roughly 1,000 horse riders, 500 motorc...
The newspaper’s owner cited inflation and rising operational costs as the reason for closing the only print publication in the southwestern Montana town.
