Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration has released more details on its plans to implement work requirements and charge premiums for people on Medicaid expansion.

Are you on the fence about the best time to visit Montana? The mountains and foodie towns of the Treasure State get the thumbs up from Phil the Culture in all seasons! On his winter visit, the influencer lined his tummy with meat pasties in the city of Butte before skiing and snowmobiling the slopes of Mount Haggin.

A second Montana town has adopted the Pride Flag as its city flag in an effort to circumvent a state law passed this past session. In a 4-1 vote, the Bozeman City Commission adopted the Pride flag and its variants as the town’s city flag last week during a meeting on July 15, joining Missoula in adopting the symbol as an official flag.

Rain will continue steadily across northwest Montana throughout the day. Meanwhile, scattered showers and storms will develop further east across the plains. A few of the storms could turn severe.

Montana’s famous cow-to-person ratio has narrowed a bit. U.S. Department of Agriculture data from early 2024 shows 2.12 million cattle roaming the state alongside 1.14 million people.

Firefighters on a wildfire blaze are often required to spend shifts of 14 to 16 hours a day hiking through steep terrain, clearing the fireline of flammable vegetation and extinguishing smoldering material inside the fire’s perimeter. Wildland firefighters endure conditions of intense heat, smoke and extreme weather.

A new cannabis dispensary is now open just outside the Billings city limits, marking a step forward for Indigenous entrepreneurship in Montana’s growing marijuana industry.

Almost immediately after a successful 2022 festival that gathered Native authors to celebrate Native writing, participant and Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray said people began asking if something similar would happen again.