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Fort Peck’s buffalo roam the windswept plains in zero-degree weather at Turtle Mound Ranch near Wolf Point on February 19, 2026. The program, which incorporates a cultural herd and livestock herd, contains about 1,100 bison and was started in 1999. Credit: John Stember

The state of Montana yesterday filed to dismiss its own lawsuit against Yellowstone National Park over b...


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More registered voters in Montana’s Eastern U.S. House District said they would vote for Republican Rep. Troy Downing, the incumbent, than for Democrat


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Missoula officials, homeless service providers and unhoused people all agree: When the Johnson Street temporary emergency homeless shelter closed one year ago, it was not because the need went away.

The last 12 months without the 165-bed emergency shelter have left Missoula’s longstanding homeless shelter full more often than not and have strained other organizati...


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Aaron Flint and Sam Forstag appear to be in a dead heat for Montana’s Western District House race, according to a Montana Free Press-Rutgers Eagleton poll.

In what’s expected to be Montana’s most competitive federal race, Flint, a Republican, drew a 42% polling share when 375 registered voters were asked who they would vote for if the election were held today. Fors...


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A train derailment closed roads and canceled classes at the nearby public school in Shelby Monday morning.

BNSF, the railroad company, said in a statement that six cars derailed at 6:39 a.m. inside a Shelby rail yard. The company said there were no injuries and no hazardous materials were released. By midday, the company said the site and the main rail line had bee...


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