Jason Allen Miller was found guilty this week of several counts and faces up to 510 years in prison.
A Helena man was charged April 19 with seven felonies after deputies responded to a Child Protective Services report of two juveniles that made "concerning statements."
By the time the override poll went out last month, it appeared the merits of Senate Bill 442 had become secondary to the fight between GOP lawmakers and the judiciary.
Only 50 Montana school districts are currently set to receive financial rewards for increasing teacher pay next year.
Hired in June of 2023, Lundgren guided the Saints to a 19-12 record and a first-round appearance in the NAIA Men's Basketball National Championship Tournament.
As the Gianforte administration pushes for federal recertification, employees say working at Montana State Hospital is like "being stuck in a recurring bad dream."
The League of Women Voters of the Helena Area is offering its election information resource, VOTE411.org, to the public and aiming to provide accurate and up-to-date information for elections.
The president of the Original Montana Club Cooperative Association said Friday they have signed a contract with farmer, software entrepreneur and Cardwell businessman Ajitpal Pannu to buy the Montana Club.
Helena Public Schools proposed an elementary general fund levy as a part of the district's goal of maintaining the programs it has, while providing "safer and healthier" learning environments.
The Helena Police Department had a rodeo on their hands Friday morning after a moose caused a brief shelter-in-place at Capital high School.
The Montana Nonprofit Association has announced that Adam Jespersen will be its new executive director starting May 1.
"He's just got another level than most high school players."
The order comes out of a lawsuit filed by the Montana Quality Education Coalition earlier.
The ACLU is challenging Montana laws that restrict sex marker changes on birth certificates and drivers' licenses.
The morning of April 18, the Helena Police Department, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office and Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated a possible social media threat toward a Helena student.
Authorities found dead animals scattered about a couple's property in Beaverhead County and the living animals were malnourished.
The vote cannot stop the measure but gave opponents space to voice their concerns.
Both large air tankers, including one in Missoula, are grounded pending a joint investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Forest Service.
Lewis and Clark County commissioners unanimously approved opening comment on a request by Prickly Pear Land Trust to use $1 million from the open space bond to buy 1,457 acres in the Birdseye area.
Though Montana shares a border with Canada, issues surrounding the southern U.S. border with Mexico have dominated messaging in the state’s U.S. Senate race.
Paddling rivers could be tougher with April to July stream flows forecast at 70% to 85% of normal.
Here's what's happening in the Helena area's arts and entertainment scene.
A second levy proposed for the May 7 election by Helena Public Schools is a technology levy that will impact all of the district's schools.
Contracted facilities could have been fined over $100,000 due to their minimum teacher shortfalls, but those provisions weren't enforced.
The Augusta interchange southbound off ramp on Interstate 15 will be closed April 18 to allow guardrail installation on the ramp.
After a 26-year career and countless memorable events, Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Jay Nelson retired, but not for long.
A study found that 58% of 407 city of Helena residents surveyed said they would be interested in universal recycling while just 24% of 1,359 county responders said yes.
PETA, Humane Society of the United States condemn Carson & Barnes Circus over elephant's escape in Butte on Tuesday.
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity received a $100,000 donation Wednesday from Valley Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, part of $195,000 to be shared by nine nonprofits and organizations.
Republican Tim Sheehy is a first-time political candidate running against three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester in one of the most closely watched races in the nation.
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“It's two guys that don't have big egos that want the same thing, want a great defense." MSU co-DC/defensive line coach Shawn Howe
MSU's other six seniors from Montana will wear uniform patches with “41”.
"I was looking for a place to call home, definitely a place that I can build my life outside of basketball as well." Hannah Robbins
The late former Montana State head football coach, ex-MSU defensive lineman and late ex-Montana head football coach will be inducted July 20 in Spokane, Washington.
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On Friday, Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” But just how poetic is it? Is it even possible to close read lyrics like poems, divorced from their musical source material? The Associated Press asked four experts to give a close reading of the lead single “Fortnight," featuring Post Malone. They found that while songwriting and poems are different mediums, Swift regularly uses poetic devices such as metaphor, enjambed lines, rhyme and unexpected rhythm. She also uses literary paradigms to think about truth, says Professor Elizabeth Scala, who teaches a course on Swift’s songbook at the University of Texas at Austin.
Mandisa, who turned her “American Idol” fame into a Grammy-winning string of hits and struck a chord with fans for sharing her struggles, was found dead in her Nashville home.
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