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So it’s a crazy tale that a group of wealthy nonresident landowners succeeded in sabotaging Sweet Grass County ranchers Rick Jarrett and Alfred and Dorothy Anderson’s efforts about six years ago to have a wind farm built on their land.

Trees dating back almost 6000 years have come to scientists' attention due to ice melting in the Rocky mountains, offering a "time capsule" into the past

After a dismal winter last year had Montana ski areas opening late, or not at all, a series of storms the past three weeks dropped record-deep snow in some places.

BIG SKY COUNTRY, or perhaps better known as Montana, is a absolutely gorgeous state! And true to its nickname, the state has some truly big sky due to its vast open prairie lands (though that's NOT where the nickname comes from).

The Biden administration said Wednesday it will continue protecting about 2,000 grizzly bears in the Rocky Mountains despite opposition from Republican-led states. Federal officials also said they would ease some restrictions as conflicts between bears and humans rise.

Using leftover funds from a legislative committee he formed last year, Sen. Jason Ellsworth signed a $170,100 contract on Dec. 31 for a company called Agile Analytics to research certain legislation following the 2025 Legislature, and did so after the idea had been dismissed by his fellow committee members.

T hawing ice has unveiled remains of a long-lost forest in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, indicating the profound changes that have influenced the area – and perhaps what might lie ahead.

It all makes for a cold three-day holiday weekend; Monday is Martin Luther King Day. The forecast high temperature on Saturday is 35, with a low of 19. Then it will only get colder. Sunday should see a high of 34 and low of 17, with Monday being a high of 31 and low of 15.

Dangerously cold weather will put much of the United States into a deep freeze over the weekend as temperatures are expected to plunge by up to 40 degrees behind an Arctic airmass.

An ancient fossilized forest in Montana is reemerging 600 feet higher than the present-day tree line after spending the last 5,500 years encased in alpine tundra. But as temperatures continue to warm, researchers say the ecological evidence hints at what may eventually return to the region.

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, the deadliest tick-borne disease in the U.S., is a big problem on tribal lands in the Southwest. A community-led response on Apache lands in Arizona is helping save lives.