Report: Missoula housing prices down overall, affordability still limited
In 2025, the median sale price of a Missoula-area home decreased 2.2% to $550,000, according to the 2026 Five Valleys Housing Report. That includes sales of single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and manufactured homes on owned lots.
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What does an $85B railroad merger have to do with Montana?
With politicians here in Montana expressing concern about the proposed merger, one would think Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are major players in the state. They’re not. In fact, more than 90% of Montana’s railways are controlled by one company: BNSF.
To ticket or not to ticket, that is the question in Glacier National Park
Five years after Glacier National Park first introduced a ticketed-entry system to handle ever-increasing summer crowds, the park plans on eliminating the at-times controversial system. At least that’s what the superintendent said during a chamber of commerce meeting late last year.
Inside the ‘systemic’ sexual abuse reporting failure at a Helena hospital
A 2025 federal investigation that has not previously been reported found that a dozen staffers at St. Peter’s in Helena had failed, on more than a dozen occasions, to file required reports about hospital employees allegedly sexually harassing and abusing patients.
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4.2 magnitude earthquake rattles central Montana
A 4.2-magnitude earthquake that originated just northeast of Great Falls was felt across central Montana, although authorities said there were no early reports of damage.
Helena commission votes to restrict local police work with ICE
After months of pressure from local immigration advocates and members of the public, and amid growing national frustration with immigration authorities, the Helena City Commission approved a resolution calling for its police officers to “avoid” assisting federal authorities with immigration enforcement.
Helena PD exits drug task force over border patrol involvement
The Helena Police Department has announced its exit from a regional drug task force after the agency decided to collaborate with U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Proposed growth policy for Great Falls emphasizes city’s core over urban sprawl
The city of Great Falls has released a draft of its new growth policy, a document that aims to guide development decisions in Montana’s slowest-growing major city.
Helena school board approves changes to district boundaries
The approved plans outline boundary changes that will be implemented gradually with the ultimate goal of redistributing student enrollment across all grade levels.
Former judge-elect sentenced to probation in drug case
A Lake County attorney who was elected judge but resigned before even taking the bench was sentenced to three years of probation in the very courtroom he was once going to oversee.
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