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Western Montana U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke said he won’t seek reelection citing health problems
‘This is who we are’: Northern Cheyenne Tribe reclaims cultural belongings from UM
Montana voters overwhelmingly view cost as a major mental health care hurdle
Most Montana voters don’t want a statewide sales tax
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Gianforte extends deadline for landlords to avoid second-home tax
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BLM nominee talks land sales, local management in Senate confirmation hearing
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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.
CWD is spreading in Montana. Will deer and elk populations decline as a result?
Chronic Wasting Disease was first detected in Montana in 2017. Now, the always-fatal disease has been detected in one-third of the state’s hunting districts. What does that mean for deer and elk?
Conservative think tank promotes revising Montana’s Constitution, as protesters object
Dozens of protesters gathered outside a Helena hotel as conservatives met inside to argue for rewriting Montana’s Constitution. Opponents warned that changes could threaten long-standing protections for the environment, voting rights, and personal privacy as the state approaches its next constitutional convention vote in 2030.
The first-in-the-nation TikTok ban that wasn’t
A Montana judge has mooted the state’s would-be TikTok ban before it could block a single viral video. On Feb. 20, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy concluded the case, which challenged the law’s constitutionality, and which had been paused since Molloy temporarily blocked its implementation in 2023.
Federal appeals court sides with BNSF Railway in dispute with Libby asbestos victims
In the unanimous finding, a panel of three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2024 Montana federal court ruling that asbestos contamination at BNSF’s rail yard had contributed to the 2020 deaths of Joyce Walder and Thomas Wells. BNSF shipped asbestos-tainted vermiculite products nationwide from the 20-acre site in downtown Libby.
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