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The University of Montana’s fall census after the first 15 days of instruction was exactly 10,962 students, a drop of 7.6 percent from last fall’s enrollment of 11,865.

The crew of the Naval submarine that will be named after our great state is in Big Sky Country as we speak. I joined the ship's captain, Commander Michael Delaney, and Petty Officer Evan Glenn, a Bozeman native, at a USS Montana welcome reception in Billings Thursday night.

Q2 reports the Roberts boys basketball coach accused of an inappropriate relationship with a female student continued working on school grounds for about a month after criminal charges were filed, according to the school superintendent. 35-year-old John Payovich was charged on August 16th with misde…

The Montana Department of Livestock on Thursday issued a rabies quarantine for Big Horn County. All dogs, cats and ferrets must be vaccinated at least 28 days before traveling outside the county, after a stray cat tested positive for rabies...

Q2 reports that the Colstrip Power Plant is back to full operation after violations of state emission standards shut down part of the plant in July. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality said Thursday that preliminary test results on units 3 and 4 show they are back in compliance...

The man who was caught on camera brazenly walking onto Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park last week was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming on Wednesday afternoon, after a police chase. 27-year-old Gabriel Villalva of Colorado– the same man seen at Yellowstone’s iconic geyser– was pursued around a …

A new state-claims based reinsurance program could save Montanans from 10 to 20 percent on individual health insurance premiums.

Social Studies teacher at Bonner School, Dylan Huisken, has been named the 2019 Montana Teacher of the Year, in a special ceremony at the school on Friday morning.

For those of you who tuned in to Thursday's "Montana Talks" statewide radio show, I told you I would post the full video of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings. Here's the full video via C-SPAN.

Missoula police arrested 26-year-old Donald Stebbins after reports of shots fired and a vehicle chase early this morning. According

The host of the widely-acclaimed Christian video series "The Truth Project" is speaking soon in Billings, Montana. Del Tackett is headlining the Big Sky Worldview Forum September 28th thru 29th. He'll also join listeners on the statewide radio talk show "Montana Talks" with …

Billings Police report that a Yellowstone Avenue fire which sent six people to the hospital Tuesday was set intentionally by a child who lived there. It was determined by investigators that a 12-year-old started the blaze. He was one of the six taken to the hospital for evaluation, but he was not in…

Supporters of Initiative 185, which raises tobacco taxes and extends Medicaid expansion in the state, rolled out a campaign ad Wednesday featuring Montana Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, saying “big tobacco corporations are spending millions of out-of-state dollars misleading Montanans about e…

Q2 reports that a rally in Bozeman next week featuring Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, former FOX News personality Kimberly Guilfoyle, has been moved to the Gallatin County Fairgrounds. The U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Matt Rosendale, facing incumbent Democratic Sen...

After an apparent misunderstanding with a Bozeman restaurant regarding a scheduled rally, the Matt Rosendale campaign looks to have settled on a new location to host the event.

The fire that consumed a mobile home this morning appears to have started on a couch that was outside the unit... there is evidence that people were smoking near the area before tragedy occurred.