Gianforte signs bill to expand block management

The Block Management Program allows landowners to work with the state wildlife agency to provide the public with hunting access on private lands. It also aids landowners in managing hunting activities.

Conservancy protects 1 million acres in Montana

GREAT FALLS — Candland and Alice Olsen didn’t want to see their small Montana ranch in the forest on the Upper Big Hole River split into smaller parcels once they’re gone.

Area FWP biologists honored with statewide awards

Two fisheries biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks in Region 1 received a pair of awards at the annual meeting of the Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society.

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Column: Stopping tragedy with prevention, enforcement

The drunk driver who crashed head-on into my husband Michael’s highway patrol car south of Kalispell didn’t come out of nowhere. He emerged from Montana’s hard-drinking culture.

Troy on receiving end of distance learning grant

The world of learning available to Troy students got a whole lot bigger this week with news that a technology grant had been awarded.

Statistics show domestic violence on the rise in Montana

Montana law enforcement officers responded to a domestic violence call every 1.75 hours in 2020 — and experts say that's likely a significant underrepresentation of the problem.

Judges redraw district maps for utility regulator board

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A trio of federal judges adopted a new map Tuesday under which Montana will elect members of the Public Service Commission this year, unless the Montana Legislature acts to update the map used to elect the five-member board to regulate monopoly utilities.

Health experts: School mask rule spreads misinformation

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — State-employed public health experts said the Montana health department used "misleading and false" claims in support of an emergency rule that urged schools to consider parental input when adopting rules for wearing masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Montana State News Bureau reported.

Montana advances grizzly bear plans that could allow hunting

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials on Tuesday advanced plans that could allow grizzly bear hunting in areas around Glacier and Yellowstone national parks, if states in the U.S. northern Rockies succeed in their attempts to lift federal protections for the animals.

Fish and Wildlife Commission gains two new members

The Montana Senate on Friday confirmed Burrows’ and Brooke’s nominations as well as the reappointment of two sitting commissioners.

Former secretaries of state say don't mess with elections

But once 150 legislators get together with time on their hands, plenty of strange ideas to emerge and become bills.

Montana property taxes explained by state revenue dept.

The bottom line here — even though your property appreciated greatly, it doesn’t mean your taxes will go up by the same amount.

Sen. Molnar brings class-action lawsuit for statewide residential property tax relief

In a class-action lawsuit filed in Yellowstone County on Tuesday, attorney Matthew Monforton, a former Republican lawmaker, and current lawmaker Sen. Brad Molnar, R-Laurel, allege that the state is continuing to overcharge residential taxpayers of the state.

Appealing your property tax

Summer is not the only major event that arrives in June of every year. Another annual occurrence is the appearance in mailboxes all over the State of new property appraisals from the Montana Department of Revenue. The receipt of this document is met with trepidation by taxpayers of all sizes. It is the rare occasion that the value of a taxpayer’s property decreases. The more likely circumstance is that the value has increased, sometimes at an alarming rate. When this happens the taxpayer has several options from doing nothing to paying their taxes under protest.

Legals May 30, 2017

CLOSED BID AUCTION Notice of intent to sell contents of storage units as listed below on 6/27/2017, at 10:00a.m., for past due rents owed to Bootjack Storage, LLC, Greg Sandon, owner, (406)261-3185. Unit #28, Judy Washington Published In The Western News May 30, 2017 June 6, 2017 MNAXLP

I-185 is just another tax increase

It’s important to know where Montana tax dollars are going, especially when you’re asked to vote to raise taxes. Ballot Initiative 185 would raise tax revenues in Montana by $74 million per year. How that money is distributed, though, is even more problematic than the alarming price tag.

Hecla Mining Co. files complaint against DEQ

Hecla Mining Company has filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief against the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and its director, following that agency’s decision that the mining company and its CEO

Members of FWP staff honored by Montana Wildlife Federation

Since taking on the Region 1 wildlife program manager role in 2015, Anderson has led over 40 surveys...