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September Starts With Dangerous Fire, and Smoke in Montana
It's a warm and smoky start to the month of September, as local, and regional fires are making breathing difficult, and continuing community concerns with evacuations. Most of Western Montana remains under an air quality alert through Tuesday afternoon, because of the combination of smoke and increased fire activity. Unfortunately,...
What Happened? Montana Law Enforcement Responds to Unusual Theft
Montana's growing population has resulted in an increase in crime across the state. Local law enforcement agencies have been busier than ever keeping up with the increase in crime. Over Labor Day Weekend, an unusual crime took place in Bozeman, and the Bozeman Police Department is looking for answers. Montana...
DOC working to move inmates from local jails, but struggles with capacity
(Missoula Current) The Montana Department of Corrections this week said it’s working on plans to move inmates out of county jails to the state prison and is looking for long-term solutions to overcrowding and capacity issues. Missoula County this month launched a dispute with the state agency, saying that...
The price of power: NorthWestern Energy’s missteps in climate change
As Sarah Lundquist from Families for a Livable Climate remarked in her recent Op Ed, the late July storm that blasted through Missoula was a reminder that climate change can look different from polar bears adrift on shrinking icebergs thousands of miles away. In Montana, it can look like a freezer of spoiled food from […]
Survey: Montana is Last in Teen Driver Training and Safety
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - A devastating report titled ‘The Best and Worst States for Teen Drivers’ from the website WalletHub finds that Montana ranks as the very worst in the country and in the bottom ten percent in four important safety metrics. I spoke to Wallet Hub...
Supreme Court lifts lower court hold on two pro-construction housing laws
The Montana Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order temporarily suspending two pro-construction housing laws passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature, ruling Tuesday that the laws can take effect as a challenge brought by a Bozeman-based homeowners coalition is litigated. The homeowners, organized as Montanans Against Irresponsible Densification, or...
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