Edward O'Brien

Montana is on track to close out November with record-setting warmth, but seasonal conditions are right around the corner, forecasters say.

Following the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s endorsement of COVID-19 booster shots for all fully vaccinated adults, state health officials say Montanans wanting a booster should have no trouble finding one.

A roughly $2 trillion social spending and climate plan passed out of the U.S House Friday, without the support of Montana’s lone congressman. The measure narrowly passed out of the U.S. House Friday morning on a near party-line vote of 220 to 213.

Montana’s marijuana regulators are eliminating two widely criticized proposals tied to the state’s January rollout of legal cannabis sales.

The same bill that established the framework of legal, recreational cannabis sales in Montana also allows for the resentencing or expungement of marijuana-related crimes.

Recreational cannabis sales begin in less than two months in half of Montana’s counties. Regulators and retailers alike are scrambling to finalize last minute details before that Jan. 1 deadline.

Ahead of Montana’s upcoming first legal recreational marijuana sales, lawmakers this week told state regulators to reconsider several potential rules.

With the onset of shorter days and crisp, cool weather, fire season may now seem like a distant memory. But Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest officials say nine human-caused fires have started on the forest since the beginning of October.

Voters in three counties this week have one more chance to weigh in on local cannabis taxation policy before sales begin in January.

Health officials were testing for influenza last flu season, but detected none.