Kevin Trevellyan
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Firefighters are optimistic about their progress on the 4,600-acre Deep Creek Canyon Fire southeast of Helena.
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The Deep Creek Fire between Townsend and White Sulphur Springs has grown to more than 2,000 acres, according to the latest InciWeb update Tuesday night.
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Residents between Townsend and White Sulphur Springs are evacuating after the 180-acre Deep Creek Fire jumped Highway 12 earlier this afternoon.
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Crews are in the early phases of fighting a 174-acre wildfire in the Big Belt Mountains southeast of Helena. The fire temporarily shut down a stretch of Highway 12 in Broadwater County Sunday.
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State and federal experts braced Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte at his annual fire briefing Wednesday for a potentially severe stretch of wildfires this year.
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State officials are laying the foundation to spend $275 million in federal funds to increase internet connectivity across Montana. It’s the state’s first widespread government-sponsored broadband program.
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A district court judge has extended an order blocking a new Montana law allowing the concealed carry of firearms on public college campuses while he determines its constitutionality. The order came hours after lawyers for the attorney general’s office and Montana University System made their cases for and against the law.
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A special state legislative commission Thursday approved an estimated $75 million in federal coronavirus aid for public health spending in Montana.
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Montana processors can now use hemp as an ingredient in commercial pet and horse feed.
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Indigenous lawmakers are defending the use of critical race theory in Montana public schools. State officials recently criticized the concept, which says systematic racism is woven into American life and law.