Dan Bushnell

Gov. Greg Gianforte is sending 150 Army National Guard soldiers to help with security duties in Washington D.C. for the upcoming presidential inauguration.

The Montana National Guard on Nov. 18 withdrew from Montana State Prison after assisting the facility, strained by an outbreak of COVID-19 among inmates and staff. Eleven soldiers tested positive for the virus prior to and during the roughly three week mission.

As tensions rise in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world, soldiers and air men and women from Montana and Wyoming may find themselves in harm’s way…

Wildland firefighting is a team effort. California has helped Montana during wildfire crises, and now Montana is returning the favor. California’s fires...