Helena

More people recreating outdoors means more chances for wildlife encounters.

Residents on Loon Road and Candlelight Road in Helena were evacuated as officials respond to a fire burning close to the intersection of Highway 12 and Spokane Creek Road.

A new bird banding station next to downtown Helena is bringing people up close and personal with birds. It’s part of a nationwide data collection effort tracking bird populations — which is critical as numbers decline globally.

The Tri-Lakes Volunteer Fire Department says two fires broke out Thursday afternoon northeast of Helena.

Clara McRae was a senior in high school when she and her classmates formed the Helena Youth Against Gun Violence group in 2018. In the wake of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, she speaks again with MTPR's Corin Cates-Carney.

Helena’s Jewish community has been without a local synagogue for decades. Fundraising is underway to buy back a synagogue that’s been owned by the Catholic Diocese since the 1980s.

Recent rainfall and early conservation efforts have replenished water supplies in several Montana cities, leading officials to repeal restrictions on water use.

Lewis and Clark County Public Health is reporting an 1,100 percent increase over the last week in the amount of COVID-19 detected in the city of Helena’s wastewater. County health officials say the results of the wastewater testing conducted last Thursday indicate that Helena is seeing widespread community transmission of the virus.

High demand and low water supplies are spurring the City of Helena to implement mandatory water restrictions earlier than normal.

The city of Helena says residents are consuming a concerning amount of water during an unseasonably hot June. Officials are asking residents to use...