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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks launches 'Bear Relocation Dashboard'

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks launches 'Bear Relocation Dashboard'

GREAT FALLS — Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks recently launched an online Bear Relocation Dashboard in an effort to provide more insight to bear management and to keep landowners and communities aware when black bears or grizzly bears are...

Time travel with Grandma

Time travel with Grandma

I have to believe it’s a common wish among farmers and ranchers to somehow have more time each day during the summer months. Time is so elusive, and time is the great equalizer. No matter what our education level, the current balance in our...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Latest Wolf Proposal Aims to Increase Harvest

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Latest Wolf Proposal Aims to Increase Harvest

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is proposing changes to wolf trapping and hunting regulations aimed at reducing the statewide wolf population, the agency announced earlier this month. According to FWP’s 2024 Wolf Report, Montana is home to...

Enjoy luxury perks at our favorite hotels that are part of The Edit by Chase Travel

Enjoy luxury perks at our favorite hotels that are part of The Edit by Chase Travel

In 2024, Chase launched The Edit by Chase Travel, a luxury hotel booking engine available through Chase Travel℠ for Chase Sapphire Reserve® (see rates and fees) and Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business℠ (see rates and fees) cardholders, as well as...

Thru-hiker Jessica 'Stitches' Guo on pace to linking the Continental and Great Divide Trails

Thru-hiker Jessica 'Stitches' Guo on pace to linking the Continental and Great Divide Trails

ANACONDA — If Jessica Guo was tired, she showed no sign of it. She was on her 100th day of hiking the Continental Divide Trail, yet she strolled into Stokes Market with the energy of someone who’d just walked from down the street from their home....

Missing Absaroka-Beartooth hiker cold case haunts officials 30 years later

Missing Absaroka-Beartooth hiker cold case haunts officials 30 years later

LIVINGSTON — Minnesota hiker Jeremy Moors, 24, was declared missing after a weekend solo backpacking trip in the 944,000-acre Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness on July 29, 1995. Encompassing a vast expanse of backcountry north of Yellowstone National...

16 things to know before you come to Bozeman, Montana

16 things to know before you come to Bozeman, Montana

Hailed as one of the hippest towns in the American West, Bozeman is luring growing numbers of visitors thanks to its proximity to mountain wildernesses and its diverse demographic. Old-school ranchers in plaid shirts and Stetsons, Hollywood...

Miley Cyrus teases 'special' Hannah Montana anniversary project

Miley Cyrus teases 'special' Hannah Montana anniversary project

Miley Cyrus is getting ready to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her hit Disney Channel show Hannah Montana in a big way. During a recent appearance on SiriusXM's TikTok Radio, the Grammy-winning singer looked back on the show that launched her...

Notebook: Ex-Montana Grizzlies basketball player Kai Johnson signs with pro team

Notebook: Ex-Montana Grizzlies basketball player Kai Johnson signs with pro team

MISSOULA — Former Montana Grizzlies men's basketball guard Kai Johnson is continuing his playing career overseas. Johnson has signed with Class Bàsquet Sant Antoni, the Spanish team announced on Monday. The team currently plays in Spain's Segunda...

Four dead in shooting at Anaconda bar

Four dead in shooting at Anaconda bar

Local News Needs Fuel. You’re the Spark. This summer, MTFP reporters are partnering with hometown newsrooms across Montana — from Glendive to Anaconda — to bring deeply local stories to light. Your gift helps power this collaboration by covering...

Report: Montana May Be Hit Harder by Tariffs

Report: Montana May Be Hit Harder by Tariffs

Montana may feel the sting of tariffs more than other states, according to new findings from the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER). The organization kicked off its annual midyear economic update in Helena on...

Miley Cyrus Teases Something “Really Special” to Celebrate ‘Hannah Montana’ 20th Anniversary

Miley Cyrus Teases Something “Really Special” to Celebrate ‘Hannah Montana’ 20th Anniversary

Hannah Montana fans are about to have the best of both worlds as Miley Cyrus teases something “really special” for the show’s 20th anniversary next year. During a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio, the Grammy-winning singer looked back...

City, county propose tax increases for 2026

City, county propose tax increases for 2026

Local News Needs Fuel. You’re the Spark. This summer, MTFP reporters are partnering with hometown newsrooms across Montana — from Glendive to Anaconda — to bring deeply local stories to light. Your gift helps power this collaboration by covering...

Gaylord Hotels’ Westward Expansion, Carbon-Positive Hotels and More New and Renovated Properties in the West

Gaylord Hotels’ Westward Expansion, Carbon-Positive Hotels and More New and Renovated Properties in the West

Explore major hospitality developments in California, Montana, Washington and Mexico. From Hotel del Coronado’s $550M restoration to the debut of Gaylord Pacific and carbon-positive Populus Seattle, see how these hotels are reshaping events,...

Patricia Anderson | Obituary

Patricia Anderson | Obituary

July 5, 1928 – July 20, 2025 With great sadness, we share that Patricia Anderson passed away. Pat was born to Carl L. and Christmas Marriott Stenhjem in Conrad, Montana. She was raised outside of Brady, MT and graduated from Conrad High School....

Montana Game Wardens Seize Mounts: Multi-Year Poaching Case

Montana Game Wardens Seize Mounts: Multi-Year Poaching Case

Here in Montana, we take our wildlife seriously and we sure as heck don’t take kindly to poachers. That’s why a recent bust by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is making waves across the state. Between 2020 and 2024, six suspects, from both...

Montana man loses wife and two children in car crash

Montana man loses wife and two children in car crash

A Billings man is struggling to cope after his wife and two children, ages 13 and 10, were killed in a car crash earlier this month 90 miles outside of Denver on Interstate 70. Watch family and friends remember the three below: Montana man coping...

Missoula teen found safe, MEPA canceled

Missoula teen found safe, MEPA canceled

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Missing Endangered Person Advisory has been issued for 16-year-old Lyza Rose Gersitz-McClain, who was last seen in Missoula around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 31. According to the Montana Department of Justice, law enforcement...

Montana Ranked Among The Worst States For Winter

Montana Ranked Among The Worst States For Winter

Even though we're in the middle of the summer, winter will be here before you know it. I know, I know, no one wants to think about snow, or winds, or ice, or special tires. However, we all know that winter in Montana can be long and brutal. We...

John Long Mountains: Peace and isolation in southwest Montana

John Long Mountains: Peace and isolation in southwest Montana

Possibly the least known mountain range in southwest Montana, the John Long Range is a special area for those seeking peace and isolation from the noise of modern life. Many people mistakenly believe it is part of the Sapphire Range when the John...

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