January 14, 2021 Intense gusts force wind warnings in 8 states, cause power outages for hundreds of thousands Damaging wind gusts shook the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain states on Wednesday, felling trees, downing power lines, closing roadways and killing one person.Â
January 12, 2021 Great Plains, East warm up as heavy snow slams Northwest After a chilly winter storm smacked Texas and other parts of the Gulf Coast, a newly-formed atmospheric event will dump snow, rain, and more on the Pacific Northwest this week.
December 17, 2020 Sen. Daines, who helped secure $10B in vaccine funding, calls Moderna approval 'early Christmas present' A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel's endorsement of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine on Thursday had special significance for Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont.Â
December 16, 2020 Montana Sen. Jon Tester says Democrats' message to rural voters is 'really, really flawed' Montana leaned heavily toward the GOP during the 2020 election cycle.
December 14, 2020 Dem tops watchdog's list of 2020 political ethics violators Democratic Montana Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney has topped a watchdog group's list of the year's top political ethics violators.
November 25, 2020 Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Parks see record visitors in October The number of guests at Yellowstone National Park nearly doubled, while visits to Grand Teton, its neighbor to the south, rose 88%.
November 4, 2020 Montana US Sen. Steve Daines defeats Gov. Steve Bullock in competitive race The only sure thing in Montana's U.S. Senate race was that a Steve would be going to Washington.
November 3, 2020 Who is Steve Daines? 4 things to know about the US senator from Montana Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., is locked in a tight re-election campaign against his state's popular two-term governor, who is attempting to flip Montana to the Democrats to help capture the Senate.Â
November 3, 2020 Who is Steve Bullock? Four things to know about Montana's Senate candidate In addition to taking the White House, congressional Democrats are hoping to re-take the Senate, while keeping a majority in the House, by flipping a number of red states blue during Tuesday's election.
October 27, 2020 DNA links dead man to cold case murder of 5-year-old Montana girl The cold case abduction and murder of a 5-year-old Montana girl has been linked through DNA to a man authorities say was passing through town when the crime happened.