Montana News

Gov. Brian Schweitzer is calling on the Obama administration to force General Motors to honor its contract with a Montana mining company instead of going overseas to buy the precious metals used to control vehicle pollution.

HELENA - A group of environmentalists and former supporters of Sen. Jon Tester are criticizing his office's decision to keep quiet about legislative plans for a new Montana wilderness area.

Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment: KILLED BY LIGHTNING Billings man killed by holiday lightning strike BILLINGS, Mont.

The Montana ProLife Coalition last week launched a campaign seeking a state ballot initiative that would propose defining "personhood" in the state constitution as "from the beginning of the biological development of that human being," the Great Falls Tribune reports.

LAME DEER - Montana officials are on track to seek bids this fall to mine a massive reserve of state-owned coal near the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation - a deposit with enough fuel to feed the United States' coal appetite for a year.

As a burgeoning landscape artist, East Glacier's Roger Rink found the perfect complement to his artistic ambitions: construction work.

Montana's U.S. Representative Denny Rehberg is back in Montana this weekend to enjoy the Independence Day holiday.

BILLINGS - Doctors have reported 15 cases of Lyme disease in Montana this year - a sharp spike from prior years.

Summer is here, the kids are out of school, and it's time for vacation. But with money tight this year, many people are looking for ways to stretch their dollars further this Summer.

Tribal Health officials including tribal leaders throughout Montana took part in a first-time webinar on Friday morning to discuss the implementation of the Healthy Kids Montana Plan, due to begin October 1, 2009.

The Montana Chamber of Commerce released its report card from the 2009 Legislature, rating how lawmakers voted on various business issues.

Gov. Brian Schwietzer's office says the governor's chief of staff is leaving to head the Montana Farm Service Agency.

On Thursday in Helena, Montanans had an opportunity to get an a oeup closea look at an authentic racecar.

But tiny bark beetles, munching and killing pine trees by the millions from Colorado to Canada, are now increasingly adding their own new dynamic.

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass a controversial bill Friday aimed at stopping global warming by limiting the nation's pollution from fossil fuels.

Montana health experts worry Montanans are not taking necessary steps to pervent the spread of HIV.

New HIV cases on the rise in Montana Jonathan Athens Public health officials say they're seeing more new HIV cases in Montana.

Missoula just raised $150,000 in its annual "Relay For Life" fundraiser. The money goes to the American Cancer Society.

On Wednesday at the Capitol, Governor Schweitzer announced results of the first month of reporting for Montanaa s share of stimulus dollars.

Jesse W. Kirk, 35, is also wanted on a felony burglary warrant in Helena, where he is accused of stealing a purse from an employee of the Planet Beach Spa on June 17.