Tag: Montana
Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers
BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...
Montana firm offers legal help with missing Native Americans
MISSOULA, Mont. — A Missoula law firm is offering no-cost legal advocacy for families of missing Native Americans, Kimberly Dudik and Associates has announced.
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Heat wave grips US West amid fear of a new, hotter normal
PHOENIX — An unusually early and long-lasting heat wave brought more triple-digit temperatures Wednesday to a large swath of the U.S. West, raising concerns...
US West swelters in record-busting heat, risking wildfires
PHOENIX — Dangerous, record-busting heat spread across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday and into parts of Utah, Montana and Wyoming as a dome of...
Biden nominee’s link to 1989 logging sabotage blasted by GOP
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee federal lands in the U.S. West is facing Republican pressure to withdraw over her ties...
Yellowstone National Park unveils automated electric cars
BILLINGS, Mont. — Park officials have launched the first tests of electric vehicles in Yellowstone National Park that are capable of operating without drivers.
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Fight over Canadian oil rages on after pipeline’s demise
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Keystone XL is dead after a 12-year attempt to build the oil pipeline, yet the fight over Canadian crude rages...
Biden aims to restore species protections weakened by Trump
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for...
Judge: US can’t delay challenge to public land coal sales
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge has rejected the Biden administration's attempt to delay a lawsuit from several states and environmentalists who are seeking...
New wolf killing laws prompt push to revive protections
BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republican...