MIN Midweek News Roundup

May 15, 2025

Weather System Brings Wind, Rain and Snow; Impacts to Roads and Waterways

The Jefferson River near Cardwell, Montana, on June 19, 2024. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan)

Montana Snowpack Near Normal for Most Regions

Montana House District 55 Summary of the 69th Montana Legislative Session

Without AmeriCorps, Rural Communities Will Lose Essential Social Services

An algal bloom has colored part of southwestern Montana’s Big Hole River green in this July 2023 photo. Credit: Courtesy Upper Missouri Waterkeeper

DEQ’s Big Hole Impairment Decision Lands in Court

Montana Lawmakers Approve $124 Million To Revamp Behavioral Health System

Bull Mountains Mine expansion tucked into congressional budget bill

American children among group deported following Hi-Line immigration arrest

Potential Cuts Spark Conversation on Essential Air Service

Reconstruction of the St. Mary Siphon in April 2025 near Babb. Credit: Courtesy Milk River Project

Water Expected to Return to the Milk River 12 Months After Pipeline Failure

Montana Legislature Enacts Changes to State and Local Flows of Public School Funding

Department of Corrections Moves Female Inmates to Repurposed Facility in Boulder

Montana Judge Finds Trans Care Ban Unconstitutional

In the Aftermath of One Cancer Doctor, Patients and Families Search for Answers

Family of South Africans Dubbed Refugees by the Federal Government Arrives in Missoula

Fines for Aquatic Invasive Species Violations Increase Under New Law

Montana U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke speaks at a press conference announcing the launch of the bipartisan Public Lands Caucus, while Montana Representative Troy Downing listens. (Courtesy photo)

Zinke Forms Bipartisan Public Lands Caucus

Medicaid Payments Barely Keep Hospital Mental Health Units Afloat; Federal Cuts Could Sink Them