MIN Weekly News Roundup

For week ending June 15, 2025

RLFR team recovering hikers’ gear and surveying conditions. (Source RLFR social media)

Search for Hiker Paused Until Next Week Due to High Water

Screenshot from RLFR social media

Update on Search for Hiker Missing in East Rosebud Creek

Search Continues Today for Hiker Swept Into East Rosebud Creek Yesterday Near Rimrock Lake

Bison cow/calf herd in Lamar Valley (NPS/Diane Renkin)

Man Gored by Bison in Yellowstone National Park

Montana House District 55 Summary of the 69th Montana Legislative Session - Interim Committee Work Continues

Carbon County First Responder Blotter

Black bears rummage through dumpsters. (Photo courtesy of FWP)

Two Black Bears Involved in Separate Food-Related Conflicts in Glacier, One Euthanized

Photo courtesy Fish Wildlife and Parks

Game Wardens Seek Information on Self-Pay Station Break-Ins at Voyager’s Rest Fishing Access Site

Section D subcommittee chair Representative Bill Mercer, R-Billings, outlines the Section D portion of House Bill 2 during the second reading floor discussion on the budget for the next biennium on March 22, 2023. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan)

Trump Policy Bill Could Bring $160 Million Hit to State Budget

The Big Knife Fire outside of Arlee, Montana, on the afternoon of Sunday, July 30, 2023. (Photo by Nicole Girten, Daily Montanan)

Audit Report Suggests Changing Wildfire Protection Fee Structure

Daines, Sheehy Wrestle with Reemergence of Public Land Sale Proposal in Trump’s Big Budget Bill

Report: Most Montanans Agree Tourism Benefits Outweigh Negative Impacts

State Supreme Court Strikes Down 2021 Abortion Restrictions

Montana Gov. Slams Justices After Abortion Ruling: ‘They Should Be Ashamed’

Gianforte Vetoes Proposal to Put Marijuana Tax Revenue Toward ‘Cops and Conservation’

Op-Ed: Senator Steve Daines on Banning the Burning of the American Flag

As America’s storytellers, the National Park Service (NPS) is committed to telling the history of all Americans in all of its diversity and complexity. 16 May 2024 (Glacier NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

White House Press Pool is Whittled to Less than Half of Normal for Flag Day

Pentagon Sets Price Tag for 60-day Los Angeles Troop Deployment at $134 Million

U.S. Senate GOP Tries to Ease the Pain for States in Sharing Costs of SNAP Benefits

Small Business Owners from Rural America Urge Congress to Keep Clean Energy Tax Credits

Fishery on the Columbia River (USFWS Pacific, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

President Trump Revokes Biden Memorandum to Restore Healthy and Abundant Wild Salmon and Steelhead in the Columbia River Basin

Mike Lee Brings Back Proposal to Sell Public Land in Utah, Other Western States

Product packaging for recalled items. (courtesy Church & Dwight Co., Inc.)

Zicam and Orajel Swab Products Recalled

Food Recall: Enoki Mushrooms

New Recalls & Safety Warnings