Montana Unemployment Remains Among Nation’s Lowest

HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s unemployment rate held steady at 2.8% in May, ranking among the five lowest in the nation. The state has now seen 47 straight months of unemployment at or below 3.4%, and eight consecutive months under 3%. While total...

Classic Foods From Every US State You May Have Forgotten About

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What makes a state food classic? When learning about old-fashioned foods that have been forgotten from across all 50 states, one must quantify what makes a food regionally famous and then,...

Montana Ag: Could cloud seeding in the Big Hole Watershed benefit the Treasure State's agriculture?

HELENA — It’s no secret that Montana is often plagued by drought, but there may be a new way to combat it: cloud seeding. “Because cloud seeding is new in Montana, people are wary," Michael Downey, the drought program coordinator for the Montana...

Montana SuperTag Lottery deadline approaches for hunters

MONTANA - The deadline for Montana hunters to apply for the coveted SuperTag Lottery is approaching quickly. This opportunity allows eight fortunate hunters to secure a license to hunt big game species anywhere in the state.Ethan Jamba NonStop...

Montana Lottery Powerball, Lucky For Life results for June 28, 2025 

Montana GOP elects new chair after rules fight over legislative party split

HELENA — Delegates of the Montana Republican Party gathered in Helena Saturday to choose the party’s next chair – a process that took several hours and rules battles to complete. The party picked Art Wittich, an attorney and former state lawmaker...

Montana Lottery Powerball, Lucky For Life results for June 28, 2025

The Montana Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at June 28, 2025, results for each game: Winning Powerball numbers from June 28 drawing 04-35-43-52-62, Powerball: 12, Power Play: 2 Check Powerball payouts...

Montana Justice Foundation awards $1.6M to 22 nonprofits

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Justice foundation is awarding $1.6 million in grants to 22 nonprofits across Montana. The funding will support organizations that are working to increase availability to civil legal services. Recipients include...

Fireworks rules in Montana for Independence Day weekend

MONTANA - As residents prepare to celebrate, it's important to be aware of the restrictions on fireworks in various parts of Montana. Fireworks are prohibited on all public lands, including national forests, state parks and Bureau of Land...

SBA Disaster Loan Deadline Approaching for Montana Businesses

Mont. — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses and nonprofits in ten eastern Montana counties that the deadline to apply for federal disaster loans is July 25th. The loans help cover economic losses caused by drought...

Montana Republicans elect Art Wittich state party chair

Art Wittich will be the new chair of the Montana GOP. (Micah Drew/Daily Montanan) Republicans from all corners of Montana convened in Helena during the weekend for the paryt’s annual convention and to elect new party leadership Delegates elected...

Montana’s Leaders Need to Protect Our Export Economy

Montana’s export story rarely makes the front page, yet it fuels more local paychecks than most people realize. In 2024, Big Sky Country shipped $2.4 billion in goods abroad, an amount equal to 3.2 percent of state GDP and supporting about 9,000...

Montana Grizzly cross country runner Luke Mest wins Tony Banovich 5K

MISSOULA — A weekend of races in Zootown officially kicked off (Friday night's beer run notwithstanding) Saturday morning with the Tony Banovich 5K. The men's winner, clocking in at 15 minutes and 35.32 seconds, did not need to travel far to take...

Construyendo comunidad a través del servicio

¿Qué tipo de oportunidades de voluntariado ofrece la Feria de la Montaña? (por ejemplo: limpieza, servicio de comida y bebida, revisión de pulseras, equipo del escenario, etc.) ¡Todas las anteriores! Hay algo para todos y para cada conjunto de...

Number of VA loans issued in Montana increased by 85.5% from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025

Montana Lottery Mega Millions, Lucky For Life results for June 27, 2025

The Montana Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at June 27, 2025, results for each game: Winning Mega Millions numbers from June 27 drawing 18-21-29-42-50, Mega Ball: 02 Check Mega Millions payouts and...

Independence Day 2025 in Butte, Montana

BUTTE — Thousands of people turned out to take in the sights and sounds of the annual Fourth of July Parade in Butte, Montana, as part of the Freedom Fest that kicked off on July 3rd with a fireworks display from the Big M. The annual parade is...

Montanans remember former U.S. Rep. Pat Williams

Jonathan Ambarian HELENA (KPAX) — Late Wednesday, family members announced that longtime U.S. Rep. Pat Williams had died, at the age of 87. Williams, a Democrat, spent 18 years representing Montana in Congress, first for the western district and...

Montana's largest newspaper company agrees to $95M payout

Clark Kaufman (States Newsroom) Montana’s largest newspaper company, Lee Enterprises, has agreed to pay $9.5 million to subscribers alleging privacy violations and is now facing three invasion-of-privacy lawsuits from current or former employees....

UM clinic preserves legal history of Montana's tribes

Phil Stempin (UM News Service) It’s a tool to strengthen tribal sovereignty. The Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic at the University of Montana has embarked on an ambitious project to create the Indian Law Portal – a comprehensive digital...