In small town Washington — where hydropower is plentiful — data centers are creating jobs and funding amenities. But water and energy aren't unlimited — and some worry about long-term sustainability.

A weed-control contractor stirred up outrage after driving a utility terrain vehicle nearly nine miles through the Blackfoot River. Powell County has been fined $500. Conservation groups are now ...

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the city has been under tighter federal control.

A Missoula middle-school Lego engineering team won national recognition this summer for their big idea to clean the Earth’s oceans. MTPR’s Austin Amestoy visited the students at the Western Montana ...

The suspect accused of shooting and killing four people in an Anaconda bar last week is now in police custody.

Summertime at the county fair means rides, farm animals and lots of food. Whether it’s turkey legs, cotton candy or corn dogs – trash goes along with ready-to-go food. But a collaboration between ...

Electricity prices are rising more than twice as fast as overall inflation. That's especially costly during the dog days of summer when air conditioners are working hardest. In addition to hot weather ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the nation's capital, on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington's "emergency ...

The Environmental Protection Agency says it’s halting a program that could have helped low-income Montanans reduce their power bills. The “Solar for All” program, which helped homeowners buy and ...

The funds in most retirement accounts are pretty basic: stocks and bonds. Now, an executive order signed by President Trump aims to lay the groundwork for an array of "alternative assets," including ...

Montana law enforcement Friday arrested a man suspected of killing four people in Anaconda. The news brought some relief to residents of the tight-knit community.

Canadian tourism in northwest Montana has been anemic for months following that country’s rocky relationship with the Trump administration. However, much of that hole in the tourism market is being ...