- A seventh Republican has added his name as a prospective candidate for Montana's vacant U.S. House seat
- Eight Democratic hopefuls are lobbying the 150 to 180 voting delegates who will decide Sunday who the party will back to fill the vacant House seat
- People in some of Wyoming's largest cities will soon be able to catch rides with the Uber app
- An appeals court has lifted federal protections for gray wolves in Wyoming
- Federal officials say they have approved new measures meant to prevent a repeat of last fall's mass bird deaths in a contaminated former open-pit mine in Montana
- Gov. Steve Bullock says the state Board of Regents may have to consider closing a college campus to absorb a $23.3 million university system budget cut the Legislature is proposing
- University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols visited Wind River Indian Reservation schools this week as part of an outreach effort to promote new programs available for American Indian students attending UW
- A new University of Montana report says high-tech companies in the state are growing at rates seven times faster than the statewide economy
- Gov. Matt Mead says some spending reductions approved by the Legislature would cut too deep and has vetoed part of a supplemental budget bill
- The state Department of Corrections and the ACLU of Montana have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act at the Montana State Prison
- Enrollment at the University of Montana has dropped slightly, but university officials say they are hopeful that trend will reverse
Evening Newscast: Friday, Mar 3
