- Gianforte was charged with assaulting a Guardian reporter the day before the election; he apologized during his victory speech
- The Wyoming Attorney General's office has declined to consider the state Republican Party's complaints against an organization that sent voters mail last year praising Democratic legislative candidates and criticizing their GOP opponents
- A state judge has ruled that Montana's School Choice program can grant scholarships to students who attend faith-based schools
- Rosebud County Sheriff Allen Fulton has identified a man found dead in a Montana mine pit
- New U.S. Census Bureau figures show that Wyoming cities and towns located in the energy patch saw the greatest declines in population last year, with Casper losing nearly 1,000 residents and Gillette nearly 230
- A Wyoming sixth-grader has won the state's contest to name the new statewide assessment
- A 23-year-old woman rescued after a week lost in the Montana wilderness says she hesitated to retrace her path after seeing bear tracks over her old footprints