- Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has vetoed bills to restrict abortions and the governor's use of the state airplane
- Vice President Mike Pence plans to travel to Montana next week to campaign for a Republican congressional candidate running in a special election
- Yellowstone National Park officials have asked 2017 visitors to adopt its "Safe Selfie" policy
- A report says visitors to an obscure national monument in western Wyoming spent more than $1 million in nearby communities last year
- The National Park Service study finds spending by the more than 20,000 visitors to Fossil Butte National Monument helped support 13 jobs
- The governor of Wyoming faces a tough choice between laying off state workers and finding yet more ways to save money in response to declining revenue from fossil fuels
- National Democrats are making a late bid to help their party's candidate in Montana's May 25 special congressional election
- The office of the Commissioner of Higher Education is recommending tuition increases throughout much of the Montana University System to address an $18.8 million funding gap
- Crews who battle wildfires will have to wait at least another year before getting better fire shelters than those that failed to save 19 firefighters trapped by flames in Arizona four years ago