- On his first full day in office, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has issued an order reversing a last-minute action by the Obama administration to ban lead ammunition and fish tackle used on national wildlife refuges
- The companies responsible for the open pit mine where thousands of snow geese died in the toxic water are bringing out the big guns... literally: Montana Resources and BP-owned Atlantic Richfield are buying propane cannons triggered by long-range motion sensors as one additional measure to keep birds away from the Berkeley Pit during the spring migration
- Montana Republican officials say the GOP's field of prospective candidates for the U.S. House race has narrowed to six
- Wyoming lawmakers have passed a bill that will help educate K-12 students in the state about the history of Wyoming's indigenous people
- Wildlife officials estimate nearly a thousand Yellowtsone National park bison have been killed this season
- Bozeman technology entrepreneur Greg Gianforte says he has commitments from enough delegates to secure the Republican nomination for Montana's special election for the U.S. House
- The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore now home to two grizzly bear cubs from Montana
- Wyoming officials hope more online businesses will begin to pay sales taxes voluntarily but are laying groundwork to collect from those that refuse
- Montana state Auditor Matt Rosendale has approved a nearly 8% reduction in workers compensaation osts
Evening Newscast: Thursday, Mar 2
