- Montana has more U.S. citizens on the streets after the state added two extra naturalization ceremonies due to a large number of citizenship applications
- Opposition from local landowners and a competing company is slowing down permitting for what would be the first major new coal mine in Wyoming in decades
- Congress is taking up the decades-long fight for federal recognition by Montana's Little Shell Tribe, which would make its 6,000 members eligible for U.S. government benefits from education to health care
- A new company founded in Wyoming hopes to connect the state's entrepreneurs with investors
- A plan to build a new high school in Bozeman has been approved by a committee and will go to the school board for consideration
- Yellowstone National Park has started shipping hundreds of wild bison to slaughter for disease control as a quarantine facility that could help spare many of the animals sits empty because of a political dispute
- The Montana House has passed a bill that allows foster children and foster parents to lodge a complaint with the state if they believe their rights have been violated
- Montana officials are seeking to overhaul its public defender system, which has been beset with sinking morale and a growing caseload that is putting pressure on what state officials acknowledge is an overburdened staff
- The Jackson Hole Mountain Resort will not be operating until further notice, due to a power outage affecting the area and the forecast of another winter storm Wednesday night
- The Montana House has passed a bill that allows foster children and foster parents to lodge a complaint with the state if they believe their rights have been violated
- Montana officials are seeking to overhaul its public defender system, which has been beset with sinking morale and a growing caseload that is putting pressure on what state officials acknowledge is an overburdened staff
Evening Newscast: Wednesday, Feb 8
