U.S. Rejects Lowball Bid for 167 Million Tons of Coal on Public Lands

Federal officials rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton, in what would have been the biggest U.S. government coal sale in more than a decade. The failed sale...

Adrian Sutton, composer who wrote the music for War Horse, the classic National Theatre production

Adrian Sutton, who has died aged 58, wrote the poignant music for War Horse, the National Theatre’s celebrated 2007 play based on Michael Morpurgo’s emotionally charged novel about a young boy called Albert and his horse Joey set against the...

Timberland Taxidermy Celebrates First Hunts For Young Hunters

The thrill of the hunt will return across Montana with the general rifle season opener next weekend. But youth hunters have a special opportunity to get into the field early one week earlier with the annual youth hunt. Being able to keep the...

Study: Fishing a billion-plus industry

Trout might as well be gold. Fishing is big business, a recent study by the University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks found. In 2024 more than 450,000 resident and nonresident anglers...

How to Balance Management and Leadership as a Principal

Growing up in Montana, Erica Schnee spent countless hours at her parents’ shoe store, watching how they managed a business and also acted as “leaders in their community,” Schnee said. Now the principal of Gallatin High School in Bozeman, Montana,...

COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Lamanna breaks 40-year-old school record, runs fastest time in NWAC at LC State Invitational

Brayden Lamanna, Treasure Valley CC Cross Country A 2025 graduate of Priest River High, Brayden ran to a new personal best 8,000-meter time of 24 minutes, 51 seconds (4:59 per mile) to finish 22nd out of 96 runners at the LC State Invitational,...

Views from ALA Queen Creek football team practice 

The billions of dollars will be invested in steel barriers, waterborne barriers, patrol roads, lights, cameras and advanced detection technology. Of the $4.5 billion being invested in Southern border security, nearly $807 million will be invested...

Casper Girl Scout earns prestigious Gold Award

Casper, Wyo. - Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming proudly recognize Olivia Conner for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve. Her project, titled, An Infinity for Learning, provides an accessible online...

Jamison named Hilleman Scholar

BOZEMAN — For Haylee Nay, attending college felt impossible. She couldn’t afford it. The Montana State University freshman from East Helena lived on the poverty line for most of her life and would enter college as a first-generation student. Then,...

U.S. rejects Navajo company's bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands

Federal officials rejected a company's bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton, in what would have been the biggest U.S. government coal sale in more than a decade. The Department of...

D/B school board discusses tax levies

The Dutton/Brady Public Schools board discussed potential general fund and technology fund levies with Superintendent Jeremy Locke at the Sept. 15 meeting. Locke presented a preliminary levy proposal that would provide revenue for the general...

The Georgetown Wooden Boat Show tests amateur boat builders. It's not always smooth sailing.

GEORGETOWN – Something went wrong and it got worse. Father and son, Yang and Yang Scofano II, shrugged while inspecting their 12-foot Carolina Bateau rowing skiff they’d built in nearly four hours during the Georgetown Wooden Boat Show on Oct. 18....

Pro/Con: Ban single-use plastics to solve pollution problems

Plastics are woven into every aspect of our lives, but what was once the poster child for convenience is fast becoming a pariah product. The era of single-use plastic must end; banning it is the only practical way forward. Some 430 million metric...

US judge 'reluctantly' tosses youth case challenging Trump climate policies

A federal judge on Wednesday tossed a youth-led lawsuit accusing US President Donald Trump's fossil-fuel agenda of trampling their inalienable rights, ruling that he lacked jurisdiction to intervene. In his written order, Judge Dana Christensen of...

Belgrade coach, Columbia Falls Wildcat Hall of Fame member, dies

MISSOULA — Belgrade coach Drew Morgan, who was inducted into the Columbia Falls Wildcat Hall of Fame five years ago, has died. Morgan, 25, was a science teacher at Belgrade High School. He coached track and field at the middle school. No further...

Will unprecedented use of this law upend all federal land-use plans?

The Senate voted to overturn Biden era land-use plans in Alaska, Montana and North Dakota. It is the first time Congress has intervened on land management plans using the Congressional Review Act. Stakeholders from both sides political aisle warn...

Opinion: Bombing Iowa: Some ‘Balloon Bombs,“ launched by Japan, fell in Iowa

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa was bombed by Japan. How is it possible? Iowa is an inland state, 1,500 miles from the coast. How could a Japanese plane get that far and not be...

US rejects company’s bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton, in what would have been the biggest U.S. government coal sale in more than a decade....

Holiday Travelers, Here's What You Can Expect for This Year's Thanksgiving Forecast

'The Old Farmer's Almanac,' a resource for long-range weather predictions, recently released this year's Thanksgiving forecast. The outlet anticipates a mixed bag of weather across much of the country. Highlights of the holiday forecast include...

Wednesday Headlines: Bozeman bears, baseball & prison water woes

Here's a quick look at our top stories for Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025: Watch the latest weather forecast Chilly Showers for your Wednesday TOP HEADLINES: Montana prison water leak enters fifth day with no fix Montana State Prison water crisis...