Black Eagle's Smelter Avenue slated for 2011 overhaul

Smelter Avenue, Black Eagle's uneven, crumbling main drag, will be overhauled from Mountain View Co-op to the Anaconda Hills Golf Course, with the work scheduled to begin in 2011, the Montana Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. More

State sees record-setting highs

Instead of snow shovels, folks around northcentral Montana might want to rummage around their garages for hoses and sprinklers. More

Downgraded economic forecast could mean less contentious session

HELENA — With economists downgrading Montana's economic forecast, and state revenue estimates expected to plummet in the next biennium, lawmakers are predicting a less contentious legislative session in January than in 2007. More

Electric charges generate surprise at city meeting

For several years, Great Falls officials touted the city's electric rates as cheaper than those offered by NorthWestern Energy, the state's dominant electric utility. More

Official says Schweitzer violated ethics law

HELENA — The state commissioner of political practices said Gov. Brian Schweitzer violated state law by distributing a public service announcement after filing for re-election last spring. More

Cold Hard Cash band members savor 'surreal' 'Late Show' gig

After months of waiting, Cold Hard Cash Show frontman Merle Travis Peterson described finally performing on the "Late Show with David Letterman" as "surreal." More

Benefis hosts End of Life Conference

ACROSS the BIG SKY

WEST GLACIER —The Lake McDonald Lodge Coffee Shop, designed and constructed in 1965, is the most recent building in Glacier National Park to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places as an exceptional example of the National Park Service's Mission 66planning and development... More