Depending on the outcome of a school board vote next week, West Glacier Elementary's 24 students may have Fridays off beginning next fall. West Glacier is considering joining scores of schools across the nation that have, in recent years, moved to a ...

MISSOULA - University of Montana wildlife biology Professor L. Scott Mills has been named a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow by the board of trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Fellows are appointed annually by the foundation based on im...

Drilling for coalbed methane will lower aquifers in southeastern Montana and reduce groundwater flows to rivers and springs, a recently published study said. And it could take as long as 200 years for aquifers to recover after drilling stops. The fin...

WASHINGTON - President Obama has made no secret of his vision for America's 21st-century economy. We will lead the world in "green" technologies to stop global warming. Advancing medical breakthroughs will improve our well-being, control health spend...