BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has fined two Billings-area refineries for failing to comply with state air quality permits. The CHS refinery at Laurel paid a $165,000 administrative penalty, and Cono...

HELENA - The state will track federal stimulus spending with detailed reports that will be available online, Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Wednesday. The governor said the reports show what has taken place during the first month of the state's spending ...

BILLINGS - The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has fined two Billings-area refineries for failing to comply with state air quality permits. The CHS refinery at Laurel paid a $165,000 administrative penalty, and Conoco paid a $35...

The climate action task force started getting down to the details Tuesday about how to make the University of Montana more sustainable. UM held its first open house for climate action planning in the University Center Theater. Despite the small turno...

WASHINGTON An agreement on a string of demands sought by farmers and lawmakers from rural areas erased a major obstacle facing a massive climate bill that for the first time would limit the pollution linked to global warming and redirect the nation...