The rear ends of Dan DeRuyter’s 4,500 dairy cows are powering hundreds of homes in Central Washington. At George DeRuyter & Sons’ 2,000-acre farm in Outlook, in the Yakima Valley, 150,000 gallons a day of cow manure from the corrals...

A recent question of the week dealt with the location of NorthWestern Energy's proposed 500-kilovolt transmission line through southwest Montana. Depending on the route chosen from near Townsend on into Idaho, the Mountain States Transmission Interti...

The widening sea of red trees surrounding Helena will soon likely be accompanied by the buzz of chain saws, and city officials believe the scope of the cutting work - and replanting - could cost up to $2 million. Helena natural resources coordin...

While the eyes of the nation are on the healthcare debate in Washington, D.C., Congress is quietly passing legislation that’s specifically designed to undermine the already ailing health of our economy. We were promised an economy that worked f...