HELENA—National forests in Montana are slated to get about $10.1 million in federal stimulus money for facilities and trails, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday. The money is part of the $274 million set aside in the ...

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a landmark climate and energy bill, making a critical first step in addressing the threats that the United States faces from the ever-increasing impacts of global warming that we scientists have repe...

Congressman Dennis Rehberg's guest opinion published on July 9 in The Standard on the American Clean Energy and Security Act reiterated Rush's and Fox News commentators' arguments against the bill. I reject the notion that our energy status quo is wo...

Jenny Sabo has a lot of work to do and little time to do it. Clouds darker than Colombian coffee are zeroing in on her ranch, which sits under the shadows of the Tobacco Root Mountains just outside Pony. Sabo must milk her Jersey cow, feed her young...

For Lori Stiffler, a few extra dollars spent to buy locally grown vegetables at the Butte Farmers' Market is well worth it. The produce and other foods there are of great quality, she said. And the 55-year-old Butte resident said she feels safer know...