The Environmental Impact Statement process works if all pertinent information is gathered and taken into consideration prior to the study being written. All information needs to be gathered from all affected parties involved to draft a truly complete...

When a road through the heart of Glacier National Park was being planned in the 1920s, one proposal called for 15 switchbacks zig-zagging up the steep sides of Logan Creek Valley to Logan Pass. One critic, Thomas Vint, a young National Park Service l...

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...

I would like to recognize southwest Montana Reps. Jon Sesso, Cynthia Hiner, and Dan Villa for their work in securing $15 million for "Quick Start" energy grants during the legislative session. As members of the House Appropriations Committee, an...

Federal officials have denied a request by NorthWestern Energy to be granted the ability to negotiate rates for power it would deliver to out-of-state markets on a large power line proposed for southwest Montana. However, Claudia Rapkoch, NorthWester...