Ski areas across western Montana are feeling the effects of a mild winter, including Turner Mountain, which recently reopened ...

A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s finding that BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people in a ...

Lincoln County was hit hard by flooding from winter storms in 2025. Records of major floods in the area date nearly 100 years ...

The Libby Middle and High School science teams competed last week in the 42nd Montana Science Olympiad at Montana State ...

LIBBY, Mont. — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they ...

The ruling is a victory for the Texas-based railway and a blow to plaintiffs in hundreds of other asbestos cases pending in ...

A federal court ruled Tuesday that BNSF Railway can’t be held liable for vermiculite shipments that spread asbestos contamination along its tracks in Libby.

This led to an extensive review of the literature, which revealed that other types of amphibole asbestos also cause ...

Hello, history fans! As I mentioned last week, I’ve taken some time off recently to recover from a major surgery. I’ll be back at the old keyboard next week. But for now, I’m sharing some of my ...

HELENA, Mont. — BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana ...

LIBBY, Mont. — A grizzly bear was euthanized after a several conflicts with chicken coops and and other attractants near homes in Silver Butte, south of Libby. The following was sent out by Montana ...