Montana Traffic Conditions

Five people were able to escape a hot, acidic pond in Yellowstone National Park after the sport utility vehicle they were riding in went off the road and into an inactive geyser, park officials said ... Read More

POLSON - Nickelback's '?Rockstar'? blared in the Mission Valley Super Oval pits as midnight approached and racers assessed beat-up race cars from a marathon 33rd annual Montana 200 on Saturday night. Read More

A few miles north of town, a bear broke into Cowboy Up Coffee, causing the business to close temporarily for cleanup. The business, which is just off Highway 89 north of Gardiner in the Sinclair Gas ... Read More

Funding to study an emergency radio '?dead zone'? along Interstate 90 has just been received, and public safety officials are working together to get mobilized. Read More

A labor complaint filed over the firing of a Montana Highway Patrol trooper is set to move forward, after a state investigator found there was enough evidence to justify a full hearing. Read More

The Montana Department of Transportation will pay $1.1 million to improve the drainage system along state Highway 282 in Montana City. Read More

A 45-year-old female pilot who was employed by an Idaho-based company died Wednesday in a plane crash while responding to a fire in Montana, according to the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office in ... Read More

The Treasure County '89ers Museum doesn't keep regular hours, but call one of the numbers posted in the window and they'll let you explore the spectacular buildings and the history. Read More

For years, the Mt. Washington Regional Airport in Whitefield has run on a shoestring operating budget, but the COVID-19 pandemic made its finances even more difficult after airport traffic had slowed. Read More

The pilot who was killed in a crash Wednesday afternoon while fighting the Horse Gulch Fire northeast of Helena was identified by the county sheriff Thursday as Juliana Turchetti, 45, a native of ... Read More

HELENA - Lewis & Clark County Sheriff / Coroner Leo Dutton has identified the pilot who died in a plane crash Wednesday while combating the Horse Gulch Fire northeast of Helena. Juliana Turchetti, 45, ... Read More

The Montana Highway Patrol likely committed an unfair labor practice violation when it fired a trooper and union president after she raised concerns about working conditions with her labor ... Read More

The person who captured video of a crash near Huntley last week that seriously injured three teens had just exited the car before it left the road and crashed into a tree, authorities said Wednesday. Read More

HELENA (AP) - The pilot died when a single-engine firefighting aircraft crashed into a Montana reservoir Wednesday afternoon while scooping up water to fight a nearby blaze, officials said. The crash ... Read More

Neglecting to keep your home in good repair could mean it will lose value or, worse, become too disgusting to live in. Neglecting to check your vehicle's oil might lead to a highway breakdown and an ... Read More

'?In the context of transportation budgets, $8 to $10 million to pay for a crossing is minuscule and quickly recoups the money through crash prevention in just a few years,'? Goldfarb said. Not every ... Read More

Bragg said the Montana Highway Patrol had pledged to release contents of the workplace survey, but it hadn't done so. In the meantime, other troopers told Bragg they feared retaliation from ... Read More

An aerial firefighting plane crashed just after noon Wednesday on Hauser Reservoir near Spokane Bay while fighting the Horse Gulch Fire, which is burning just north of Canyon Ferry Reservoir, the ... Read More

Two people died on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, after separate motorcycle crashes in Yellowstone County. One of the crashes happened at about 10:45 a.m. on U.S. Highway 87 on the road to Roundup near mile ... Read More