The Latest Breaking News from Montana

Montana flagged bugs in cow app exploited in alleged China hack

Montana Dept of Agriculture took USAHERDS database offline to allow developer to boost security, new documents show.

Al Jazeera · Aug 19, 2022

Democratic boot camp: party intensifies local tactics ahead of midterms

Democratic groups are training candidates up and down the ballot in the hopes that a successful voter turnout will help limit losses this fall

The Guardian - US · Aug 18, 2022

Keeping it wild: how mules help preserve the last untamed places in the US

If it’s got gears, it’s not allowed in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness. But a humble creature helps clear the trails

The Guardian - US · Aug 17, 2022

Man with half a head jailed for 10 years for attacking supermarket shop worker

The judge rejected an appeal to and sentenced Robert Matthew Berkopec to 10 years in Montana State Prison, saying it was his own violence that put him there

Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022

Justice system is failing mentally ill

Once free and lacking treatment, such patients sometimes end up being charged with additional crimes

Salon · Aug 3, 2022

Post-Roe: People seeking permanent sterilizations are being turned away

Some patients who don’t have children and are in their childbearing years are reporting difficulties finding providers willing to sterilize them

Inverse · Aug 1, 2022

McKinney fire grows into California’s largest this year as thunderstorms fuel concerns

Huge blaze burns out of control as crews also battling fires in Montana, Idaho, Hawaii and Texas

The Guardian - US · Aug 1, 2022

Heat, wind threaten to whip up growing Western US wildfires

Major wildfires in California and Montana have grown substantially as firefighters protected remote communities amid hot, windy weather across the U.S. West that has created the potential for even more spread

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022

Windy, hot conditions fuel the explosive growth of fires in California and Montana

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency as the McKinney fire intensified. In Montana, the Elmo fire grew to more than 11 square miles. Other states are also dealing with wildfires.

WEKU · Jul 31, 2022

Wildfires in West explode in size amid hot, windy conditions

Wildfires fed by windy and hot conditions have grown dramatically in California and Montana, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022