Associated Press

South Dakota, is bracing to host hundreds of thousands of bikers for the 80th edition of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

A fire destroyed several businesses in Gardiner, a Yellowstone gateway town, just six weeks after Montanan's entrances to the park reopened.

The Department of Labor and Industry says Montana has paid out more than $10 million in potentially fraudulent unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks official says a mother grizzly bear attacked a boater who inadvertently came between the parent and her cub.

New unemployment claim numbers in Montana dropped again last week after more coronavirus restrictions were eased and establishments re-opened.

A state health official says a COVID-19 outbreak that started at a north-central Montana nursing home and caused six deaths appears to be over.

Over the previous six weeks, more than 96,000 new unemployment claims have been filed with the state Department of Labor and Industry.

Former Montana Republican congressman Ron Marlenee has died.He was 84.A funeral home notice says he died Sunday.

Three of America's most well-known national parks _ Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Smoky Mountains _ closed their gates Tuesday.

The Associated Press reports that Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will try to unseat first-term Republican Sen. Steve Daines, a senior adviser said Monday, giving Democrats a boost in their effort to take control of the Senate in November.