The Associated Press reported on Friday that a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully and blocked him from continuing in the position.
On the eve of a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled for Saturday, a Missoula man, 48 year-old Mark David Belden, has been charged with two misdemeanors; unlawful restraint and operating as a private security guard without a license, in an incident that occurred during a Black Lives Matter rally at the Missoula County Courthouse on June 5.
This week, Montana Governor Steve Bullock filed a lawsuit to enjoin William Perry Pendley from exercising any authority over the federal Bureau of Land Management, which Bullock says is in violation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, and the U.S. Constitution.
The Bureau of Land Management is working towards obtaining 13,000 acres of private lands within the Lower Blackfoot River watershed, through a cooperative agreement with The Nature Conservancy.
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed an order to streamline permitting backlogs and delays, and to identify ways to improve access to parcels of federal land that qualify for mineral development.
Montana Senator Steve Daines took part in a preliminary vote on Wednesday to begin the process of repealing President Obama's signature achievement in office, the Affordable care Act
The two individuals who were shot to death west of Lolo on Monday afternoon have been identified as 51 year-old Bradley Stover and 43 year-old Tonya Gilliam. No arrest has yet been made.