David Hammett, a former Pinkerton strikebreaker-turned-writer, modeled the fictional town of Poisonville on Butte, calling it an “ugly city of forty thousand people set in an ugly notch between two ugly mountains that had been all dirtied up by mining.

Montana State Prison Warden Jim Salmonsen has been placed on leave, according to the Montana Department of Corrections.

A cold weather advisory is in effect through Monday morning for most of Montana. An extreme cold warning is specifically in place from Butte to Seeley Lake and

A former Butte nurse practitioner was sentenced for health care fraud on Friday.Tristan Ashley Svejkovsky, 41, was sentenced to five years in prison, followed

Montana State Prison Warden Jim Salmonsen has been placed on leave, according to the Montana Department of Corrections.

Prosecutors have filed new sex-trafficking charges against a former associate athletic director at Montana Tech already facing drug accusations.

Police didn’t have to go far to find and arrest a man in a Montana bank robbery. The 45-year-old suspect was sitting in the bank lobby, apparently waiting for officers, according to Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed Lester.

Highlands College CDL Instructor Ted Shupe says semi crashes on Montana’s interstates are likely caused by drivers unfamiliar with Montana’s steep mountain passes.

On Friday at 9:57 a.m. a winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until Saturday at 5 p.m. The advisory is for Lower Clark Fork

A former associate athletic director for Montana Tech is already facing charges of distributing or possessing dangerous drugs and now faces new charges, includi

Americans nationwide will honor civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in a National Day of Service. In Montana, various community service and volunteer

The 10th annual Montana Winter Festival SnöFlinga is scheduled for Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 in Butte. This milestone event celebrates a decade of embracing winter recreation and community togetherness.