Heavy Metal Class Helps Students Cope and Heal Through Music
June 19, 2025
“Students at Browning High School explore heavy metal music to address mental health, blending education with healing.”
“Students at Browning High School explore heavy metal music to address mental health, blending education with healing.”
A coalition seeks to end corporate money in Montana politics with a 2026 ballot initiative, bypassing Citizens United.
Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a bill establishing a legal framework for community solar projects in Montana, sparking debate.
In a move to counter President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C., marking the Army’s 250th anniversary, Montanans took to the streets on Saturday in protest against perceived constitutional violations. The peaceful demonstrations were part of approximately 2,000 “No Kings” gatherings nationwide. These rallies served as counterprogramming to Trump’s
Montana’s current system for calculating landowners’ fees for wildland firefighting resources is outdated, as highlighted in an April legislative audit. The Fire Assessment Program, managed by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), involves levying fees on 5 million acres of privately-owned land for firefighting costs. However, the audit
President Trump orders consolidation of wildland firefighting, sparking concerns over costs and increased fire risks.
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Just before a new law halts new cannabis operations in Montana, a business owner gets approval for a hub in Great Falls.
Montana’s DOC considers Hardin, Butte, and Boulder for a new women’s prison. No decision timeline set yet.
NorthWestern Energy recently invoked a little-known, 50-year-old law to implement a 17% electricity rate increase without approval from state regulators. The Montana utility board has now initiated a two-week hearing to determine the final extent of this rate hike. The focus is on the company’s efforts to recover investments in
Citing a “national energy emergency,” the federal government approved Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountains coal mine expansion.
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