A recent question of the week dealt with the location of NorthWestern Energy's proposed 500-kilovolt transmission line through southwest Montana. Depending on the route chosen from near Townsend on into Idaho, the Mountain States Transmission Interti...

The widening sea of red trees surrounding Helena will soon likely be accompanied by the buzz of chain saws, and city officials believe the scope of the cutting work - and replanting - could cost up to $2 million. Helena natural resources coordin...

While the eyes of the nation are on the healthcare debate in Washington, D.C., Congress is quietly passing legislation that’s specifically designed to undermine the already ailing health of our economy. We were promised an economy that worked f...

ANACONDA — Negotiations begin Tuesday concerning a wind energy development lease agreement with Anaconda-Deer Lodge County. The county commission has OK'd the planning department to begin talks with Pintler Power LLC, the only company to submi...

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a landmark climate and energy bill, taking a critical first step in addressing the threats that the United States faces from the ever-increasing impacts of global warming that we scientists have repeatedly warned about for decades - but it...