By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan Renewable energy groups raised questions about a utility advisory committee The Montana Public Service...
July 31, 2024
NorthWestern Energy’s announcement of its intention to acquire Puget Sound Energy’s shares of the unreliable Colstrip plant is...
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By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan With the dismissal of a “bad actor” lawsuit following the retirement of former CEO Phillips Baker...
July 15, 2024
By Duncan Adams, Montana Standard Evidence abounds across Montana of the ruinous environmental legacy of cyanide-based open-pit mining....
Phillips Baker, Jr., retires from Hecla Mining Company leaving unreclaimed mining disasters behind CONTACTS Shiloh Hernandez,...
July 11, 2024
By Laura Lundquist, Missoula Current After hearing final arguments, the Montana Supreme Court will decide whether recent state law can bar...
July 10, 2024
by Nick Fitzmaurice In 1978, Montanans passed an initiative with the support of 65% of the voters to require a vote of the public to...
July 9, 2024
By Blair Miller, Daily Montanan The Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Wednesday in the state’s appeal of a district...
July 5, 2024