The cost of fighting large fires in California and elsewhere is forcing the U.S. Forest Service to divert hundreds of millions of dollars set aside for work including roads, trails, recreational improvements _ even fire prevention.

The National Rifle Association said Wednesday that Barack Obama is trying to mislead voters about his past support of gun control, calling the Democratic candidate “a poster child of the extremist, elitist gun control movement.”

A bear attacked a man sleeping inside a tent early Thursday, leading authorities to close two campgrounds near Yellowstone National Park.The camper suffered bite and claw marks on his arms while protecting himself. His name and age weren’t disclosed....

Some of the most prized land in the northern Rocky Mountains is being protected from development in a conservation land deal hailed as the largest of its kind in U.S. history.More than 300,000 acres of critical habitat for threatened and endangered...

The prospect of Anheuser-Busch being taken over by a brewing company with roots in Belgium and Brazil has made some Northern Plains barley growers uneasy.Budweiser is king in Idaho, Montana and North Dakota, where nearly three-fourths of the nation’s...

The shift to fewer paper checks and greater electronic movement of money in the United States has left the Federal Reserve with some empty office space.Processing of checks by the Fed, a service commercial banks purchase, is down as more Americans pay...

The spotlight may have been on Montana’s presidential primary this week, but it was two fringe candidates who stole the show by nabbing major party nominations for Congress.The biggest shock was the 85-year-old Republican Senate candidate who has run...

The spotlight may have been on Montana’s presidential primary this week, but it was two fringe candidates who stole the show by nabbing major party nominations for Congress.The biggest shock was the 85-year-old Republican Senate candidate who has run...

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she expects uncommitted superdelegates to begin making the choice that will decide her marathon Democratic primary race against Barack Obama soon after the Tuesday’s primaries.In a conference call with Montana...