Montana's lack of snowfall and our dangerously low snowpack levels are becoming the stuff of fire season nightmares. As the winter weeks go by, our 'percentages of normal' keep ticking lower - and that's not good news for this summer.
Bozeman may not be the only Montana city to enact early water use restrictions this year. A very significant portion of the state is already in "Exceptional Drought" condition.
Snowpack levels are certainly not at ideal levels throughout southwest Montana at the end of March. A month that often sees big, wet dumps of snow just didn't materialize in 2022.
Just when you thought a new high school, a new safety center, and a park maintenance fee added to your taxes was enough to tap you out the commission is back.
Scientists are saying Montana's climate is becoming warmer and drier, and are advising farmers to find ways to store water and grow more drought-resistant crops.
19 year-old Trenton Johnson of Missoula was identified on Thursday as the victim of a wildfire fighting accident that occurred on Tuesday on a fire near Seeley Lake.