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Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in U.S. government boarding schools

The schools gave Native American kids English names, put them through military drills and forced them to perform manual labor

DATE: Jul 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park

BILLINGS, Mont. – Twenty of Yellowstone National Park's renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season si...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. officials: Report on oil and gas sale ban due by summer

BILLINGS, Mont. – The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will deliver an interim report on its suspension of oil and gas sales from federal lands and waters by summer, but officials d...

DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Biden halts oil and gas leases, permits on U.S. land and water

Administration does not halt existing operations

DATE: Jan 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildfires produced up to half of pollution in West, study says

Smoke particles tied to variety of health problems

DATE: Jan 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Living

Groups ask court to restore protections for U.S. gray wolves

BILLINGS, Mont. – Wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of the n...

DATE: Jan 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge removes Trump public lands boss for serving unlawfully

William Perry Pendley oversaw BLM for 424 days without Senate confirmation

DATE: Sep 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Feds agree to review grizzly protections in contiguous U.S.

Environmentalists sued to restore bear to some areas

DATE: Dec 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sage grouse numbers stumble in Montana, across U.S. West

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana’s greater sage grouse population has fallen more than 40% over the past three years, mirroring recent declines across the U.S. West for the bird species that federa...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildfire smoke to boost health risk for millions across West

BILLINGS, Mont. – Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens ...

DATE: Jul 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News