The Sheep Creek Mine in Ravalli County is on the federal list of fast-tracked projects. That could mean faster permitting, ...

The Bitterroot Mountains are one of the better known mountain ranges of the American Rocky Mountains. The range traces its fame to the earliest American exploration, the Lewis and Clark Expedition of ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — TheWest Central Montana Avalanche Center reports avalanche danger is high in the Bitterroot Mountains on Friday. "Very dangerous avalanche conditions exist. 1-3 feet of snow has ...

You don't need to drive to Glacier National Park to see the Rocky Mountains of Montana at their best. Take a right turn at Lolo, the first Montana city when driving U.S. 12 east into Montana from ...

MISSOULA – Volunteer grizzly bear advocates have produced several new research studies contending that the Bitterroot Mountains along the Montana-Idaho border have strong potential for recovering the ...

On a hot summer afternoon, 69-year-old James Walling sipped coffee on his front porch as the high-pitched thwacking of weedwhackers sounded from behind the home he bought in 2004.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Wednesday a public scoping procedure and new environmental impact statement for recovering a breeding population of threatened grizzly bears in the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. MISSOULA — At a staggering 1,347,644 acres, the cross-state boundary Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness ...

Two National Weather Service offices now have winter storm warnings up across the Lemhi, Bitterroot, Anaconda Pintler and Big Hole high country, with slush possible on Interstate 90 at Homestake Pass.

For our annual Adventure Travel issue, we scoured the globe to find the 25 Best New Trips in the World for 2010, complete with a Best Trips photo gallery. Today, we present Idaho and Montana. The ...

Montana is known for its epic natural scenery and its two national parks, Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park. But with mountain ranges and valleys located all across Big Sky Country, ...