BUTTE — The announcement Tuesday by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks struck some river watchdogs as puzzling. They wondered about FWP’s decision to reopen sections 3 and 4 of the Big Hole River to ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe—a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the beginning at all? What if our ...

DIVIDE, Mont. — It’s been another tough summer on the Big Hole, with numerous fishing closures and little precipitation, which was discussed at Wednesday night’s meeting of the Big Hole Watershed ...

DILLON, Mont. — The entire Big Hole River is about to be under major fishing restrictions. Starting Thursday, the entirety of the popular fishery will be under hoot owl restrictions, meaning fishing ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A section of the low and slow Big Hole River between the East Bank Recreation site and Divide ...

2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

On Nov. 17, The National Weather Service issued its December through February prediction for Montana: “The outlook is for 50-55 percent chance for temperatures to average above normal for the 3-month ...

To study the origins of our universe is to struggle with profound chicken-or-egg questions. We know the Big Bang happened. Cosmologists can see its afterglow in the sky. But no one knows whether the ...

TWIN BRIDGES – Brian Wheeler has spent a fair bit of the last six years wearing waders in the middle of the Big Hole River documenting river conditions and collecting samples of macroinvertebrates.

For Bend’s next two years, there may be no more important document than the 630 pages of the city’s proposed budget. And it comes with a big hole. There are about $591 million in operating revenues ...