But a state law enacted in 1979 effectively allows volunteer departments to retain their own elected trustees and some ...

Harvey, Butte-Silver Bow Fire Chief Zach Osborne and county Chief Executive J.P. Gallagher back the bill, saying it could end ...

Montana drivers should prepare for changes in how towing vehicles navigate multi-lane roundabouts. Senate Bill 433 has been ...

Butte-Silver Bow and Anaconda-Deer Lodge are currently the only two consolidated local governments in Montana. Harvey said the language of the 1979 law that House Bill 547 aims to repeal was ...

A contentious bill meant to clarify authority over volunteer fire services in Butte-Silver Bow has passed the Senate Local ...

A bill that has heightened decades of animosity between paid and volunteer firefighters in Butte-Silver Bow County ... Mike Smith is a reporter at the Montana Standard with an emphasis on ...

A lengthy hearing Friday evening in Helena centered on a controversial bill ... in Butte-Silver Bow, Missoula Rural Fire District Chief Paul Finlay, two city-county commissioners, the Montana ...

A bill that would remove the ability of Montana voters to elect all five of the Montana Public Service Commission members, and instead give the governor and the Montana Senate the power to appoint ...

This, Rep. Jones said, was the heart of the problem Bill 231 sought to address: Out-of-state residents benefit from Montana public services but aren’t paying their fair share to support them.

Several Butte-Silver Bow commissioners say they should have been informed about a bill in the Legislature affecting only firefighter operations here long before it started moving at the Statehouse.

House Bill 851 from Rep ... would focus on facilities, like the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs or veterans homes in Columbia Falls and Butte. It would also take up community-based programs ...

The Montana House of Representatives voted down a bill Friday that sought to extend the state’s wolf hunting season into May or June, which would have allowed hunters to kill wolves in the ...