For 16 years, the famous Montana Folk Festival has served as Butte, America's big summer get-together--a three-day weekend in ...

On July 9, 2025, the Lewis and Clark Foundation at the Interpretive Center announced their Director of 4 years, Elizabeth ...

Shutterstock Berkeley Pit, Montana On April 22, 1982, workers shut off the pumps at Butte’s Berkeley Pit for the last time.

Federal officials are considering reopening vast areas of public lands in Wyoming and Montana to new coal sales. The ...

Pat Williams, a New Deal-style Democrat who won Montana's great liberal-conservative showdown of 1992 to become the state's lone voice in the U.S. House of Representatives, has died. He was 87.

BUTTE, Mont. – A group of over 70 visitors from Ireland arrived in Montana this week, stopping in Butte on Wednesday to explore their ancestral roots and strengthen community ties.

Communities The indomitable Butte, Montana The misunderstood, often-maligned mining town helps itself.

Gardner persuaded Dennis Washington to buy the Butte mine in 1985 and then served as president of Montana Resources.

Mark Thompson, vice president of environmental affairs for Montana Resources, the company still mining in Butte, remarks in the film, "There is a price to pay to get those products, and we’re ...

Montana's mining towns, particularly Butte, have seen an economic revival thanks to Hollywood productions like 1923, a prequel to Yellowstone.

There was a healthy dose of skepticism in Butte, Mont., when Hollywood producers began showing up to shoot their shows. Now, many say the industry’s arrival has been a boon for the city.

Anyone will tell you that Butte, Montana, is tough. They'll also tell you that it's unbelievably kind and generous.