Legislation protecting utility companies from liability in the case of wildfires has passed the Montana House of Representatives and will be considered by the state Senate next week. House Bill 490, ...

Neither company has said what exactly the power will be used for, whether it's for AI processing or cryptocurrency or cloud storage. All of the power to those two data centers will be supplied from ...

The leader of an environmental advocacy organization in Montana says she strongly disputes a claim by NorthWestern Energy that bringing electricity-hungry data centers to Montana will be beneficial.

A bill establishing a legal framework for community solar projects passed the Montana Senate. SB 188, Revising solar energy ...

Coal from the mine is shipped by rail to power plants in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota and Washington, as well as ...

The West has long captivated Americans’ imaginations with its iconic vistas and mythical lore. Mountains jutting toward the ...

After a state inquiry, NorthWestern Energy has offered more details on its plans for two proposed data centers near Butte, Mont. The endeavor, it said, will support capital investments and ...

A resident of the mobile home park told MTFP that their $510 monthly lot rent will increase by $65 and that they will be ...

The Montana House has unanimously ... follow a wildfire mitigation plan detailing the company’s strategies for inspecting and updating electric facilities and maintaining vegetation in utility ...

Ellsworth’s attorney, Joan Mell, told the ethics committee that the investigation into the Senate’s 2023 president wasn’t ...

"We're incentivizing data centers to take our power and to not pay much in taxes," said Anne Hedges, the executive director of the nonprofit Montana Environmental Information Center, based in Helena.

The billionaire investor says he wants to preserve local news, "a fundamental component of journalism and the communities it ...