Basin, MT

Of the 1,610 registered voters in Judith Basin County, 1,175 cast their votes for the 2026 election, representing a 73% voter turnout for the county at four polling locations, which were located in Raynesford, Geyser, Stanford and Hobson.

About five years ago, a local ranch broke the record sale price for a bull in Montana. On Oct. 17, the ranch broke the record again with a nearly $1 million sale.

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, on Oct. 12, 2021. David Goldman/AP File BILLINGS, Montana – President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. […]

STRAND FOUNDATION: Leroy and Claris Strand Foundation applications are now available and are due Nov. 1. They can be found on the website www.strandfoundation.com. Please contact Dawnita Sampsel, Executive Director, with any questions (406-799-2379 or executivedirector@strandfoundation.com).

A coalition of tribes, conservation groups and states first sued federal agencies over Columbia River operations 25 years ago. Continue reading…

Arizona and Nevada say the federal government failed to hold upper basin states accountable for delivering water legally owed to those on the lower basin. Continue reading…

SHIRLEY BASIN — From hundreds of yards away, biologist Daniel Pinneo spotted the telltale green eyes of one of North America’s rarest mammals, before the night’s mission really began.

Brianna Chickenfry recently visited Big Sky and Moonlight Basin, giving her millions of followers a look at Montana. But there's much more to the state than luxury resorts. Continue reading…

Brianna Chickenfry recently visited Big Sky and Moonlight Basin, giving her millions of followers a look at Montana. But there's much more to the state than luxury resorts. Continue reading…

Fist-sized igneous cobbles found in the Bighorn Basin were deposited in a river delta about 95 million years ago, yet they closely resemble rocks found today in the Beartooth Mountains.