Colstrip

President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan could have a devastating, long-term impact on Montana's economy.

'On August 3, President Obama and EPA announced the Clean Power Plan – a historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change.' Those were the opening lines in a Monday news release from the EPA...

New contracts recently signed by Northwestern Energy will bring lower electricity rates to Montana consumers, perhaps in the next few months, a company official said on Friday.

Flooding is disrupting emergency phone service across a broad swath of eastern Montana as some areas remain inundated with several feet of water. Heavy rains again pounded parts of the state on Memorial Day. Flooding near Hardin on Sunday brought down 911 and long-distance calls for Glendive, Miles City, Sidney, Fairview, Colstrip, Forsyth, Wibaux and Terry...