Officials say transferring the prisoners is a necessary step to manage prison populations and make needed upgrades and additions to the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.

Private prison company CoreCivic has announced it will contract with the State of Montana to transfer 240 inmates to the company's 2,672-bed Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, Mississippi in the first quarter of 2025.

In December, year-over-year pay growth for job-stayers slowed to 4.6%, marking the slowest increase since July 2021, according to a new report.

Ohana Goats LLC is helping landowners across Montana and Arizona manage fire hazards, plant overgrowth, and invasive species with goat grazing.

Montana State men's and women's basketball coaches Matt Logie and Tricia Binford talk about their seasons thus far in this week's edition of the Bobcat Insider.

Kentucky is among one of the states where lawmakers want to rename a road after Trump. He already has roads named for him in at least 3 other states.

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Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States, extending from Montana to Texas and New Mexico to Arizona.

The Mega Millions jackpot has been won in Arizona. One ticket matched all six balls on Jan. 17's drawing to win the $112 million ($49.95 million cash option), according to the Mega Millions website . The winning ticket was sold at the Winners Corner on West Broadway Road in Tempe, Ariz., according to the Arizona Lottery.

Native Americans along with Mexicans in the hope that nobody can tell the difference," wrote Chairman Gray Hawk.

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (11-8, 2-4 Big Sky) at Eastern Washington Eagles (6-13, 2-4 Big Sky) Cheney, Washington; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -2.5; over/under is 149 BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Washington hosts Northern Arizona after Andrew Cook scored 21 points in Eastern Washington's 74-64 loss to the Montana State Bobcats.

Proponents have long argued that the circuit covers too much territory and too many people and its docket is unmanageable; critics say the current system isn’t broken and motivations for the split are merely political.