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Spring burning requires permits beginning Wednesday, May 1, on the Flathead Reservation and continues through June 30. Landowners may apply for permits at the Division of Fire website, csktfire.org.

The magnesium chloride retardant was in limited use last fire season, loaded into the two large air tankers and some smaller, single-engine aircraft also in Montana.

Attorney General Austin Knudsen committed to Lake County Commissioners on Monday he would support legislation to fund law enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation and would serve as a mediator between the county and the governor’s office.

Attorney General Austin Knudsen committed to Lake County Commissioners on Monday he would support legislation to fund law enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation and would serve as a mediator between the county and the governor’s office. Knudsen said he’s met with the governor’s office on the issue of funding public safety in Lake County, […] The post Attorney General commits to supporting funds for Flathead Reservation law enforcement appeared first on Daily M...

The Environmental Justice Clinic filed the brief on behalf of five federally recognized Montana tribes.

The Environmental Justice Clinic filed the brief on behalf of five federally recognized Montana tribes.

The Environmental Justice Clinic filed the brief on behalf of five federally recognized Montana tribes.

Lucille Otter understood fighting for the franchise in Indian Country; she knew voting is fundamental to being empowered in a representative democracy.

Danna Jackson, a Kootenai descandant who grew up in Montana on the Flathead Reservation, was nominated by President Joe Biden on Wednesday to become a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Jackson, who has spent much of her legal career focused on Indian law and natural resources, must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. If confirmed, Jackson would be the fifth active Native American federal district court judge in the country, the fifth in the history of...

The magnesium chloride retardant was in limited use last fire season, loaded into the two large air tankers and some smaller, single-engine aircraft also in Montana.