Jodee Black News Today

Montana is being enveloped in the first real cold snap of the winter season.

Montana is being enveloped in the first real cold snap of the winter season.

The interaction of electrical lines and the landscape around them, especially trees, often ends badly; it can cause power outages any time of year, but in the summer in particular, it can cause fires. Keeping fires from happening requires close attention to power lines and the areas around them, and that’s not just a summer job.

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The interaction of electrical lines and the landscape around them, especially trees, often ends badly - it can cause power outages any time of year, but in the summer in particular it can cause fires. Keeping fires from happening requires close attention to power lines and the areas around them, and that’s not just a summer job. “Fire season is a condition that can exist at any time of year,” wrote JoDee Black of NorthWestern Energy, based in Missoula, Montana vi...

Last year, the construction of a new methane gas plant in Laurel was proposed by Northwestern Energy, to bring more power to Yellowstone County. However, for nearly nine months, local

Monica Tranel told the KGVO Talk Back audience on Thursday about dramatic increases in our Northwestern Energy bills in the months to come.

Monica Tranel told the KGVO Talk Back audience on Thursday about dramatic increases in our Northwestern Energy bills in the months to come.

Monica Tranel told the KGVO Talk Back audience on Thursday about dramatic increases in our Northwestern Energy bills in the months to come.

Monica Tranel told the KGVO Talk Back audience on Thursday about dramatic increases in our Northwestern Energy bills in the months to come.

BILLINGS, Mont. - People gathered in Billings Thursday to protest a proposed natural gas plant.