Little Bitterroot News Today

The fire danger level for Northwest Montana was elevated to “extreme” on Tuesday, prompting Flathead County commissioners to declare a state of emergency for the county.

The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribal Division of Fire is battling several spreading wildfires in the Mission Valley area. Officials welcomes the

The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribal Division of Fire is battling several spreading wildfires in the Mission Valley area. Officials welcomes the

The announcement Thursday concludes a year-long process to replace nearly 650 locations with names involving a racist term for Native American women, including two in the Flathead

A Blackfeet tribal leader was named to the advisory committee tasked with recommending changes to hundreds of names on federal land across the U.S.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has announced the establishment of the Lost Trail Conservation Area in Northwest Montana as the 568th and

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has announced the establishment of the Lost Trail Conservation Area in Northwest Montana as the 568th and

In 1999, the Montana Legislature enacted a law, H.B. 412, requiring state agencies that own or manage public land to rename any sites or geographic locations that contain the derogatory

A 1999 Montana law requires sites that contain the word "squaw" to be renamed. But the state has yet to expunge the racial slur from two locations.