The expansion permits Signal Peak Energy to extract nearly 60 million tons of coal from the Bull Mountains mine north of Billings.

Revival of a southern Amtrak route across Montana got a boost Wednesday when the Biden administration, awarded $500,000 to the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority.

Lisa Koker, who took this photograph, and her husband Dennis are two of the people who have spied a rare “white elk” in the Prospect Creek drainage near Thompson Falls this spring. Photo ...