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.

Gov. Greg Gianforte is asking lawmakers for 500 additional beds at the Deer Lodge prison. With the state prison full, more inmates are being sent to private, out-of-state facilities. Montana PBS’s Sam Wilson dug into the issue and spoke with MTPR’s Elinor Smith.

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.

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.

The Mineral Museum at Montana Tech has reopened one of its most popular exhibits, featuring fluorescent minerals that glow in the dark under UV light.Two stude

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.

In the 59-year history of the Super Bowl, 20 quarterbacks stand out from the rest of those who have played in the game. The history of the Super Bowl -- and thus the NFL -- wouldn

Drexel at Northeastern, 3 p.m. Cornell at Dartmouth, 6 p.m. Princeton at Yale, 6 p.m. Delaware at Towson, 6:30 p.m. Columbia at Harvard, 7 p.m.

Faith-based organizations in Seattle and the Puget Sound region conduct outreach, offering blankets and also a path to recovery to homeless people.

The most recent big Mega Millions winner was a lucky lottery ticketholder in Arizona, who struck gold on Jan. 18, winning a $113 million jackpot. According to the lottery, only four tickets matched all six Mega Millions numbers in 2024 – the fewest jackpots won in a calendar year since the game began in 2002.

Convenience-store chain aims to replace store computer systems with Android tablets and mobile devices for each employee