Big Sky Connection - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget resolution that would majorly reduce Medicaid funding for states. Two in every five Montana kids rely on Medicaid for health ...

Click on the image above for the audio. PNS - Monday, March 24, 2025 - Wildfires prompt evacuation in the Carolinas as New Jersey crews battle their own blaze; Iowa town halls find 'empty ...

It’s challenging for women to break into the wildland firefighting industry, which is largely male, and the U.S. needs more firefighters. Fourteen training bootcamps for women–which have been popular ...

Click on the image above for the audio. PNS - Thursday, March 20, 2025 - Trump set to sign executive order 'shuttering the Education Department' as Colorado takes him to court over efforts to ...

A Montana House committee weighs in on a 2024 Utah lawsuit against the United States, when it sued for state power over the national public lands within its borders. The U.S. Supreme Court in January ...

PNS - Friday, March 14, 2025 - Trump administration faces legal battles on birthright citizenship; the arrest of a Palestinian activist sparks protests over free speech. Conservationists voice ...

Red flag warnings and fire weather watches are the two main types of fire alerts the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association issues. (Adobe Stock) March 18, 2025 - One of many federal agencies ...

Workers install the iconic M&M sign on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

Big Sky Connection - A WORKINGNATION/BIG SKY CONNECTION COLLABORATION – Groups in Missoula have formed creative partnerships in order to embrace new industries, after the area moved away from timber ...

Big Sky Connection - Seventy-five schools across 27 districts in Montana would no longer be able to provide free school meals if the proposed $12 billion cuts to the federal Community Eligibility ...

Big Sky Connection - Montana Governor Greg Gianforte is proposing a nearly 6% cut to senior long-term care, following the closure of 11 nursing homes across the state in a recent year. Industry ...

Butte Montana: Miner's Union Hall is demolished with dynamite. Charles Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, goes to Butte in an attempt to mediate a conflict between factions of the ...