Alder, Montana

Area polls are open Tuesday, with most voting places open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Registered voters should cast a ballot at their local polling places.

Some forest roads in several mountain ranges in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Madison County have been affected by recent snow.

Kathy Voth trains cattle to eat weeds to give producers an alternative to chemical for weed control.

A total of 320 cows and 38 bison on six Madison County ranches are the latest recruits in the war on weeds in Montana.

State wildlife officials say wolves have killed 15 domestic buck sheep and injured 14 others on private land in the East Fork of the Blacktail, south of Dillon.

"That's going to double the cost of our water right now, it's going to have a major impact on our operation"

BUTTE - The state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation is proposing a $12 million overhaul of Ruby Dam to replace the spillway and increase storage. via Great Falls Tribune