Environmental

Highway driving will not be fun in Montana on Friday in places like Butte, Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Polson, Kalispell, Whitefish, Browning, Heart Butte, Shelby, Choteau and much of northeast Montana. Winds of 40 to 50 MPH will not be uncommon.

There is ZERO avalanche control. There are no ski patrollers. Need first aid or real help? You'll be calling 9-1-1. Real dangers exist in the Bridger Bowl area after the season has come to a close.

Bozeman may not be the only Montana city to enact early water use restrictions this year. A very significant portion of the state is already in "Exceptional Drought" condition.

It's a free seminar this Saturday to learn easy ways to help save the planet. There are few things more important to the rest of the living world than bees. Really!

It's setting up for a dangerous night on southwest Montana roads with fresh snow on Friday and freezing temperatures on deck for Friday night and Saturday morning.

An innocent question from a newbie prompts pretty hilarious responses from Montana locals. Giving up good locations for hunting isn't something people do around here.

By Friday night, we could see 6 fresh inches of snow in the higher elevations of several Montana counties.

Over 121,000 pounds of ground beef and beef patties are being recalled with various labels. Some are higher end Kobe, wagyu and grass fed products. We've got the full list of product AND their labels.

As much as a pain traveling may become, Montana getting hammered with mountain snow for the next few days is a really great thing. The old cliché about "we need the moisture" is getting more true and less casual by the day.

What was once a sun-drenched, private corner cat sanctuary table with a plush cat bed on top of an elevated table...is now completely covered by various flower and vegetable seedlings. Every square inch of that gorgeous, bright corner of the room is packed with plastic trays.

The crazy 70 MPH wind gusts are going to stick around for much of Montana until noon on Wednesday with the High Wind Warning being extended.

Southwest Montana is under a High Wind warning until Tuesday afternoon with winds of 60 to 70 mph possible at times, accompanied by snow. Dangerous driving conditions will occur.